Free Music

Free music downloads have made a massive impact on the music industry, changing the way the industry interacts with their fans as well as the very process music fans obtain the music they love.

Downloading music became popular with fans because many Internet file-sharing programs allowed fans to download free music.  The most notorious of these, Napster, was shut down after a series of lawsuits were filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).  

After shutting down Napster as a portal for free music downloads, the RIAA began suing individuals who downloaded free music from file-sharing programs.  The RIAA successfully sued Jammie Thomas.  The verdict against Thomas was overturned by an appeals court judge in September 2008.  The RIAA is appealing that judge's decision.

Not all free music downloads are illegal, as labels, artists, and retailers have periodically allowed fans to download tracks for free.  

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• Indie Rock

  
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• Remixes For Your Soul – A new album from The Faux Noise + indie music video

  
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• Free Music: The Bloodsugars

  
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• Your biggest fanatics | Mark Lawson

  
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• Phoenix To Play Secret Show @ NYC

  
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• FREE MP3 FRIDAY’S – “NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR” – Dr. Dooom

  
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• Free Music Friday – Soulful Christmas

  
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• SynthGeek Intros UglyVerb Reverb

  
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• free music friday: nite jewel

  
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• free music friday: andromakers

  
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• free music friday: marina & the diamonds

  
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• free music friday: holly miranda

  
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• free music friday: wetdog

  
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• Check out my Remergence Project for Some Free Downloads

  
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• Clicker.com cuts through the Web video chaos

  
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• The Joint: Massive Thanksgiving Giveaway

  
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  There’s still a few days left in one of our biggest ever giveaways on The Joint Review website.  One person will win a massive bag of goodies – 31 items in all – including CDs, DVDs and digital songbooks. So, what are you waiting for!?  Get over there ! Posted in Blog, Book, Leading, New Music, Resources, ...
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• Free Multi-Effects Plugin For Mac, PC

  
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