It is finally becoming easier to legally access, download and enjoy an unlimited amount of music online. It wasn't so long ago that any online service offering unlimited music downloads would have been accused of pirating. But everything is changing.
Take Napster for example. Just a few years ago, Napster was the bad boy, enabling people all around the world to download unlimited mp3s through a clever music file-sharing application. The site’s popularity soared. Then came the copycats, and eventually, the lawsuits. The music industry fought music downloading with everything it had.
Fast forward a couple of years and the industry is starting to embrace online music downloading. Major record companies are inking deals with legitimate music download sites. Even our old friend Napster has now become a model citizen. That’s right, it’s hard to believe it, but you can now legally download as much music as you want at Napster. It might not be free, but it’s not really that expensive either.
Napster is not alone. Today there are multiple legitimate music streaming and music downloading services available, including Yahoo Music Now, Real’s Rhapsody, and the brand new MusicStation service from Omnifone.
MusicStation is a low-cost, flat-rate music downloading service that can be accessed on most wireless handsets in Europe and Asia. MusicStation users in the UK can download all the music they want for £1.99 per week. A premium membership costs an extra £1 per week and premium users can send the music files to a PC as well as onto their phones or wireless handsets.
So, music lovers, if you’ve been hiding away from music downloading because you didn’t want the piracy watchdog knocking on your door, you will be pleased to know it’s alright to come out now. You can now download all the music you want, legally, with a low-priced monthly membership from a legitimate music site.
Dust off your speakers. Unpack those old boxes of blank CDs. It’s time to get back online again and get downloading all your favorite music tunes.
David Goldsmith is a music enthusiast who is addicted to downloading mp3s. Always download music legally. To locate the best legal music downloading sites, check out http://www.legalmusicmp3s.com
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