Browsing around, I got to the site Artist direct.com and found many music downloads and I also got to see a lot of artwork from bands from the yesteryears (the 80’s actually). The site boasts a huge collection of old and new stuff that you can listen to online. In the freebie’s section you can get free mp3 downloads and many more fun links to make the visit a lot more enjoyable. Of course the site has paid downloads for the latest stuff but who cares. Paid is good for you can demand for the stuff you paid for. Get pirated stuff and you can’t do anything. Like many stuff on the net, music and videos have to earn their worth or cost so do sponsor these sites. Did I mention they also have some hot games and contests where you could win tons of free music stuff? Well they do, plus a whole lot more so check out the site for more information.Soundflavor.com is another new site that allows users to create playlists and share them with friends. You can also find some promo stuff and free downloads that have been approved for free downloading. They even have a tool for your Ipod that allows the creation of playlists for importing into your Personal Digital Media Player.
Many sites are popping up in hopes of capturing some share of the video and photo downloads market but it’s the big boys who still earn the big bucks. Visit all the major music companies and you get all the premier downloads and videos, for a fee of course and they prevent that stuff you just bought from being shared for your purchase has a personal use license which when transferred onto another computer or sent through the internet renders it useless.
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Categories: Applications, Downloading Legally, Freeware, ipods, Music, Photo Images, Videos
YouTube is considered to be one of the best sites for sharing stuff on the web such as video, Music video and video logs or simply blogs in video format. From humble beginnings in 2005, when the company was conceptualized by three former employees of Pay Pal it is now considered to be the best way to share video on the world theater. The final deal came when Google purchased the rights for the company to the tune of more than 1.5Billion US dollars worth of Google Inc’s stocks.
Media as a whole loved the free spirited approach of YouTube without the hassles of multi-million dollar advertising deals and many other legal stuff that comes with it. Though many treat it as a place where they can say or show anything, well think again. YouTube follows the rulings and provisions of the United States Copyright law and do take out materials that are categorized to have broken these said laws. Nudity and vulgar content is also un-allowed and they are removed from the site accordingly.
The control and freedom have to be balanced and the site has to ensure that the rights of all are protected whatever side they may be on. They are always open to new stuff that can be shared to the worlds billions upon billions of users who visit and upload stuff they deem necessary. The legal side of YouTube is that many people who are directly affected by the said site, celebrities remain very much divided on the said site and how it works. Marketing people love the site for they use it in a form or another to promote stuff they normally spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars in ad fees and many other costs associated with it. The Legal advisors on the other hand hate it due to the proliferation of pirated stuff on the site which cannot be taken out of circulation on time. Recently, the company allowed Media companies to ban their stuff and pull them from the gallery without prior approval from the owners or the company.
So what do we expect for the future of YouTube, well like all things that start out to be free and un-regulated it will mature into a site that satisfies most of the parties involved. So future moves by the site might mean more strict controls and other measures to filter out stuff automatically but there will always be detractors as with any other issue.
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Categories: Downloading Legally, Freeware, Photo Images, Podcasts, Providers, Site News, Videos
We’ve all heard of the horrible incidents regarding private stuff that people have posted on their personal web pages going public and causing a lot of problems. Celebrities are on top of the list for their innocence becomes prime breeding ground for those who seek an easy buck in exchange for stuff regarding them(personal pictures and videos and other stuff). Truth of the matter is that there is no privacy on the internet or on any computer that is connected to it.
Yes, this is true for the internet is just a network of computers that are connected in to one big computer network. May it be a Corporate server, a personal computer or the personal digital assistant and many others, all of them are susceptible to attack and therefore vulnerable. This has become so much a problem that companies have developed specialized software programs called firewalls that prevent unauthorized users from accessing the information contained within a computer system. But these systems have failed in the past quite disastrously like the incident only a few years back with internet search engines suffering from huge glitches due to malware being able to overload their systems causing them to slow down or even crash in some instances.
So how do we really protect pictures and other relevant or sensitive information from prying eyes and ears? For personal stuff, keep it off the web by storing it somewhere safe say a portable digital storage device like a pen drive, CD, dvd or some other media you can take out of your computer when you don’t use it. Use the encryption systems that are most likely to be included on your computer’s operating system. And lastly, learn about how firewalls work and configure them properly(too many users leave their systems vulnerable due to using the default settings on their OS’s).
Tags: Music, photos, Video
Categories: Applications, Downloading Legally, Graphics, Music, Photo Images
The best things in life are free. This is what most people believe in. But being free also has its consequences, among them of which is the hidden viruses and spyware that spread aggressively towards a computer once opened without checking.
Downloading stuff over the web is usually automatic when a person would need certain programs, applications or files for their own use. The priority would be the sites that offer them without a fee. But when it comes to security, people could care less. They would take it as it comes and address the situation once there are indeed signs of threat.
