Looking for that special MP3 ?

Heres a link to a site where you can go crazy downloading all the very best progressive rock files  and  prog matel files  too  , they have some rare hard tio find files like Anglagard  so on ..  it costs about  10 cents  a song  thats  all  and its legal   click  here http://www.mp3search.ru/  and let me know  what  you  think !   Regards s1ip

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I know this site, it's quite cool and has much more music than e.g. msn music.
I like the system with the money!
You just call there for 8 minutes (a lot of countries are supported) and then you have 10 € or something like that, very easy and then just 10-30 cents. Very cheap and YES it is legal.

Another site like this : www.allofmp3.com

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Recommendations for the best legal site?  I'd like the highest bitrate available.

StyLaZyn wrote: Recommendations for the best legal site?  I'd like the highest bitrate available.

www.amazon.co.uk

1,411 kbps

Vompatti wrote: Are you sure it's legal? It's Russian.

It is "sort of legal" ... IN RUSSIA.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Vompatti wrote: Are you sure it's legal? It's Russian.  It is "sort of legal" ... IN RUSSIA.

Mike, but those people sell those songs without sharing the royalties to the musicians right? How can be legal, then?


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I know personally of bands being ripped off (badly) by this (particular russian) site. Please avoid it!

A lot of bands do have downloads on their sites, or even allow tracks to be used by sites such as this one.

Other than that, isn't that what we have these discussions for, to exchange info? I know we have different opinons (just check the MV thread!) but generally, you get to know who here has similar tastes to your own and from personal experience I havn't bought a 'turkey' yet after reccomendations from PA when I read the reviews from folk with taste similar to my own!

 (big hoorah for PA!)

File Sharing is legal in Canada.

prog-chick wrote: does that make it morally right to steal? or does it just make you feel clever? what do you do for a living? would you do it for free, knowing that someone else was making a profit out of your work.................... I think NOT!

Things are really tight here in the UK.

In the University where I study they don't even let us use skype!

Now what's that? Illegal....? Maybe....

Making money by suggesting you UK telephony companies....? MAYBE.....

I agree, in "the old days" we all copied a mates vinyl onto cassette, but 9 times out of 10 we bought the vinyl when the cash came our way cos the quality was so poor, also if I bought a record, I might make maybe 2 copies, for friends, now I understand the'whats the difference' argument, the difference is this- a cd obtained either legally or illegally can be uploaded onto the net and shared with literally THOUSANDS of people without imparing the quality, and as that quality is so good, and folk are slamming them onto their pod they think "hey, I got this album on my pod, why buy a cd copy to gather dust?" and they sometimes go on to think, "great album, I will see if I can download more of this bands stuff" usually of course revisiting sites of dubious lagal and moral ethics.

Big Difference.

It's especially a big difference when you are PAYING for a download, even if it is as cheap as chips, you are still paying someone OTHER than the artist for the music.

I know of one band who's new album had been copied from advance promo's and was being sold as a download 3 weeks before the release........... abuse of trust from those who were lucky enough to recieve a promo, and untold damage to the band. I personally know of nearly a hundred people who downloaded this album before the release, if I know that many, then there must be many more, lets say its ten fold.......... ok a thousand albums might not seem to add up to a whole pile of beans, but it does make a huge difference believe me! and this was all BEFORE the release.

UNETHICAL, IMMORAL, ILLEGAL, & UNJUST.

Because we now have the world at our finger tips there is a section in society that want it all NOW, way back in the days of vinyl, I remember waiting to buy an album,(as a teen this would mean extra chores for the cash, or saving my meagre pennies!) collecting that record from the store, and boy the anticipation added SO much to the excitment, to the whole EVENT that was buying a record.

Call me old fashioned, (you wont be the first) but I would rather wait for something, than steal it!

Downloading might be a great thing for the big names, but for the smaller independant labels it is a slow and painful death, most of these guys do put some stuff on their own sites, it is to incourage you to buy it, not to go searching for the russian mafia to buy it from.

I read over and over again on this (and other proggie forums) folk lamenting the almost underground nature of our beloved music, stop downloading and I think you will be surprised and how many albums are sold, and the increase in profile of prog. Unless of course you wish to keep it underground in an elitist fashion? The downloaders being the master to the musician who is an unwitting servant?

And remember, it is not until you are prepared to ply your trade for free, knowing someone else is making money from it, so that you lay awake at night in fear and darkness becuase the mortgage can't get paid, the debts are buliding with the knowledge of such injustice........ when you are prepared to do this yourself, then it might be considered acceptable for you to download. But until I then, pay up, and stop reaping the benefits of great music for free!

Crazy crazy crazy!

(the "you" I referred to in this post is not meant to be a specific person, so chill ok!)

PCx