Whether or not music file sharing
programs are legal, the
actual act of sharing the file is
NOT legal. Record companies are
proving this to be true in the
courts every day, suing average
people for downloading music. And
they're winning.
Bottom line, if you
join a file sharing program and download an Mp3
song, even though you paid to be
part of the sharing network, you
did not pay for the music you are
enjoying and the artist does not
receive one single penny for it.
Even if you did buy the CD, you
do not have the right to make a
copy of it (or create an Mp3 of
it) for the purpose of giving it
away to someone else through a
file sharing netowrk.
There is however, a
way to download your music
legally without having to
buy a physical CD. You still get
the benefit of only paying for
the songs you want for a fraction
of the cost. We only feature
legitimate web sites that have
legal contracts with artists and
record companies. These sites
offer direct downloads from a
compilation of music.
We only feature what
we consider to be the top legitimate mp3
download sites, but the list is
longer. If you are downloading a
program that is not part of the
following list, you may be part
taking in illegal file sharing.
The following is almost a
complete list, but we reserve the
right to be corrected if we've
missed a legitimate site
Please email us if
you know of a site that you know
is legal but was missed: eMusic.com, iTunes, Real Rhapsody, MSN Music, Yahoo!
Music, Musicnow, Napster, Sony-Connect, Buy.com, MusicNet, Walmart,
Virgin-Digital, PureTracks, and
MSN Music.
Click
here for a review of Legal Music
Download Sites.
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