are music download sites a scam?
The Feds have been cracking down on the scam sites for a couple of years. So most of the ones you see now are legit. But it’s so easy to put up a new site, especially if it’s hosted in a foreign country, that the fact remains that many of them are illegitmate. They may not be a scam in the sense that you’re not getting what you paid for. But if you want to download legal music, you need to check out the site thoroughly first before giving them any of your money. ********** The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is being asked to investigate web sites that claim to offer legal music downloads for very low prices but in fact only offer downloads usually of freeware software available on the Internet which are often used to download music illegally. Such Web sites typically charge $30 to $40 and prominently advertise services as “100 percent legal.” Some of these sites then have small print that warn users about Copyright Infringement and link to resources to find out more. A Washington-based
