Answers
Peer to Peer Networks
Before you do let me offer alternatives that are safer. Note that the popular limewire client has spyware. 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://pandora.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.p...
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=ty...
http://baseportal.com/baseportal/goodsou...
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Checkout these official ipod tutorials if you own an ipod
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/tutori...
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/itu...
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_pee...
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....
http://www.bittorrent.com/
http://www.bitcomet.com/
http://www.utorrent.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.torrentbox.com/torrents-brows...
http://www.torrentreactor.net/torrents/...
http://www.torrentreactor.to/
Programs In Order Of Popularity
http://www.emule-project.org/
Emule is the most downloaded program in sourceforge history with 196,535,727 downloads. Be sure to search IP filter.
http://www.download.com/limewire/3000-21...
Limewire is popular among kids (spyware)
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://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net/...
Ares
http://phex.kouk.de/mambo/
Phex is an alternative to bearshare and uses the gnutella network regarded as "safer".
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles...
Shareaza
http://www.download.com/1200-2025-514076...
Imesh
http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/...
Direct Connect++
http://snail.pc.cz/strongdc/indexen.htm...
Strong Direct Connect
Morpheus (spyware)
http://morpheus.com/
Warez p2p (spyware)
http://www.warezclient.com/
Kazaa Not free anymore (spyware)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kazaa...
WinMX Doesnt Exist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/winmx...
Sourceforge top Filesharing projects
http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove...
Wikipedia p2p list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/category:fi...
Sourceforge Free Software List (often p2p resources)
http://sourceforge.net/top/toplist.php?t...
Free Music From Archive.org
http://www.archive.org/details/audio...
Programs
Use peer gardian 2 for protection
http://phoenixlabs.org/
To BURN Music/Video CDs/DVDs Download this free
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bwgburn...
To Rip Streaming Audio Try this
http://sourceforge.net/projects/streamri...
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...
Mplayer
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.ht...
VCL
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
XP codec Pack
http://www.xpcodecpack.com/
Real Alternative
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/real...
Divx Free
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/divx...
Xvid
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/nic_...
QuickTime Alternative
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/quic...
G Spot will tell you what a video or audio file is encoded in
http://www.headbands.com/gspot/...
To open 7z, rar, ace, tar, gz or other formats
http://www.7-zip.org/
To create and mix your own audio try
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/...
To create and mix your own video files try
http://www.virtualdub.org/
For consol games try
http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms.html...
http://www.rom-world.com/dl.php?name=sup...
http://www.freeroms.com/
http://www.everyvideogame.com/ (nes only)
http://sgc.jandar.net/ (translate language)
For large Consol Games (cds) peer to peer is like the only option.
Check out sourceforges free top games
http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove...
Search for audio on google and altavista
http://www.altavista.com/audio/...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q...
Others that have been recommended
http://www.allofmp3.com
http://www.garageband.com
http://www.soundclick.com
http://www.mp3shits.com
http://www.manolito.com/
http://www.emp3finder.com/
http://www.purevolume.com/
http://www.mp3search.ru/
http://search.singingfish.com/sfw/home.j...
http://www.btjunkie.org/
http://www.emp3world.com
http://music.msn.com/
http://www.slsknet.org
http://www.isound.com/
http://music.download.com/
http://www.mp3dimension.com
http://www.yourmp3.net
http://www.mp3shits.com/
http://www.maxalbums.com/
http://www.emusic.com/rca
http://www.seekasong.com/
http://www.mp3-center.org
http://www.insound.com/mp3/mp3s.php...
http://cooltoad.com
http://somafm.com/
http://www.emusic.com
http://www.coolrip.com
http://www.mp3rocket.com/
http://www.musiconline.com (india)
http://www.papuyaar.com (india)
http://www.epitonic.com (india)
http://www.smashits.com/ (india)
http://www.mohankumars.com/ (india)
http://www.funmaza.com/ (india)
http://dishant.com/ (india)
http://www.m4mp3s.com (india)
http://www.megablast.us (india)
http://www.kazaa.com/
http://videopimp.org/
http://www.phazemp3.com/
http://firstlisten.ifihadadime.com/...
http://www.kohit.net/
Yahoo! Answers Searchs
Download Music http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_r...
Free Music http://www.google.com/search?btni=i%27m+...
Get Music http://www.google.com/search?btni=i%27m+...
Best Torrent http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_r...
Best p2p http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_r...
Best Peer to Peer http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_r...
Like Limewire http://www.google.com/search?btni=i%27m+...
ipod question http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_r...
download into ipod http://www.google.com/search?btni=i%27m+...