# Paying for music on the net

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-music-on-the-net/102030>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 5, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-music-on-the-net/102030 "2002-04-05T17:20:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cheezit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-music-on-the-net/102030/1 "2002-04-05T17:20:26Z")

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For the moment, let’s forget the Morpheus, Napster, Audiogalaxy type file sharing programs. What I would like to know is, what is your favorite web site to _buy_ your music and can you get all types of music? I ask because the one site that I looked at was [www.mp3.com](http://www.mp3.com) and the songs that I looked up were not by the original artists. How much can you expect to pay for the music?

For instance, at [mp3.com](http://mp3.com), I did a search for the song by Tammy Wynette called _Stand by Your Man_. I got one song found by someone that I never heard of. ☹

Are there any doper favorites that have original artists?

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**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-music-on-the-net/102030/2 "2002-04-05T17:35:40Z")

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[www.emusic.com](http://www.emusic.com) has a pretty good selection and is adding new stuff all the time. Sometimes the stuff they have is lesser-known recordings by well-known artists, which can be either wonderful or disappointing, depending on what you were looking for. They have a 14-day free trial membership, so you can check out the service, and it’s $14.99/month for 3 months, or 9.99/month for a year with unlimited downloads.

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**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-music-on-the-net/102030/3 "2002-04-06T02:13:20Z")

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Oh, btw, many of the record distribution companies’ pay sites were giving no online royalties to the artists. They claim that it was under contract. Bugger to them.

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**Author:** ![Dieter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dieter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dieter)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-for-music-on-the-net/102030/4 "2002-04-06T04:21:05Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by cheezit \*  
> \*\*For the moment, let’s forget the Morpheus, Napster, Audiogalaxy type file sharing programs. What I would like to know is, what is your favorite web site to _buy_ your music and can you get all types of music? I ask because the one site that I looked at was [www.mp3.com](http://www.mp3.com) and the songs that I looked up were not by the original artists. How much can you expect to pay for the music?
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> For instance, at [mp3.com](http://mp3.com), I did a search for the song by Tammy Wynette called _Stand by Your Man_. I got one song found by someone that I never heard of. ☹
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> Are there any doper favorites that have original artists? \*\*

Sites like [www.mp3.com](http://www.mp3.com), [www.ampcast.com](http://www.ampcast.com), [www.javamusic.com](http://www.javamusic.com) etc, etc, are mostly indie music.