How to Download Songs Using Last.Fm Downloader
Last.fm is an online radio site that offers its users access to a wide array of music, streamed right over the Internet. If you're a Last.fm user and would like to download songs from the service, you must use an external program to do so. According to the "Lifehacker" tech blog, the "Last.fm Downloader," which is actually the product of a developer with no official ties to Last.fm, is among the only such applications to allow users to download without installation. Use of the Last.fm Downloader is simple and takes only a few minutes to master.
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Instructions
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Download Last.fm Downloader from Lifehacker.com. Although you won't need to install any files on to your computer's hard drive, you will need to have the software saved there.
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Browse Last.fm to find a page from which you'd like to download. Click your mouse inside the "Address Bar" and hold down the "Ctrl" and "C" keys at the same time to copy the address to your computer's clipboard.
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Launch the Last.fm Downloader. Click your mouse inside the field next to the text "Last.fm URL," at which point your files will begin downloading automatically. Click on a file's name and click "Skip" or "Stop" to forgo downloading it.
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Tips & Warnings
As of October 2010, the Last.fm Downloader is only available for Windows users.
Do not download copyrighted music from the Internet--doing so can result in prosecution, fines and/or jail time. If you have to ask yourself whether a piece of music is copyrighted, it probably is.
