Recently, following large numbers of people downloading illegal movies on the net, there was tons of sites offering the equivalent in music. In the beginning of this for most users it was great, though illegal, but website owners started to take advantage of this in even more unethical ways.
Website owners made (and continue to make) some quite unethical choices just to put a penny in their pocket. By adding pop up windows, spying software, and many other things to their sites, users were sometimes left with viruses and other elements. This is like after downloading an mp3, you have a new window (seemingly normal looking) but told you to purchase Viagra every time your searching the net. Awful to look at, and harmful to your computer.
If downloading music outside a major online store such as amazon or itunes, keep your eyes out for and be conscious of a couple simple things. This way you'll get the highest quality mp3 you can, and help out the music business. Keep these these in mind:
1) The quality of the Mp3. File quality can range anywhere from 20 kbps which is blurry quality to 320 kbps which is basically CD quality. You should aim for downloading music files that are above 128 kbps. Anything below that will have a trashy background that will not sound good when you burn it onto a CD.
2) Kind of obvious, but your internet speed has to be good quality. Restarting you computer may be necessary in order to get it back to the optimum high-speed capacity. Before you download any file, you'll want an internet speed of over 3 kb/s to download the song in under 10min.
3) Check to make sure your disk has enough space for what your downloading. There is almost nothing more annoying than when your files are almost finished downloading and you get en error, discovering that your C drive didn't have enough space on it. These days, with high capacity drives being standard this is less common, but do yourself a favor and still make sure before you start downloading.
4) When downloading music, make sure you aren't making illegal copies. To prevent this, try making the music you download a sort of "sample", where after listening to it, you buy the album or actual file from a retailer. If you don't like the music, move on on something else where you will buy it. If you do this, you will indirectly keep the music industry rolling and musicians happy.
Overall, in downloading music (even illegally) it can be a beneficial experience if thinking about it right. You may learn about new bands that you'll pay for a concert ticket to or try to buy the album later. When you download music, try your best to keep it from a legal source, and keep the copies of the files to yourself.
Website owners made (and continue to make) some quite unethical choices just to put a penny in their pocket. By adding pop up windows, spying software, and many other things to their sites, users were sometimes left with viruses and other elements. This is like after downloading an mp3, you have a new window (seemingly normal looking) but told you to purchase Viagra every time your searching the net. Awful to look at, and harmful to your computer.
If downloading music outside a major online store such as amazon or itunes, keep your eyes out for and be conscious of a couple simple things. This way you'll get the highest quality mp3 you can, and help out the music business. Keep these these in mind:
1) The quality of the Mp3. File quality can range anywhere from 20 kbps which is blurry quality to 320 kbps which is basically CD quality. You should aim for downloading music files that are above 128 kbps. Anything below that will have a trashy background that will not sound good when you burn it onto a CD.
2) Kind of obvious, but your internet speed has to be good quality. Restarting you computer may be necessary in order to get it back to the optimum high-speed capacity. Before you download any file, you'll want an internet speed of over 3 kb/s to download the song in under 10min.
3) Check to make sure your disk has enough space for what your downloading. There is almost nothing more annoying than when your files are almost finished downloading and you get en error, discovering that your C drive didn't have enough space on it. These days, with high capacity drives being standard this is less common, but do yourself a favor and still make sure before you start downloading.
4) When downloading music, make sure you aren't making illegal copies. To prevent this, try making the music you download a sort of "sample", where after listening to it, you buy the album or actual file from a retailer. If you don't like the music, move on on something else where you will buy it. If you do this, you will indirectly keep the music industry rolling and musicians happy.
Overall, in downloading music (even illegally) it can be a beneficial experience if thinking about it right. You may learn about new bands that you'll pay for a concert ticket to or try to buy the album later. When you download music, try your best to keep it from a legal source, and keep the copies of the files to yourself.
About the Author:
For more on the online music music world check out these great articles on how to make money online with music and how online music lessons are taking over!
ليست هناك تعليقات:
إرسال تعليق