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The Birth of Legal Music Downloads
by:
Morgan Hamilton
In recent years, less people have been buying
CDs and many are now downloading music online. This is due to the
emergence of music download sites like Napster, and the rising
popularity of MP3 players from iPod and other similar companies.
People are now choosing downloads over CDs because of the expensive
price of a whole CD, and they want to take advantage of the free
music that downloads can offer. However, a crackdown on free music a
few years ago has made shareware illegal and turned legal music
downloads a popular alternative.
The creation of legal music downloads came
about because of the complaints of many artists and musicians. They
pleaded with the government that they owned their music, and it
therefore should not be available for free downloading through
shareware like Napster. The government decided that shareware sites
are indeed illegal, and allowed companies to provide music downloads
for a small fee, as long as it was not free or through shareware.
As a result, music downloading websites began
popping up online, with ITunes being the most popular. Napster also
began providing legal music downloads to consumers for a monthly
subscription fee. ITunes became increasingly popular mainly because
they provided legal music downloads for a very nominal fee of only
ninety-nine cents per song, and it was also more convenient than
other sources. You don’t have to pay a costly monthly subscription
if you just want to one or two songs. There are now more than a
hundred of sites that offer music downloads ranging from small start
up companies to established ones like Yahoo and ITunes.
There are even a handful of international sites
that offer legal music downloads.
You can find legal music downloads in several ways. It is advisable that you go through reputable and well known sites such as Itunes or Yahoo. You can also take a risk and download your music through one of the international sites that currently offer legal music downloads. However, you have to run the chance of a government crackdown or glitches in the site that can prevent you from fully downloading the music you paid for.
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