# Downloading Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 9, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-music/68223 "2001-06-09T23:14:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tjw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@tjw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tjw)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-music/68223/1 "2001-06-09T23:14:35Z")
Where is a good site to download music? ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-music/68223/2 "2001-06-10T01:37:12Z")
You are, of course, talking about LEGALLY downloading music, aren’t you? Like music from developing artists? If so, try [http://www.mp3.com](http://www.mp3.com). If you’re speaking about illegally, I’m not going to help you. It’s not that I don’t do it myself, but that it’s against the policy of this board. Find it yourself. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-music/68223/3 "2001-06-10T02:19:19Z")
There are a ton of sites that allow file-sharing. I dont thin any of them compare to Napster. The aftermath reminds me of the story of Babble. All of these people on top of the mountain and now they are all scattered everywhere. A couple sites I have used: [links deleted] - my personal “favorite” although like I said, none of these have the User Interface that Napster did. Most of these sites allow sharing of audio, video and other types of files, so be careful of some mis-labeled …ahem… undesirable material. [Edited by Chronos on 06-10-2001 at 12:56 AM] ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-music/68223/4 "2001-06-10T05:56:50Z")
Let’s not have this here, OK?