text: does anyone know a site i can use to have free downloads of music? i need something to download free music on! peer to peer networks   before you do let me offer alternatives that are safer. to ignore scroll down!   be sure to checkout first: http://music.yahoo.com/ http://www.mtv.com/ http://www.allmusic.com/ http://www.youtube.com/ http://entertainment.lycos.com/music/ http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm http://www.streamload.com/   winamp http://www.winamp.com/player/free.php  has free shoutcast tv and audio stations http://www.shoutcast.com/  check out this page on how to watch it in winamp http://www.jimmyr.com/winamp_shoutcast.php  checkout this site to watch tv online http://mediahopper.com/    for free music videos and audio shorts  if worried about legal stuff, for paid cheap music try: http://www.rhapsody.com http://www.itunes.com/ http://www.napster.com/ http://www.mp3.com/ http://www.real.com/musicstore/ http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=type:music_video&so=1      --- ---- --- --- end alternatives       before thinking about downloading be sure to read the legal implications of downloading in the wikipedia p2p article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/peer_to_peer#legal_controversy  be sure to have a descent spyware and virus program or you can scan online free in multiple sources. make sure you know about safety because many peer to peer networks have viruses. the link below has many resources including free antiviruses. http://www.jimmyr.com/security.php      before you start downloading you should know how to configure your router. to do so check here http://www.portforward.com/    currently there are two main p2p sources bittorrent and file sharing programs. to use bit torrent you need to download a client like azureus or bitcomet http://azureus.sourceforge.net/download.php http://www.bittorrent.com/ http://www.bitcomet.com/   bit torrent in order of popularity: http://www.thepiratebay.org/ http://www.torrentspy.com/ http://www.mininova.org/ http://www.suprnova.org/ http://isohunt.com/ http://www.torrentreactor.net/torrents/   programs in order of popularity  http://www.emule-project.org/  emule is the most downloaded program in sourceforge history  http://www.download.com/limewire/3000-2166_4-10494363.html limewire is popular among kids  http://www.frostwire.com/ frostwire is an alternative to limewire  http://cabos.sourceforge.jp/ free filesharing  http://www.gnucleus.com/gnucleus/ another gnutella client    http://phex.kouk.de/mambo/ phex is an alternative to bearshare and uses the gnutella network regarded as "safer".  http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=110672&package_id=119725&release_id=366441 shareaza  http://www.download.com/1200-2025-5140766.html?part=dl-imesh&subj=dl&tag=button imesh  http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/ direct connect++  http://snail.pc.cz/strongdc/indexen.htm strong direct connect  morpheus http://morpheus.com/  warez p2p http://www.warezclient.com/  sourceforge top filesharing projects http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?stquery=&sort=group_ranking&sortdir=asc&offset=0&form_cat=251  wikipedia p2p list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/category:file_sharing_networks  sourceforge free software list (often p2p resources) http://sourceforge.net/top/toplist.php?type=downloads_week  free music from archive.org http://www.archive.org/details/audio     programs  to make sure all video/audio files work try these:  media player classic is fast, free and much better than windows media player http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303&package_id=84358&release_id=403110 mplayer http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html vcl http://www.videolan.org/vlc/   xp codec pack http://www.xpcodecpack.com/ real alternative http://www.free-codecs.com/download/real_alternative.htm divx free http://www.free-codecs.com/download/divx_free.htm xvid http://www.free-codecs.com/download/nic_xvid_codec.htm quicktime alterna