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1290 Amazon mp3s free (most music)

51 points by messel 17y ago

messel 17y ago
Merry Christmas HN! It's going to take forever to find all the ones I enjoy. I dig the get one or two songs free from each artist.
grk 17y ago
Only in US.
- sant0sk1 17y ago
  I'm in the US so I've never tried, but couldn't you still get at the content through a US-based HTTP proxy?
  - ramchip 17y ago
    If you don't care about legality, all kinds of restrictions go away...
    - cwp 17y ago
      Using a proxy is not illegal.
      - deleted 17y ago
        [deleted]
      - ramchip 17y ago
        Using a computer/gun/lock pick isn't illegal either.
    - sant0sk1 17y ago
      Which law would that be breaking? Is it illegal to act like you are located somewhere that you are not?
      - ramchip 17y ago
        Good old copyright law, just like Hulu. If the content producers allowed for distribution in the US only, getting it from somewhere else is a violation of the license agreement. Now, I don't think they'll grab the logs from Amazon and run after you in another country for it... PS: Somewhat implied but IANAL.
        Frazzydee 17y ago
        It might be a violation of the license agreement between amazon & the content providers, but you're not violating it yourself. You really only need to be concerned about whether you're violating the law of the country you're in. AFAIK, you'd only be committing secondary infringement in Canada if you sell/rent/redistribute the song. I don't think using a proxy in this context would be a violation of copyright law and I wouldn't call it a clear-cut question, so you should really cite more than "copyright law" as an answer to sant0sk1's question.
        chrischen 17y ago
        Someone from another country not only did not sign any contract, but have different copyright laws applying to him or her. Also getting something is not distributing, it's causing something to distribute.
      - DenisM 17y ago
        The content is given to you on conditions outlined in Terms of Use. If you a agree to the terms, but later violate the terms you are breaking the contract, thus violating contract law. If you manage to avoid getting into contract by side-stepping "I agree" button, you are obtaining content without a license, hence violating copyright law. The act of side-stepping can be construed to mean "unauthorized computer system access", aka "hacking" or "cracking". None of this is likely to get you prosecuted, but then if prosecution is all you care about you could use other means to obtain content which are also not very likely to get you in trouble. This is not a legal advice, I am not a lawyer.
- Ennis 17y ago
  ditto....I tried hotspot shield and it didn't work. It's a shame..I found some really decent songs.
- Yaa101 17y ago
  Which is not a punishment for all of us out of the US.
Poiesis 17y ago
Is there a convenient script to get these while I spend time with my family?
- messel 17y ago
  I hadn't even considered such a thing. Would love to know as well.
- keenerd 17y ago
  http://code.google.com/p/clamz/ http://code.google.com/p/clamz/ perhaps?
joubert 17y ago
http://joubert.posterous.com/philip-glass-track-from-the-hours-allusion-pl http://joubert.posterous.com/philip-glass-track-from-the-hou...
- sorbits 17y ago
  Sampling in music is pretty common, even if it doesn’t involve actually using a sampler :)
- ubernostrum 17y ago
  Well... After listening a couple times, I'm pretty sure they're not actually the same set of notes. And even if they were, it's more likely coincidence than not: the musical effect Glass is going for relies on a particular progression which just happens to partially overlap a phrase Mahler once used. Meanwhile, if you want soundtracks which shamelessly quote classical music... * That awesome sequence in "The Matrix" where Neo's distracted by the woman in the red dress? The soundtrack gives you Rob D's "Clubbed to Death", but that's just the theme from Elgar's "Enigma" variations with a bass line. * Listen to the score from "Gladiator". Then listen to "Mars" from Holst's "The Planets". In fact, this works with almost any action/war movie. * Disney does it too: "Once Upon a Dream" from "Sleeping Beauty" is... well, a melody from "Sleeping Beauty" the ballet, by Tchaikovsky. * A 1950's musical produced a hit song, "Stranger in Paradise". It's a melody from Alexander Borodin's opera "Prince Igor". etc., etc.
mattmaroon 17y ago
Looking at that song list, it's pretty much the digital equivalent of a lump of coal in your stocking.
- Sam_Odio 17y ago
  It's actually much more useful if you sort by popularity. There are about a dozen good Christmas songs in there: http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1261763009/ref=sr_st?rs=334897011&page=1&rh=i%3Adigital-music-ss%2Cn%3A%21195211011%2Cn%3A%21251258011%2Cn%3A318768011%2Cn%3A334896011%2Cn%3A334897011%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A625151011&bbn=334897011&sort=salesrank http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1261763009/ref=sr_st?rs=33489701...
- timdorr 17y ago
  And on top of that, good stuff like Bibio is just a "sampler" song comprised of clips of their music: http://www.amazon.com/Ambivalence-Avenue-Sampler/dp/B002BHW1UC/ref=sr_1_102?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1261764897&sr=1-102 http://www.amazon.com/Ambivalence-Avenue-Sampler/dp/B002BHW1... Ambivalence Avenue is a truly stellar album, so it's kind of painful to see it chopped to bits like that.
bcl 17y ago
That's got to be the biggest collection of crap songs that I've seen since the last time I dug through the WalMart bargain bin.
Dauntless 17y ago
Also, you can check out \ http://www.last.fm/music/+free-music-downloads http://www.last.fm/music/+free-music-downloads
- messel 17y ago
  Sweet Dauntless, I'll add that to my search list. More free Xmas shwag
tkahn6 17y ago
The classical music selection is excellent. I just downloaded Moonlight Sonata movements I and III.