Besides, people know the steps necessary to be able to disinfect and restore damaged program registry commands once such things occur. But this does not cover majority of the users who are satisfied with simple web access.
There are sites which charge nominal fees. Other than being safe, they are legal and free a downloading individual from any probable legal conflict. Wants carry with them a price. The price of safety and peace of mind.
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Categories: Applications, Downloading Legally, Freeware, Graphics, Music, Photo Images, Resources, Videos
Microsoft offers its usual installments of Word, Excel and Powerpoint to adhere to the needs of people with regards to word processing, spreadsheet creation and presentation slides for meetings and gatherings. To make the files catchy to the eye of listeners and viewers, the use of clip arts offers to satisfy this requirement. However, the default clip arts may not be enough to satisfy a person thus the option to download latest clip art files over the web being another option.
Assuming that the product is licensed, a person can choose from over a hundred available clip arts over the web for additional use in their file creations. These clip arts cater to all genres possible and such is something that many people would take advantage off. All it needs is one visit to the Microsoft website and once downloaded, these downloaded clip art files can be used over and over again for future use as well.
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Categories: Applications, Downloading Legally, Graphics, Photo Images, Resources
The rate of transfer from a site towards the workstation of any person would depend on the size and the bandwidth offered by a server towards all people who may connect to a site. Distance is another aspect for consideration since with regard to places where people access certain sites, the gateway that they use will be a contributing factor towards access and the actual transfer rates.
Files for transfer can range from pictures, music files and applications. The size would depend a lot on the entire package with music and video files being the larger sized files a person may consider to download. But for people, speed is equivalent to time that they spend logging on to the web hence the importance of bandwidth connected to time spent. However overall, the important thing is the downloaded items are transferred completely since disruption may render the whole file corrupt and useless.
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Categories: Applications, Downloading Legally, Graphics, Music, Photo Images, Polyphonics, Resources, Videos
At random, people who have access to the Internet would be downloading tons of files per individual a day. Out of a possible 10 downloaders, half of them would probably be unaware of what they are downloading. All that matters is after completing a download, double clicking on the downloaded file is the next step, assuming that these files are recognized by the system and the installed programs.
The risky files are the compressed files and the executables. Once they commence to install, there is minimal space for turning back the process. While reliable sites such as corporate sites would normally offer actual files, getting other files from mirror host sites or download farms would be something that should be though of twice.
For one, downloading from unknown sites alone is a risk in itself. Reliability and the consistency of the file being downloaded should be thought of twice considering that it can be easily renamed to any file name. The key is to look at the filename extension. Questionable filename extensions in the form of executables and zipped files should immediately raise doubts.
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Categories: Applications, Downloading Legally, Freeware, Graphics, Music, Photo Images, Resources, Ringtones, Videos
Everyone who uses the web knows that image files and photos are abundant. Anyone can practically download them at their pace and store them for collection and personal use. However, in the image searches, it can be noticed that once they are clicked, there is this small note of the image being subject to copyrights. For the sake of discussion, copyrights are the rights owned by a person with regards to materials that they create.
Hence, in some instances, the use of such image files would normally need the express consent and permission of the actual creator. The scenario has not been given much attention from past years, but as of late, it has been similar to the fight being carried out against plagiarism in article content writing. The awareness produced from fighting for the sole copyrights has obviously been something that people have become sensitive about.
Downloading images is not as easy as yesteryears since due credit has been something that people are quite particular these days, especially for hard-working creative minds.
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Categories: Downloading Legally, Graphics, Photo Images, Resources
Aggressive searches for unique files like ringtones, wallpapers, screen savers and other applications for use in portable media like cellular phones and palm tops is one of the common activities that people look for on the web. One has to think, why do people want to look for them? The answer lies in the area of prestige and of course bragging rights since it has been common to see that people who are the first to own such things will always be considered unique.
This practice has been the common thing that people see. People always want to be the first. While creations are rare, especially if people are looking for free ones, people can always search selected sites or communities for the unique files not available in their regions.
Hence it all boils down to how people would religiously dedicate their time in looking for rare files before they become common and rampant for people to have them.
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Categories: Applications, Downloading Legally, Freeware, Graphics, ipods, Mobile Phones, Music, Photo Images, Podcasts, Polyphonics, Resources, Ringtones, Videos
People looking for latest or desired software for use will immediately go towards the known sites where such files would be present. Tucows and Cnet Downloads.com are two of the safest and leading download sites available today. They house the latest and best products ranging from audio, video, security, and utility programs among others, which people would require today.
Most of these programs would be on a shareware or trial basis. This would depend on the number of uses of a certain product while some provide an immediate 30 day allowance before checking and requiring trial users to purchase the actual program software.
This is believed to be good ample time for anyone who would download and try out the program if their downloads were able to satisfy what they are looking for or perhaps a need to look for other software programs that are available at these download sites.
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