Music Downloading...

[Quest4Less]

Anyone familiar with "Limewire"? Is it any good / reliable?

Is it really "free"... and is that legal?

 

[Svend]

I've used Limewire for the last year, it's free or you can buy an upgraded version for about $20 which I didn't bother with. It works well, better than WinMX that I used to use.
It's legal to download stuff in Canada, we pay for copyrights on blank discs and cartridges - they're only interested in getting uploaders but I don't know how successful they've been lately.

 

[rick dickulous]

Get a SoulSeek client. It's a bigger network and there's no spyware bundled in.

 

[Hammerstein]

Never tried it myself. personally I use Shareaza and friends cd and mp3 collections ( have got to learn when to stop) and have yet to have problems with it.
As for it being free and legal IMHO the artists make a crap load of money on tour. Believe the last band that I like that played near me grand total for the night was close to $700. Also prior to recording equipment and tapes cds, 8 tracks and vinyl how do you think they made their money, by touring. Of course that is just my thoughts.

they're only interested in getting uploaders but I don't know how successful they've been lately.

Hmmmmm must not be that great I 'm still around

 

[Svend]

I tried hanging out for days looking for a SoulSeek client but couldn't penetrate the cliques I was interested in. Too bad for them, I have a shitload of good stuff they would have wanted.
I happened to stumble on another contact to trade with that has over a million tunes, he has other friends that have even more.

 

[Never Compromised]

As for it being free and legal IMHO the artists make a crap load of money on tour. Believe the last band that I like that played near me grand total for the night was close to $700. Also prior to recording equipment and tapes cds, 8 tracks and vinyl how do you think they made their money, by touring. Of course that is just my thoughts.

A rock tour typically loses money for the artist. It is done as a promotion of the latest album.

As for copying music, it is legal in Canada to copy music that you already own. That is, it is legal in Canada to burn a CD to your own iPod, or to make a cassette for the car, or to make a copy for archival purposes. It is NOT legal to share your copies or to d/l from someone else.

It gets grey if you are d/l someone else's, but already own the music in another format.

 

[homonger]

I've used Limewire for the last year, it's free or you can buy an upgraded version for about $20 which I didn't bother with. It works well, better than WinMX that I used to use.

This is exactly what I would have said.

 

[Dead2Parrot]

Limewire, Ogg, BitTorrent

Get a SoulSeek client. It's a bigger network and there's no spyware bundled in.

There's no spyware in LimeWire. No ads. Just high quality music (mp3) and porn. Has anyone attempted to download ogg using LimeWire? Does anyone know how to use BitTorrent?

 

[AnimalMagnetism]

torrents are the best way to D/L by using a client such as bit torrent or my fave Azureus www.azureus.com then finding torrent websites such as www.torrentspy.com
www.thepiratebay.org
www.demonoid.com
www.mininova.org
great for finding, music, tv shows, movies or pretty much anything you want

simple to use. download and install the programme, go to a torrent website and click the download link for what you want.
stay away from zip files as they usueully contain alot of spyware.

 

[thompo69]

It is NOT legal to share your copies or to d/l from someone else.

It gets grey if you are d/l someone else's, but already own the music in another format.

That's not what the Federal Court said. They said it was legal to download music, but not upload.

 

[fearnoevil2005]

Yet another vote for Limewire, it's perfect for newbies to p2p.

 

[Tower]

It seems that Limewire is good for music. Are there any good sites good for movies? I used to use WinMX until its demise. There are a couple of movies I'd like to get that I can't find in stores.

 

[big dogie]

This was the most current thread on the subject of torrents for music down loading, any new safe torrent sites out there?

b d

 

[Edifice]

Is there a site where you can upload your mp3's and stream it off any computer with an internet connection?