51 points by messel 17y ago

Merry Christmas HN! It's going to take forever to find all the ones I enjoy. I dig the get one or two songs free from each artist.

grk 17y ago

Only in US.

sant0sk1 17y ago
I'm in the US so I've never tried, but couldn't you still get at the content through a US-based HTTP proxy?
- ramchip 17y ago
  If you don't care about legality, all kinds of restrictions go away...
  - cwp 17y ago
    Using a proxy is not illegal.
    - deleted 17y ago
      [deleted]
    - ramchip 17y ago
      Using a computer/gun/lock pick isn't illegal either.
  - sant0sk1 17y ago
    Which law would that be breaking? Is it illegal to act like you are located somewhere that you are not?
    - ramchip 17y ago
      Good old copyright law, just like Hulu. If the content producers allowed for distribution in the US only, getting it from somewhere else is a violation of the license agreement. Now, I don't think they'll grab the logs from Amazon and run after you in another country for it... PS: Somewhat implied but IANAL.
      - Frazzydee 17y ago
        It might be a violation of the license agreement between amazon & the content providers, but you're not violating it yourself. You really only need to be concerned about whether you're violating the law of the country you're in. AFAIK, you'd only be committing secondary infringement in Canada if you sell/rent/redistribute the song. I don't think using a proxy in this context would be a violation of copyright law and I wouldn't call it a clear-cut question, so you should really cite more than "copyright law" as an answer to sant0sk1's question.
      - chrischen 17y ago
        Someone from another country not only did not sign any contract, but have different copyright laws applying to him or her. Also getting something is not distributing, it's causing something to distribute.
    - DenisM 17y ago
      The content is given to you on conditions outlined in Terms of Use. If you a agree to the terms, but later violate the terms you are breaking the contract, thus violating contract law. If you manage to avoid getting into contract by side-stepping "I agree" button, you are obtaining content without a license, hence violating copyright law. The act of side-stepping can be construed to mean "unauthorized computer system access", aka "hacking" or "cracking". None of this is likely to get you prosecuted, but then if prosecution is all you care about you could use other means to obtain content which are also not very likely to get you in trouble. This is not a legal advice, I am not a lawyer.
Ennis 17y ago
ditto....I tried hotspot shield and it didn't work. It's a shame..I found some really decent songs.
Yaa101 17y ago
Which is not a punishment for all of us out of the US.

Poiesis 17y ago

Is there a convenient script to get these while I spend time with my family?

messel 17y ago
I hadn't even considered such a thing. Would love to know as well.
keenerd 17y ago
http://code.google.com/p/clamz/ http://code.google.com/p/clamz/ perhaps?

joubert 17y ago

http://joubert.posterous.com/philip-glass-track-from-the-hours-allusion-pl http://joubert.posterous.com/philip-glass-track-from-the-hou...

sorbits 17y ago
Sampling in music is pretty common, even if it doesn’t involve actually using a sampler :)
ubernostrum 17y ago
Well... After listening a couple times, I'm pretty sure they're not actually the same set of notes. And even if they were, it's more likely coincidence than not: the musical effect Glass is going for relies on a particular progression which just happens to partially overlap a phrase Mahler once used. Meanwhile, if you want soundtracks which shamelessly quote classical music... * That awesome sequence in "The Matrix" where Neo's distracted by the woman in the red dress? The soundtrack gives you Rob D's "Clubbed to Death", but that's just the theme from Elgar's "Enigma" variations with a bass line. * Listen to the score from "Gladiator". Then listen to "Mars" from Holst's "The Planets". In fact, this works with almost any action/war movie. * Disney does it too: "Once Upon a Dream" from "Sleeping Beauty" is... well, a melody from "Sleeping Beauty" the ballet, by Tchaikovsky. * A 1950's musical produced a hit song, "Stranger in Paradise". It's a melody from Alexander Borodin's opera "Prince Igor". etc., etc.

mattmaroon 17y ago

Looking at that song list, it's pretty much the digital equivalent of a lump of coal in your stocking.

Sam_Odio 17y ago
It's actually much more useful if you sort by popularity. There are about a dozen good Christmas songs in there: http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1261763009/ref=sr_st?rs=334897011&page=1&rh=i%3Adigital-music-ss%2Cn%3A%21195211011%2Cn%3A%21251258011%2Cn%3A318768011%2Cn%3A334896011%2Cn%3A334897011%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A625151011&bbn=334897011&sort=salesrank http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1261763009/ref=sr_st?rs=33489701...
timdorr 17y ago
And on top of that, good stuff like Bibio is just a "sampler" song comprised of clips of their music: http://www.amazon.com/Ambivalence-Avenue-Sampler/dp/B002BHW1UC/ref=sr_1_102?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1261764897&sr=1-102 http://www.amazon.com/Ambivalence-Avenue-Sampler/dp/B002BHW1... Ambivalence Avenue is a truly stellar album, so it's kind of painful to see it chopped to bits like that.

bcl 17y ago

That's got to be the biggest collection of crap songs that I've seen since the last time I dug through the WalMart bargain bin.

Dauntless 17y ago

Also, you can check out \ http://www.last.fm/music/+free-music-downloads http://www.last.fm/music/+free-music-downloads

messel 17y ago
Sweet Dauntless, I'll add that to my search list. More free Xmas shwag

tkahn6 17y ago

The classical music selection is excellent. I just downloaded Moonlight Sonata movements I and III.