Music downloads

[skyguy]

Ligit site to download music for 9 cents a song.

HERE

 

[slamstrom]

Have you tried it? Beats the $1.29 from iTunes.

 

[Vega$ NSX]

What's the catch? The prices seems too good to be true.

 

[slamstrom]

What's the catch? The prices seems too good to be true.

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[flaminio]

Looks like the site is run out of Belize. Not sure what the copyright laws are there, but it might be legal in Belize but not in the United States. Of course, the Internet goes everywhere, but this one is definitely a gray area. Use at your own discretion.

 

[queenlives]

i googled the domain and found a number of threads questioning / commenting on the validity of their "agreements" w/vendors. there are a lot of changes occurring in content / media delivery / biz models so they may - or may not - be a quality site.

edit: thx bob for the follow-on info.

 

[flaminio]

The company may in fact be Russian. I just whois'd the domain; country code "BZ" is Belize:


Checking server [whois.joker.com]
Results:
domain: gomusicnow.com
owner: Steve Bushman
organization: News Digital LLC
email: [email protected]
address: 22 Burns Avenue, Cayo District
city: San Ignacio
state: --
postal-code: N/A
country: BZ
phone: +501.922013
admin-c: CCOM-1446419 [email protected]
tech-c: CCOM-1446419 [email protected]
billing-c: CCOM-1446419 [email protected]
nserver: a.ns.joker.com 207.44.185.10
nserver: b.ns.joker.com 66.197.237.21
nserver: c.ns.joker.com 66.252.21.106
status: lock
created: 2009-06-30 05:20:11 UTC
modified: 2009-06-30 05:20:11 UTC
expires: 2011-06-30 05:20:11 UTC

contact-hdl: CCOM-1446419
person: Steve Bushman
organization: News Digital LLC
email: [email protected]
address: 22 Burns Avenue, Cayo District
city: San Ignacio
state: --
postal-code: N/A
country: BZ
phone: +501.922013

source: joker.com live whois service
query-time: 0.013351
db-updated: 2009-08-27 23:05:43
NOTE: By submitting a WHOIS query, you agree to abide by the following
NOTE: terms of use: You agree that you may use this data only for lawful
NOTE: purposes and that under no circumstances will you use this data to:
NOTE: (1) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass
NOTE: unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations via direct mail,
NOTE: e-mail, telephone, or facsimile; or (2) enable high volume, automated,
NOTE: electronic processes that apply to Joker.com (or its computer systems).
NOTE: The compilation, repackaging, dissemination or other use of this data
NOTE: is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Joker.com.

 

[Vega$ NSX]

Hmmm, my best guess... someone (not in the US) is hosting a website of a giant collection of DRM free MP3's and charging a small fee to download them. They are nesting a small fortune while skirting around copyright laws. Owner/site will eventually get pinched and taken down. No idea what will happen to all the people who have downloaded music. Interestingly enough, one of the policies on that site is that 3 months after purchase, the website will delete any record of that transaction. Hmmmm.... caveat emptor?

 

[minsbang]

How about d/l songs from youtube? It's free, but can be slow. I've had no problems with it so far.

 

[passline]

Watch for viruses folks and careful who you give your credit card info to.

 

[GT-N]

i checked the mp3 files on go music, and iTunes song's file size are a little bigger

 

[flaminio]

i checked the mp3 files on go music, and iTunes song's file size are a little bigger

Which is, of course, meaningless in determining the quality of the sound.

 

[jond]

There are tons of foreign websites like iTunes that have music for much cheaper. The legality is questionable. Given RIAAs lawsuit happy ways, I'm not sure I would risk it.

 

[Joshs]

Certainly, they do not have the appropriate licenses to sell you the music. But that doesn't mean they won't take your money and give you 'stolen' goods in exchange. It may make you feel better morally since you are paying some money, but it's not very different from paying for a pirate DVD from some dude on the street, or obtaining it through an illicit bittorrent.

The company may in fact be Russian. I just whois'd the domain; country code "BZ" is Belize:
Checking server [whois.joker.com]
Results:
domain: gomusicnow.com
NOTE: The compilation, repackaging, dissemination or other use of this data
NOTE: is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Joker.com.

You did read in the note that you are not supposed to disseminate the whois data right?

-Josh

 

[91 X]

Lime Wire anyone???

 

[flaminio]

You did read in the note that you are not supposed to disseminate the whois data right?

No worries; I used a towel :biggrin: