Downloading Music From Sites?

[hemplacrosse4]

Hey guys there are a couple sites i know of that have some full songs of the bands i like and is there anyway to download the song directly onto my N800 or my computer at all and keep it saved for as long as i want?

[Kny]

Hmm, this sounds a lot like looking for help for pirating music... And very unspecific at that.

Anyway, "Just (dont) do it" ;-)

If the question was, in stead: "Is it possible to take my legally bought music from ITMS (or the like) and put it on my N800?", I think there are different ways of circumventing the DRM so you can get it onto your N800 in non-DRM form. I have a feeling though, that starting a discussion on this here, would get some RIAA-like organization to send a DMCA seize-and-desist order to itT or the host provider.

It is however, a relevant question, and in my opinion definitely still fair use of your media. Once I get a decent sized SD card (of which I am already required to pay taxes to the music industry, because it could _potentially_ be used to store pirated media on), I will look into solutions to this as well. My goal is to use my N800 as an iPod replacement (can anyone say "Replaceable battery"?) ;)

[euchreprof]

Download this program... install it... then load it... then do a search for any song and you can download it for free.

http://www.limewire.com/english/content/home.shtml

[Karel Jansens]

As long as we're talking about free music, here ya go:

http://derek.a.coleman.googlepages.com/3pm.htm

Sjtick it to da man!

[sondjata]

Ipod batteries are replaceable. May not be easy to get to the first time, but can, has and will continue to be done.

[hemplacrosse4]

Hey thanks guys i wasnt planing on "stealing" music or anything like that its just some of the bands i saw in concert told their fans to dowload some of their music off their sites so i hope this clears up the confusion of stealing music.

[=DC=]

Thanks for the plug Karel. ;)

[geneven]

Lots of music is out there for legal download. Find a cool program called Songbird (there is a Linux version, though I tried the Windows version mainly) at www.songbirdnest.com. A version for the N800 would be nice.

[Karel Jansens]

Thanks for the plug Karel. ;)

"We're pleased to aim". :cool:

BTW, have I ever told you what a nice site 3PM is. If not, consider it said.

Although I don't know how you manage to stay out of the RIAA dungeons -- and they do have them, you know! :)

[=DC=]

Thanks Karel. It is pretty mysterious how long this site has lasted without a single C&D letter. Don't get me wrong though, that's the last thing I want from the RIAA and friends. I guess because of the way 3pm is set up, it's a bit trickier to target. ;)