Let’s not kid ourselves, we all like getting things for free. This is why people who can afford to buy music also pirate it. But the consequences of pirating music can be very bad, so don’t do it. If you really want free music online, all you have to do is look up an internet radio station.
Online radio stations serve up music using streaming technology.This makes pirating any music that comes out of it very difficult (you could say that it’s impossible, but some smart hacker will always find a way to do it). Streaming the broadcast enables users with very little bandwidth to receive it. It is this very reason why online radio has grown so much in the last few years.
Listening to radio free of commercials is a pleasure known only to those who really love music. Some online radio stations don’t even have DJ’s, so there is no incessant chatter about mundane things in-between songs. It is also great to find specialty stations online. You can listen to anything from standard top 40 based programming, 60s, 70s and 80s music, rock, r’n’b, soul etc. In short, there’s something out there for everyone and every taste.
So the next time you want to listen to your type of music and you’re tempted to use a program to illegally download music tracks, stop and think a bit. Online radio stations serve up plenty of free music and it is all legal and therefore won’t get you in any trouble.