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rockdog

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Ok, I got an ipod for Christmas. I need music for it now. I have looked at a lot of sights that for a one time fee let you file share. Their way of getting around copy right infringement. So which one to use? Pros and cons to these sights? School me, cause I'm clueless! And Want to fill all the gigs of memory up.:D
Thanks, Phil
 
jeepatic4X4

jeepatic4X4

Registered User
there is a site that you can download anything for free, but i dont know how legal it is. I use limewire. you can just copy whatever you want to download from limewire into itunes and then to your ipod.
 
Badger

Badger

I am the Brute squad
Location
South Salt Lake
Brett said:
I've got over 18k in songs....not sure what else to download anymore! :cool:
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ah 18k? you mean 18gig? even then thats not a lot of music.as for limewire its nothing but playing Russian Roulette .it might not happen right off the bat but you will get a virus sooner or later
 
Caleb

Caleb

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Location
Riverton
The simplest is use a site that's pay per download, I use www.mp3search.ru it's about $0.15 per song. This way it's not peer-to-peer so you don't have to rely on other people having the song and being online and it being good quality and it being the actual song you want like with limewire or those other services that are similar. They have their own servers and everything that's on there is available anytime and I've yet to get anything that's even questionable in quality.
 
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rockdog

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So, basically what I'm getting is if I use a file sharing site, then I'm gonna get virus's at some point? If I use a pay per as Caleb suggested then I won't and will get better quality music. Sorry for the dumb questions, I'm totally electronically challenged.:D
 
Caleb

Caleb

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Location
Riverton
rockdog said:
So, basically what I'm getting is if I use a file sharing site, then I'm gonna get virus's at some point? If I use a pay per as Caleb suggested then I won't and will get better quality music. Sorry for the dumb questions, I'm totally electronically challenged.:D
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for the most part yeah. You can still get good quality music from peer-to-peer but you will most likely at some point get a virus from it, also it's very common to download one song and get something entirely different (like not a song at all). I like the pay-per sites, but they don't always update the quickest. If it's a brand new song they may not have it, in that case I go to either iTunes and pay $1 for it or I go to the limewire, etc, services to get it. Bit Torrent, for the most part, sucks for individual songs and, IMO, isn't a ton better for albums. Bit Torrent is great if it's well seeded, but it has to be seeded to be worth your while.
 
Hickey

Hickey

Burn-barrel enthusiast
Supporting Member
Location
Grantsville, Utah
rockdog said:
So, basically what I'm getting is if I use a file sharing site, then I'm gonna get virus's at some point? If I use a pay per as Caleb suggested then I won't and will get better quality music. Sorry for the dumb questions, I'm totally electronically challenged.:D
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You never know what you are going to get from peer to peer. You may get high quality stuff, you wil probably get lower quality stuff, misnamed files, bad files, spam, blah blah blah.
 
I Lean

I Lean

Mbryson's hairdresser
Vendor
Location
Utah
What he doesn't know is that all 18,000 songs of Brett's are techno garbage that all sound the same.
 
SAMI

SAMI

Formerly Beardy McGee
Location
SLC, UT
my ipod is getting sick from songs downloaded off of limewire onto my bro's itunes, then to mine... lame...

-Jason
 
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