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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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  • Justin Bieber ft Usher - First Dance Lyrics


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    Justin Bieber ft Usher - First Dance Lyrics I never thought that it be easy Cause we both so distance now And the walls are closing in on us And we’re wondering how No one has a solid answer But just walking in the dark And you can see the look on my face It just tells me apart So we fight (so we fight) through ...
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  • Indie Rock


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    I was looking for a good site for free indie artists and music and I found The Indie. I really like what they are doing to promote these deserving artists. Check out the site as soon as you can. I loved it! Original news source
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  • Remixes For Your Soul – A new album from The Faux Noise + indie music video


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    Just heard from Daniel of Faux Noise. He writes: Here comes our latest stuff, Remixes For Your Soul , a new album with 10 remixes. Hope you like it! A Different Story Too soon. Without making any sound the autumn has taken its last breath. Grey leaves lie silently on the frozen ground, all color drained ...
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  • Free Music: The Bloodsugars


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    The Bloodsugars : You’ll find everything you need to here . Preview: “Light at the End of the Tunnel” First Impression: A quirky pop song with pleasant melodies and sharp lyrics. Listen To: When you’re looking for the light at the end of the tunnel (no pun intended). »Save It: “Light at the ...
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  • Your biggest fanatics | Mark Lawson


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    Celebrity obsessives are not new. But Twilights star and boyband JLS face a new, Twitterfied breed For those interested in the derivation of language, the word "fan" has never been much fun. You guess that it must be a shortening of "fanatic", and this proves to be right. But, for observers of culture, the term is ...
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  • Phoenix To Play Secret Show @ NYC


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    Phoenix is not done quite yet with the US Scenestar readers because theyre making their return in December. Before getting to Southern California to play a couple of radio shows, the Parisians will be stopping in New York for a...
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  • FREE MP3 FRIDAY’S – “NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR” – Dr. Dooom


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    Tweet This Story! From Kool Keith’s “Dr. Dooom” Track Title: “Neighbors Next Door” PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE TO SIGN UP FOR THE HSK MAILING LIST IN RETURN FOR JACKY’S CATALOG FREE! Download FREE MP3 Here Other Articles by Jacky: FREE MP3 FRIDAY’S – “DAY’S THAT ...
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  • Free Music Friday – Soulful Christmas


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    Time to get funky while you’re putting up those Christmas decorations….
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  • SynthGeek Intros UglyVerb Reverb


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    SynthGeek has introduced SG-UglyVerb , a free Windows reverb plugin: There are times when I want a reverb for its smearing, tail-producing qualities, but a regular reverb isn’t ugly enough. This was created to solve that problem. It sounds just like the name implies, and sometimes that’s just what the situation ...
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  • free music friday: izzi dunn


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    Izzi Dunn ‘Tits & Ass’ [Blunt Laser remix] Is it unfortunate or serendipitous that ‘Izzi Dunn’ sounds like the question which follows a barely bearable mauling at the hands of an incompetent inamorato? As names to conjure with go, her latest single’s not bad either. ‘Tits & Ass’ (out now) is ...
    1 day ago
  • free music friday: nite jewel


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    Nite Jewel ‘Another Horizon’ Under the floorboards of Los Angeles, a gang of thinkers, makers and drinkers are creating toasted marshmallow music with eight-track cassette recorders and a dusty stack of disco inspiration. Nite Jewel, the performing and recording alias of philosophy student Ramona Gonzalez, has ...
    1 day ago
  • free music friday: andromakers


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    Andromakers ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’ [The Smiths cover] Having only played their debut live shows back in July, French duo Nadège and Lucille – collectively known as Andromakers – are freshly minted bedroom composers from the historical city of Aix-en-Provence. Only the brave take on The ...
    1 day ago
  • free music friday: marina & the diamonds


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    Marina & The Diamonds ‘Mowgli’s Road’ [Phenomenal Handclap Band remix] Is there a collective noun for the current wave of British glam-pop divas that includes Victoria Hesketh (Little Boots), Elly Jackson (La Roux) and Florence Welch (with or without her Machine)? Perhaps a ‘Sequin’ or a ‘Kate ...
    1 day ago
  • free music friday: holly miranda


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    Holly Miranda ‘Forest Green Oh Forest Green’ While downbeat indie-pop foursome The Jealous Girlfriends take a break, guitarist Holly Miranda has not been catching up on shut-eye. After a well received solo EP, Sleep On Fire , and tours supporting The Antlers and Friendly Fires, Miranda releases her Dave ...
    1 day ago
  • free music friday: wetdog


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    Wetdog ‘Tidy Up Your Bedroom’ London-based trio Rivka Gillieron, Sarah Datblygu and Billy Easter look pure New York cool, and there is a certain sarcastic melancholia under their choppy guitar riffs. ‘Tidy Up Your Bedroom’ is taken from their second LP, Frauhaus! , out on Monday (their 21-track 2008 ...
    1 day ago
  • Check out my Remergence Project for Some Free Downloads


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    Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while now will also now that I have a music project Remergence , over on the Remergence blog I have posted about an offer of a free album download . So I thought I would post a bit of blatant promo to let everyone know about the classic release for free, the ...
    1 day ago
  • Clicker.com cuts through the Web video chaos


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    By Chris Maxcer, TechNewsWorld Let’s put this simply: If you want to stream free, professional videos online, Clicker makes finding the video easier than most other solutions I’ve seen. In fact, it’s one of the few online television and video search guides that I’ve felt compelled to create an account with. ...
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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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    Luxonix’s LFX-1310 is a free plug-in multi-effector, for Mac & PC, that includes 24 types of algorithm and 3 serial slots. Effectors: S’Filter 12 / S’Filter 24 / 3-band EQ Peak Compressor / RMS Compressor Overdrive / Distortion / Amp Distortion Crusher / LP Noise / Stereo Image Chorus / ...
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