How to Share Music Files Online
Sharing music files on the Internet is an easy way to help expose your friends to your favorite music or your own recordings. Whether you upload your personal CD collection to an online source or share MP3 files, make sure that you use legal means of sharing music. Do not share CDs or songs that have not yet been officially released, and never charge money for a music file unless you have received permission from the copyright holder, artist and record label.
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Instructions
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Sharing MP3s
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Find the CD you want to share online. Rip it onto your computer with music software like iTunes. This requires you to insert your CD into the disc drive in your computer, then follow the software-specific instructions for transferring the songs onto your computer. Search your hard drive for the album after it finishes transferring the music files onto your computer. Right-click on the folder and select "Create Archive," which also is also called "zipping." This will zip the folder, making it easier to share online. If you only want to share one MP3 file, you do not have to zip it. If you want to share a digital file that wasn't ripped from a CD, make sure you know where it's located on your hard drive before moving on to the next step.
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Log onto a website that offers large file sharing (sendspace, rapidshare, yousendit, etc.). You don't have to sign up for a premium account, just choose to upload a file. A pop-up window asks you to select the file from your computer that you want to upload onto the Internet. Select the single MP3 file or zip folder (an unzipped folder with multiple files cannot be uploaded). The uploading process takes a few minutes, but once it is complete, your music is available to download.
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Locate the download URL link after your file has uploaded to the file-sharing site. Share this link with your friends, and they can download your music from any computer that has an Internet connection. After they click on the link, they must click the "Download" tab (and occasionally include a security code) in order to download the music files. If it is a zip file, they must right-click and "unzip" once the download finishes.The download process should take about as long as your uploading process--just a few minutes.
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