Starhawk Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 I dont really download as much music as I used to, but I have done my share of Kazaa downloads and such. (I've never moved over to bittorrents or usenet or anything). One of the reasons I stopped is by using the tried and true Kazaa method, it's hard to get decent copies of the files you want. Now, Napster now has a deal where you can download unlimited songs for $14.95 per month. This sounds like a pretty damn good deal to me. I can actually download music legally without having to worry about getting bad copies? Does this sound too good to be true, or are there any catches to this deal? OR, Am I a dork for not using other methods to keep getting music for free?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 I believe you cant make music CD's of what you download. I know you can use the sound files on certain portables only. capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted February 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 I did see that Joey, but I figured you could just take the files off of the portable or what not. BUT now I see you have to have a compatible player for the "Napster to Go" to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcalx Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 I'm sure Joey is right. At least with Emusic you get DRM-less music encoded at a very high rate. They capped the downloads per month, though, and I was running out of titles that sounded interesting so I cancelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted February 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 I wish I had a compatible portable and I would probably try this out. I would love a way to play it in my car and I'd be satisfied. Right now, if I can't burn it to a CD to play there, Im less interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrik Draven Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Yeah, I did my share of p2p networks over the past several years. Started with Napster then moved to AudioGalaxy, Limewire, Morpheus, Imesh, finally Kazaa, then Kazaa Lite. You just can't download any new songs anymore. They are either scrambled or, the record companies dump tons of files on the networks that are only half copies, or fakes, of what you want. Can't tell how many times I downloaded a song that ended up looping the same 10 seconds, over and over...or, it just didn't do anything. One song after the next. I think the "glory" days of these networks, for downloading music, has passed. Haven't had any luck the past year or so. Anyhoo...I've been using the new service from Microshaft that you link to through your Media Player. Works pretty damn good. Just wish that there were more songs, (who doesn't), and that it had a better search function. It's setup just like Itunes, as far as pricing goes. I usually just buy what I want now. Too big of a pain trying to find a decent copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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