Up till now iTunes, eMusic et al have led the field when it comes to legal downloading but all that may be about to change. Enter Spotify, a simple concept that replaces the need to download or even pay for music. Touted to replace radio and your music collection Spotify allows you to stream music to your PC and put together playlists. The basic version will stick a few ads into the playlists but not too many and certainly less than radio. Premium versions remove the ads altogether.
Many people will still want to “own” their music and will continue to buy CDs. In my case I prefer this concept and although most of the music I listen to has been ripped, it has not been to low quality mp3s but to high quality lossless wma files at the highest bitrate. This is practically indistinguishable to the original CD and streets ahead of old fashioned 128mbs mp3s. You can't buy downloads of that quality online yet so even for ripped music you're better off with a CD and you have a backup of your purchase.
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