How to Download CDs
A number of online retailers specialize in the sale of digital versions of CDs. If you plan to listen to your music with a digital-media player as opposed to a CD player, downloading is the way to go.
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Shop online at a digital music store. Stores like iTunes Music Store, accessible through Apple's iTunes music software, and Amazon.com have inventories of hundreds of thousands of digital versions of songs. You can buy single songs or full albums. This can be much more efficient than going to a brick-and-mortar store to purchase music, as you can also look at user reviews of content before you buy.
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Use file sharing. While file-sharing websites and programs are filled with copyrighted materials and illegal activity, the technology is not inherently illegal. File-sharing services like BitTorrent or WinMX can be great ways to download full albums and individual songs from artists who don't have distribution deals and independently distribute their works.
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Go to a band's website. A number of bands have exclusive content available on their websites available for fans to download free. While these may not be their most popular albums, they can be collections of B sides and rare tracks you won't find anywhere else.
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Rip a CD to your hard drive. Ripping a CD is the process of putting a CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive, starting a music-management program like Windows Media Player or iTunes and making digital copies of the CD's tracks on your hard drive. As the songs are downloaded from the CD to your hard drive, you can transfer them to a digital-media player.
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