Harry Rackers asked:


The Internet is used by a lot of people to download music, movies, games and various other soft wares for free. The legality of this practise is, and will be for a long time, a hot issue. Some countries want to totally stop the downloading of copy wright protected materials, like the U.S.A. Other countries, like France, want to allow this type of downloading, but only for personal use. And there are quiet a few countries who do not care at al.The Internet has no borders, and it will be a very long time before all the counties of the world have agreed on how to legislate this music, movies and games downloading.

Of course there is an etical issue.A lot of people consider the downloading, for free, of copy right protected material as theft.I have heard all the arguments by now.I did hear them in the 70’s when casette recorders became available and very popular.I heard them when CD wrighters became available and I hear them now when downloading over the Internet is becoming more and more popular.

In my opinion it is theft if you copy anything and sell it.If you copy something for your own use, that is o.k. with me.I have noticed that I, and a lot of people I know as well, still buy the “real thing” if we like it ,and I allso have noticed that I am getting selective.

I hardly buy anything anymore from the real top performers.I think they simply earn enough as it is.If I come along a new group I like I usally copy a few songs, and I might go out and score their CD if I really like them.I noticed that I must have been doing this for a long time.

I had a look at my CD’s and saw that most of the originals were indeed the earlier work of a certain group.If I had more of them, it were usualy copies.I had downloaded some how from the Internet.

I know there are quit a few people who use this “selective downloading”.A friend of mine loves the music of a certain performer, but, as he told me, he refuses to pay for his records.He refuses to contribute a single penny towards the legal team that is defending this guy in a child molest case.He has downloaded the music of this performer, for free, from the Internet.

But all this free downloading has a downside. A lot of people are having computer problems because they downloaded something from the Internet. The Internet is a jungle and there are a lot of predators around that are searching for their prey. Predators like spy ware and ad ware. Little programs that you sometimes download as well and that hide on your computer without you knowing it. Some can be very harmful indeed, like the so called key loggers. These programs “remember” every keystroke you make, and send this info to their “owners”. This way sensitive info, like passwords or credit card numbers, can get in the hands of the wrong people.

I advice every one who wants to download music, movies, games or any other program for free from the Internet to be very careful. Make sure your computer has very good spy-and ad ware protection, and when in doubt, do not download.If you are not a very experienced Internet user than the best way to download music, full length movies, games and various soft wares for free is to get a download site membership. These download sites will provide you with the right soft ware to search for, and download, all sorts of files from the Internet. They also provide a helpdesk in case you run into difficulties and need some assistance.

Here you can find a few music, movies, and games download sites

Hilary Mujikwa asked:


Getting your hands on the latest music releases from your favorite artists is often an easy task to complete in this day and age. Everybody is always looking to download music and burn cds for free, so I thought to write a quick article to help people find legal music services that will ensure that they stay out of trouble legally.

The first thing you want to do is go to Google, Yahoo, or MSN, and type in “download music and burn cds for free”. Once you perform a search with those keywords, a list of music sites will appear.

The next thing you want to do is go through each of those sites to see how big their catalogs are and if they offer any additional goodies like anti spy ware for free. You’ll discover that some of the sites that let you download music and burn cds for free are also willing to provide you with additional customer service support. These are the kind of web sites you want to get hold of so that you can download music and burn cds for free instantly without having to worry about technical issues getting in the way.

An additional step you might want to take is to go to the “Terms of Use” and “Privacy” pages of each of these sites to learn a little more about them and the legal implications that may be involved when using their sites. This will give you a rough idea about where they stand when you want to download music and burn cds for free.

Hilary Mujikwa asked:


Knowing the right places to download free music is a major key to avoiding a law suite. Thanks to the tough lesson we learnt from Jammie Thomas, the now famous thirty something year old lady that was brutally attacked by a RIA (Recording Industry Association of America) law suite, it now makes sense to legally download music for free online. For the simple reason of avoiding a costly law suite.

Due to rise of illegal free music sites like Kazaa and Limewire, it’s pretty easy for many people to download music for free online. This is something that many people have done at one point in their lives, but have never seen it to be a big deal since everyone else used to do it all the time. That was until the music industry decided to sue people who illegally download music for free online.

I personally don’t think it was the right way for the Recording Industry Association of America to deal with people because sueing individuals that are interested in their product doesn’t make much sense. It would have made sense to continue letting people download music for free online, then create a new business model that can thrive in that environment, instead of suing potential potential clients who might have actually created a new revenue stream for the major lables.

Either way, the music industry decided to wage war on the people downloading music from certain music sites, so it now makes sense for us to know where to legally download music for free online. 

David Marc Fishman asked:


Making music downloads legal seems to be the perfect solution to stopping music piracy, which really encompasses downloading music for than anything else. Many people like to download music because it is easy and the quality is of decent quality but most people are concerned about doing it illegally. Here are some reasons why downloading music makes sense. 1. You are able to listen to music for free before purchasing the entire CD. 2. You can are able to listen to new artists.

Just a couple of years ago people were able to download, share and upload music on the original Napster site for free, this was the controversy to the record companies and artists if this was legal. The big popularity of music downloads started with Napster which was initial company which allowed you to download software to share, upload or download music without paying for it. This was revolutionary and showed the power of the internet.

Since Napster has been closed down and not allowed to give out free music and other similar websites have been closed most have been re-invented to provide legal music downloads. When illegal downloading started artists and companies were outraged about this, and they were especially angry with Napster, Napster allowed multiple number of people to connect to each others computer and download and share music without paying for it.

Many companies were worried about the loss of profits from music fans downloading the music instead of going to stores and purchasing the entire CD, so many bands, record companies have tried to enact laws about people downloading from free music sites. When downloading music and you see that you can download music and it has the same quality as buying the CD and easier it makes sense to most people to sit in front of their computer and download the music.

Well, free downloads brought down Napster and they’re illegal – why even risk it. There are sites that offer free music downloads you just need to find them. Napster now offers music at a price. There are many other sites that offer the same deals. You can download many different types of music from ITunes. The cost of this is fairly inexpensive and you do not need to join a club. You can also download videos to view on your video ipod.

When downloading be careful of viruses and or spyware, these programs are usually embedding in the file itself and when you open it or unzip the file your system becomes infected. Look on the internet for reputable music download sites. Another point to remember is that these download site can now record your IP Address. By doing this that can find out what provider is using the range of IPs and once found they can get the records and find out which IP address is assigned to whom. If caught you might have to pay a fine or you could be sent to prison. Think twice before downloading illegally.