I recently read the article on squidoo regarding the activities of these sites that say they offer free and unrestricted downloads of all types of music and movies. The article says they are scams and believe me many are for as long as I can remember in writing for this blog, I’ve come across tons of them. Some sites offer free downloads at the beginning in exchange for . . .
RIAA, MPAA and other nuances of Copyright Laws
These are the main promoters of protection for copyrighted music and movies in the United States which is moving for more control over the sharing of such material online. They might be backed by big business but they sure are making it difficult for many to get music that is not only royalty free but liability free. Many have tried and failed at this attempt but that doesn’t . . .
Emusic
Emusic is one of the premiere sources of high quality Mp3 Music to date offering 128-bitrate quality audio music. It has over 2.5 million song in its archives from 13,000 independent record labels that spans the whole spectrum of genre’s. It is primarily a paid subscription service that offers a 50 song free bonus upon initial setup. You also have to get the toolbar which . . .
Stage 6 and DivX
Stage six is a site with tons upon tons of free videos and other free stuff available for download. Stage6 is a division of DivX the well established pioneer of the DivX Video technology as a site to showcase the stuff the stuff is made of. Thought the site is maintained as a blog, it has a lot of video from the site and its staff as well as those uploaded by members of the . . .
Blubster, EzTracks and Kazaa
Just some of the long lived music sharing sites (Blubster, EzTracks, Kazaa, etc.) that have very strong publicized control on copyrighted music but total discretion is left to the end-user. One can get music and share it for free just as long as it is completely legal? What gives, many sites for music sharing have followed suit in their file sharing disclaimer but enforcement . . .