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Music Downloads: Music at Your Fingertips

These days, you don't have to go to your local music store to get the latest album from your favorite artist or the hot new movie soundtrack. Today, you can simply jump on the Internet, click a button and download your favorite music straight to your computer.

Downloading music is a simple and inexpensive way for people to enjoy their favorite songs and add to their music collections. As a bonus, once you've downloaded your songs, you can burn them to a disc or transfer them to an mp3 player and take them with you, no matter where you go!

Music download services make downloading songs a snap! With these services, you can type in the name of a song you heard on the radio, scan the results, click a button and have the song in less than a minute. While most of these services charge a modest fee for downloading, others offer some music for free.

In this section we'll discuss downloading music, from finding a downloading service to making sure your downloading is legal. Read on to learn all about music downloads!

Napster

Napster is one of the more popular music downloading services. In the past, the company experienced legal troubles for allowing users to download copyrighted music for free. Today, however, the company charges subscribers to download songs.

With a library of more than 3 million songs, Napster offers a lot of music to listeners. Read on to learn more about the Napster music service, including its pros and cons.

iTunes

iTunes might be the most well-known and most popular downloading music service. Launched in January of 2001, iTunes allows you to download music from the iTunes music store, which features more than 5 million songs, and also helps your organize your music files. With iTunes, you can create playlists, browse your music library and more.

Once you have downloaded music from iTunes, you can transfer it to an mp3 player or an iPod, or you can burn it to a disc. Keep reading to learn more about the iTunes music service.

Legal & Copyright Issues

Although music downloading is a fun and easy way to build a music collection, it does come with a unique set of legal and copyright issues. Since most songs are copyrighted by artists, downloading a song from an unlicensed Internet site is often against the law.

Illegally downloading music can land you in a lot of trouble. So, how can you tell if the music you are downloading is legit? Generally, if you are downloading songs on a peer-to-peer network, you are illegally downloading your music.

Read on to learn more about the legal and copyright issues associated with music downloads.

USB Flash Drive

In order to back up the music files you download, you might consider investing in a USB flash drive. These tiny, thumb-sized devices often feature a lot of memory, allowing you to safely preserve hundreds of downloaded songs. In case anything ever happens to your computer's hard drive, a USB flash drive can save your music collection.

There are many USB flash drives on the market. Prices will vary depending on the amount of memory the drive features. Read on to learn more about USB flash drives.

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