Ok, not sure whether this is going to get better results in tech or entertainment... but regardless:

I'm looking for an online program that lets you pay a flat fee per month to legally download music and play it on your iPod. From what I'm thinking iTunes is pay per song, and I really am not interested in doing that. Now that napster has converted, they're not compatible with iTunes. Any suggestions? Is there really even something that exists for what I'm looking for or am I stuck with paying per song?

12/6/2006 10:25:47 PM

limewire pro if you're ballsy

12/6/2006 10:27:44 PM

why ballsy? I hated the program when it was basically free sharing for all, it was really crappy and never worked.

12/6/2006 10:29:06 PM

http://www.mp3rocket.com

12/6/2006 10:42:10 PM

Rhapsody's subscription program is awesome. Although you can't use it on the iPod, their Sansa player is really nice.

12/6/2006 10:49:23 PM

while everyone will proceed to hate on ipods,

it sounds like you just went out and bought an ipod with no thought to the type of use you were going to give your device

and probably bought the ipod because everyone and their mom has one (including me and my mom)

i think you deserve to have your problem, because if you weren't smart enough to figure this out prior, or didnt have a substantial music collection already with which to import,

sucks for ya!

12/6/2006 10:53:41 PM

The only legally downloaded songs that will play on the iPod must be purchased from the iTunes Music Store.
None of those other ones (Rhapsody, the new Napster, etc) will natively play on iPods.

12/7/2006 1:19:03 AM

^^ thank you for taking the time to write all of that just so I can label you as biggest tool of the day

I bought my two iPods years ago before they were all the rage, and I'm still happy with my purchase today. I already have a huge collection, but I'm looking for a better way to get NEW music. I don't intend to buy a new player to do that when I like what I have.

Oh also, here's to you having the most useless post of this thread so far - ass.

[Edited on December 7, 2006 at 1:21 AM. Reason : .]

12/7/2006 1:20:58 AM

if you've had your ipods for years you should be fully aware of how they function and that what you're asking to do is not possible based on the apple music acquisition business model

12/7/2006 7:38:28 AM

I use eMusic, $15/month for 40 downloads.

.37 much better than .99 a song

12/7/2006 11:12:02 AM

....or you could just figure out torrents...but you're pretty tech savvy it sounds like, so im sure you already figured all that out

12/7/2006 12:02:16 PM

did everyone miss

http://www.mp3rocket.com ? its a subscription service that lets you download and KEEP your songs.

12/7/2006 12:07:40 PM

you could figure out that she asked for legal sources to download music. The vast majority of torrented stuff is illegal, unless she's into a lot of live shows (which might still be illegal, but no one cares about them).

12/7/2006 12:07:47 PM

this thread screams of inept girl

12/7/2006 12:20:52 PM

^^ http://www.download.com/MP3-Rocket/3640-2166_4-10602956.html?tag=tab_ur
apparently mp3rocket is basically limewire, so for the most part not legal

12/7/2006 12:38:18 PM

i need something i can use on linux

12/7/2006 1:21:16 PM

allofmp3.com baby

12/7/2006 2:06:56 PM

Bob Ryan screams of the desire to be labeled as a douche-bag...

Quote :

"Share Responsibly: Today, there are 240 million users trading MP3s on legal file-sharing networks. Sharing is not illegal as long as you obey all relevant copyright laws. Sharing copyrighted material, without permission to do so, is illegal. MP3 Rocket Inc. implores you to respect all copyright laws."

- from mp3rocket's site makes me think that it may not be entirely legal... they're just covering their butt by encouraging you not to download or share copyright material...

[Edited on December 7, 2006 at 2:30 PM. Reason : .]

12/7/2006 2:28:21 PM

smart one arent we!

12/7/2006 2:34:25 PM

Quote :

"The only legally downloaded songs that will play on the iPod must be purchased from the iTunes Music Store. None of those other ones (Rhapsody, the new Napster, etc) will natively play on iPods."

http://www.emusic.com sells legal, non-DRM mp3 files that should work on iPods.

Their selection is all indie-label stuff, I think, so maybe not best for most pop artists, but they do have a pretty huge selection of music, including a lot of major artists that have chosen to stay on smaller labels.

12/7/2006 4:05:33 PM

learn how to search the internet for the tools you need to convert filetype a to filetype b and say FUCK YOU to copy-protection

other than that i'm very pleased with itunes, though their tv show/movie selection needs DRASTIC improvement, what is all this horseshit disney shit?

12/7/2006 4:27:01 PM

^^ That's what I've been screaming!

12/7/2006 4:37:44 PM

Quote :

"allofmp3.com baby"

i thought it was gone now

12/7/2006 5:41:52 PM

allofmp3.com is still there, and there's alltunes.com as well.

12/9/2006 1:04:17 PM

allofmp3.com is still there, you just cant use it unless you have a russian credit card

12/9/2006 1:12:10 PM