What You Need to Know About Downloading Music Online
This article appeared on Kim Komando's Web site and I think it really sums up what everyone needs to know about downloading music over the Internet. It is good information for the layman, but also provides some insight and a few useful tools to do it legally and sucessfully. Let me know if it helps any of you: Can I Really Download Music Online for Free? I get a lot of questions about downloading music. People hear they can get it for free using certain programs. While that is true, it's not wise. The programs in question are peer-to-peer (P2P) applications. These can also be known as torrent programs. Torrent is the file format used by these programs to start downloads. Peer-to-peer file sharing is a sensitive topic. On one hand, it is an excellent tool for distributing files. Some paid music services use it, for example. However, it's mostly associated with illegally downloading copyrighted material, or piracy. Peer-to-peer file sharing was popularized in