Thursday, May 10, 2007
Help!
Look at me, I'm Sandra D
Lousy with virginity...
Yes, it's true. I'm a music-downloading virgin. I'm as nervous as a tender young maiden preparing for her wedding night.
I admit, it looks pretty straightforward: You pay your money, find a song, click the download button, and voila! But, I have questions.
My iMac came with an account ready to go at iTunes, but they charge 99 cents a song, which adds up pretty fast. No volume discounts, no specials, no nothing.
I've been googling to see what alternatives are out there, but I found way too much to make sense of. So I'm wondering:
Where do you download music from, and how much does it cost?
Have you had problems with any downloading sites? Are there certain ones I should avoid?
Do they make you install any kind of extra software?
If I try one of the free download sites, is the DoJ gonna show up at my door with a warrant?
Is there anything else I should know?
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This stupid thing doesn't show you're post, so I hope I remember all of the questions -
1. Yes, you will have to download software if you use Napster or one of the others.
2. I think they got the licensing issue taken care of, so I wouldn't worry about the DoJ. You pay a monthly fee, so you won't be getting the songs for free.
3. The only one I'm really familiar with is Napster, and I haven't used them in years.
4. While iTunes charges 99 cents a song, you can buy the whole album for 9.99 - which is cheaper than you can get it in the stores.
That's the only ones I can remember you asking! I use iTunes to download to my ipod. I keep thinking about using Napster or something, but I just really don't want to download the software, and I really don't want to give them a credit card number for the monthly fee. I buy iTunes cards and use those instead of my credit card.
I guess it really depends on how many songs you want to download. If you think you'll do a few a month, it's probably better to do iTunes. If you think you're going to do hundreds, a flat monthly fee would be better for you.
Well, you could have opened a new browser window so you could refer back to the post. Do you think I should switch to the other comment format?
Thanks for the input.
No, I'm just not smart enough to think about opening a new window!
A friend of mine uses limewire.com. You do have to download the software but it's really cheap. Like $1.00 per month if I remember right. She's used it a lot and was really happy with it.
Lesley
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