Download music?

**Banquo's Ghost** · 07-18-2006, 21:28

Originally Posted by Zorba

http://www.mp3sugar.com/

I am quite sure it is legal, and the songs are 10 cents apiece, with all whole albums (that I have seen so far) at 99 cents maximum. Good deal.

Just found it recently, when I was searching for "Candy and a Currant Bun."

I'm pretty sure that that's the Russian site that is in trouble and which caused Monarch to post. The reason songs are so cheap is that they are not paying the artists and using some Russian legal gobbledegook to defend themselves.

I'd be wary if I were you, though no-one has yet said they will chase down purchasers in other countries who acted in good faith. That may change now the balloon has gone up.

I don't hold much of a candle for the music pigopolists, but artists getting short-changed worries me.

EDIT: Oh, and Blodrast, albums are cheaper on iTunes if you buy the album entire - $9.99 I think in the US.

**Masy** · 07-18-2006, 21:33

Seeing as your also from the UK i would recommend Tesco.com (though it is 79p a track) but you are given a code which means you can download the same track as often as you want (in case you delete it i guess). Also, if you have a clubcard you can get points etc

**Reverend Joe** · 07-19-2006, 03:26

Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost

I'm pretty sure that that's the Russian site that is in trouble and which caused Monarch to post. The reason songs are so cheap is that they are not paying the artists and using some Russian legal gobbledegook to defend themselves.

I'd be wary if I were you, though no-one has yet said they will chase down purchasers in other countries who acted in good faith. That may change now the balloon has gone up.

I don't hold much of a candle for the music pigopolists, but artists getting short-changed worries me.

EDIT: Oh, and Blodrast, albums are cheaper on iTunes if you buy the album entire - $9.99 I think in the US.

Well, I'll be damned... I think you're right. There was a link to a Russian website, rather suspiciously positioned.

I'm asking for a refund of my remaining monies and a removal from the website as we speak. I would strongly advise noone else to go there.

**Blodrast** · 07-19-2006, 18:21

Oh, ok... thanks for the heads-up, both of ya.

**Monarch** · 07-19-2006, 20:16

Nah actually the russian site is ;)

(Until we're sure it's not piracy or theft, let's leave out the links please - Beirut)

**Blodrast** · 07-19-2006, 21:14

okie... so is this other one, mp3sugar, legal or not in the end ?

**Reverend Joe** · 07-20-2006, 16:41

Oh, damnit...

It still links to a russian website, and it is still rock-bottom cheap, so I would be wary.

**Banquo's Ghost** · 07-20-2006, 20:30

Being a cynical chap, my rule of thumb is 'if it looks too good to be true, it probably is'.

If the big players in this market could afford to sell at such low prices, they would probably do so to drive the little guys out of business. Such a huge disparity indicates to me that someone is fiddling, and Russians and copyright rarely sit well together.

Caveat emptor.