Virgin Media has decided to launch a brand new idea which, they think, might kill off some of the music piracy in the UK. The new idea is supposedly going to launch sometime before Christmas, and it will mean that Virgin Media broadband users can download unlimited DRM-free music for a monthly charge to their …
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May
27
2009
PRS reduces streaming music fee
Ever thought that the streaming music you hear for free on sites like last.fm and Spotify costs? You’d be right in thinking so. Somebody has to pay a royalty for that music you don’t pay a penny for. That’s why music streaming sites have to place advertisements to fund the costs of music streaming fees. …
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Apr
14
2009
Spotify – free, legal streaming music in wonderful quality! A must have!
I recently came across Spotify – it’s a free, legal music streaming service available in many countries. It’s completely free to download and use, so go ahead and get it from www.spotify.com. The first thing you’ll notice is that it has an interface that (I think) vaguely resembles iTunes – but thankfully, it’s much quicker …
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Jan
22
2009
Get your music back from your iPod
You ever had the problem where your computer’s hard drive gives way and you loose all your music, but it’s on the iPod. If only you could get that music back to your computer… Well, over the last couple of years, lots of companies have come up with software, both freeware and shareware, which will …
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Dec
13
2008
Lyricsplugin for Windows Media Player
I discovered this a few weeks ago but have found it extremely useful so I thought I would share it. Lyricsplugin is a plugin for Windows Media Player that displays lyrics for a song while your playing in the main Now Playing window. It’s one of those ‘set and forget’ type of programs. You …
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