Greetings fellow earthlings.


I want to download music freely and legally. I was told on facebook that Spotify was the place to go. Alas I live in Canada so this is not yet possible.

Can any one point me to a good site that isn't going to inflict my laptop with bugs and virus?

JamesM

Do you have access to USENET?

If so there are numerous binary mp3 newsgroups. Downloading music is currently legal in Canada, it's illegal to upload it.

But the OP wont do that, having taken such a moral stance with the girl who was undercharged at Walmart.

I just use iTunes, expensive I know but who cares. I also have an Apple network so I can play music in all my 2 rooms from my PC. Not an Apple network as in the fruit, that would be a stupid idea. Or the now forgotten Apple stores the Beatles created. The giant empire of the white apple logo Apple is what I mean.

I can't work Apple products. The interfaces are cumbersome and not at all intuitive, where for example, is the on/off switch on a ipod? I can't find it so, when the thing gets confused, the only way to stop it is to pull the battery out. They're all a bit crude and best suited to people interested in the geekery of the process rather than people who just want a tool for music or internet or whatever.

Try www.legaldownloads.com. It isn't free as you asked but at 99c average per album it is virtually free.

I have been using it for about 3 years now and has been very reliable.

How do you get the battery out of the iPod, it's sealed isn't it ?

Is it? I thought opening the case was awkward to open. How does Apple suggest changing the battery?

I believe you are being deliberately and rather charmingly obtuse.

Back to the subject in hand, can highly recommend said site.

I recall struggling to turn the ipod off when the software went bonkers. I thought we dealt with it by battery removal but, maybe not, maybe it did have to run until the battery went dead. i2c will remember, it's her ipod.

If you can't remove the battery is the idea that you throw the thing away when it runs down? That's not very green and doesn't seem a bargain.

Its not hard, the case snaps together, you can pry it apart (need something thin to get it started) and re-snap it again after. Lots of on line instuctions out there. At least, ive done it with an Ipod classic, and replaced the hard drive with a CF card too.

Only interested in downloading legally.

Does that include making sure that the artists are all compensated for the use of their intellectual property

You can download legally, for free, but the artists wont get any royalties, which is somewhat morally ambiguous.


FWIW I only download music torrents from long dead artists, but then its somewhat convenient that my current taste in music doesnt extend far past the 60s at present...

As has already been pointed out, downloading content (movies, music, etc) is legal in Canada. Sharing it is not.

The truth is Iain- I still purchase albums at HMV because I play them in my automobile.

I just want to download another 10-15 tracks for my ipod shuffle.

Should an artist release two or three singles I like consecutively I buy the album. simple.

Artist's don't actually make any money of singles- it's album sales and more importantly these days live concerts.

Why do you think Michael Jackson signed up for 50 live gigs!

My conscience is clear!