Best legal site to download music .
Q: Looking for cheap, fixed monthly .
Best Answer: Peer to Peer Networks
Before you do let me offer alternatives that are safer. Note that the popular limewire client has spyware. To ignore scroll down!
Be sure to checkout first:
http://music.yahoo.com/
http://www.mtv.com/
http://www.allmusic.com/
http://www.youtube.com/
http://pandora.com/
http://entertainment.lycos.com/music/
http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm
http://www.streamload.com/
Winamp
http://www.winamp.com/player/free.php
has free shoutcast TV and Audio Stations
http://www.shoutcast.com/
Check out this page on how to watch it in winamp
http://www.jimmyr.com/winamp_shoutcast.p…
Checkout this site to watch tv online
http://mediahopper.com/
For free music videos and audio shorts
If worried about legal stuff, for paid cheap music try:
http://www.Rhapsody.com
http://www.itunes.com/
http://www.napster.com/
http://www.mp3.com/
http://www.real.com/musicstore/
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=ty…
http://baseportal.com/baseportal/goodsou…
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Before thinking about downloading be sure to read the legal implications of downloading in the wikipedia p2p article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_to_pee…
Be sure to have a descent spyware and virus program or you can scan online free in multiple sources. Make sure you know about safety because many peer to peer networks have viruses. The link below has many resources including free antiviruses.
http://www.jimmyr.com/security.php
Before you Start downloading You Should know how to configure your router. To do so check here
http://www.portforward.com/
Currently there are two main p2p sources
BitTorrent and File Sharing Programs. To use bit torrent you need to download a client like azureus or bitcomet
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/download.…
http://www.bittorrent.com/
http://www.bitcomet.com/
Bit Torrent in Order of Popularity:
http://www.thepiratebay.org/
http://www.torrentspy.com/
http://www.mininova.org/
http://www.suprnova.org/
http://isohunt.com/
http://www.torrentreactor.net/torrents/
Programs In Order Of Popularity
http://www.emule-project.org/
Emule is the most downloaded program in sourceforge history
http://www.download.com/LimeWire/3000-21…
Limewire is popular among kids (spyware)
http://www.frostwire.com/
Frostwire is an alternative to limewire
http://cabos.sourceforge.jp/
Free filesharing
http://www.gnucleus.com/Gnucleus/
Another Gnutella client
http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net/
Ares
http://phex.kouk.de/mambo/
Phex is an alternative to bearshare and uses the gnutella network regarded as "safer".
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles…
Shareaza
http://www.download.com/1200-2025-514076…
Imesh
http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/
Direct Connect++
http://snail.pc.cz/StrongDC/indexen.htm
Strong Direct Connect
Morpheus (spyware)
http://morpheus.com/
Warez p2p (spyware)
http://www.warezclient.com/
Kazaa Not free anymore (spyware)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazaa
WinMX Doesnt Exist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinMX
Sourceforge top Filesharing projects
http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove…
Wikipedia p2p list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fi…
Sourceforge Free Software List (often p2p resources)
http://sourceforge.net/top/toplist.php?t…
Free Music From Archive.org
http://www.archive.org/details/audio
Programs
To make sure all video/audio files work try these:
Media Player Classic Is Fast, free and Much better than Windows Media PLayer
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles…
Mplayer
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.ht…
VCL
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
XP codec Pack
http://www.xpcodecpack.com/
Real Alternative
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real…
Divx Free
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/DivX…
Xvid
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Nic_…
QuickTime Alternative
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Quic…
G Spot will tell you what a video or audio file is encoded in
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
To open 7z, rar, ace, tar, gz or other formats
http://www.7-zip.org/
To create and mix your own audio try
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
To create and mix your own video files try
http://www.virtualdub.org/
For consol games try
http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms.html
http://www.rom-world.com/dl.php?name=Sup…
http://www.freeroms.com/
http://www.everyvideogame.com/ (nes only)
http://sgc.jandar.net/ (translate language)
For large Consol Games (cds) peer to peer is like the only option.
Check out sourceforges free top games
http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove…
Search for audio on google and altavista
http://www.altavista.com/audio/
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q…
Others that have been recommended
http://www.allofmp3.com
http://www.garageband.com
http://www.soundclick.com
http://www.mp3shits.com
http://www.manolito.com/
http://www.emp3finder.com/
http://www.purevolume.com/
http://search.singingfish.com/sfw/home.j…
http://www.btjunkie.org/
http://www.emp3world.com
http://music.msn.com/
http://www.isound.com/
http://music.download.com/
http://www.mp3dimension.com
http://www.yourmp3.net
http://www.mp3shits.com/
http://www.maxalbums.com/
http://www.emusic.com/rca
http://www.seekasong.com/
http://www.mp3-center.org
http://www.insound.com/mp3/mp3s.php
http://cooltoad.com
http://somafm.com/
http://www.emusic.com
http://www.papuyaar.com (india)
http://www.epitonic.com (india)
http://www.kazaa.com/
http://videopimp.org/
http://firstlisten.ifihadadime.com/
http://www.kohit.net/
Have fun.
http://www.jimmyr.com/Best_Peer_to_Peer_…
Re:personally I use rhapsody…but then you have to pay to d/l the songs unless of course you record the somgs using a taperecorder and then transfer them to your harddrive to burn to a CD…lolol…….but the quality sffers alot…so its better to $$$ fir them!!
Re:Originally posted by: Azzith
if u use napster with FairUse4Wm.exe (or another DRM stripper), you can have the music indefinately, in any format….I used the trial of napster and grabbed a load of songs that way….Not 100% sure on its legality though
Really? You're not sure? 
I am:
A "Purchased Track" is a Track that you may (1) save to the hard drives of up to three (3) of your personal computers and play back at any time, (2) burn to a CD and/or (3) transfer to a compatible portable device. Any security technology that is provided with a Purchased Track is an inseparable part of it. If you have Purchased Tracks, it is your responsibility not to lose, destroy or damage them. Napster shall have no liability to you in the event of any such loss, destruction, or damage. You may purchase Tracks on an individual basis and you may also be offered the ability to purchase Tracks in groups (called "Track Packs"), sometimes at discounted pricing.
http://www.napster.com/terms.html
Re:if u use napster with FairUse4Wm.exe (or another DRM stripper), you can have the music indefinately, in any format….I used the trial of napster and grabbed a load of songs that way….Not 100% sure on its legality though
Re:Rent an unlimited number of songs for $15/month from Napster.com
Sure, they disappear if you stop paying, but your cable goes dark too.
Re:http://www.emusic.com/ is probably the cheapest.
Re:emusic.com comes to mind for fee based music
for freebies check out this guide:
http://mp3.about.com/od/freemusicdownloads/tp/freeandlegalmp3.htm