| MP3 Music as we know it now has been around | | | | |
| since since 1991. Now over 15 years later has | | | | Here is a great question, why would |
| become the want of every child, teen & adult. | | | | manufacturers make a music player that would |
| Even my Dad has an MP3 player and spends time | | | | encourage illegal downloads of music? I |
| every week buying MP3 Music online to add to | | | | couldn't figure it out and still can't. |
| his player. Yes, he actually pays for it and | | | | Really, now the only other way to get the MP3 |
| why not, with all the controversy on freeware | | | | music I wanted was to either go bite the |
| you can end up with a virus on your computer | | | | bullet and spend the money for and iPod or go |
| and hey, isn't that what we all want. | | | | buy CD music and convert it to mp3 music. The |
| | | | whole idea was I can buy just the song I |
| For me, it started with my son who wanted an | | | | wanted and not the whole album. |
| iPod and to download iTunes music for it. | | | | |
| Well it was expensive to say the least. So I | | | | Well lets face it Apple has this market |
| went the route many others have gone. I | | | | nailed down hard. You can find players that |
| purchased an MP3 player with half a gig of | | | | are compatible with mpeg4 but are just as |
| space for much cheaper. Excited to give this | | | | expensive and after some great research I |
| great deal to my son I decided to download | | | | believe the iPod is the best player around. |
| music first and being of the same thinking of | | | | So my next thought process was as anyone else |
| my father I didn't want to chance getting a | | | | would think "refurbished iPod". Yes, this is |
| virus so I downloaded the iTunes software and | | | | a great idea and I know they are out there. |
| purchased about twenty dollars worth of | | | | Sure enough they were which made me feel a |
| music. Now, I was getting excited, I have | | | | little better. Honestly, it is not worth |
| great MP3 Music, a cool new MP3 player and | | | | spending all my hours trying to download |
| some knowledge on file transfers considering | | | | music from other sources and not know what |
| I am a webmaster by trade. | | | | would happen and spend time converting music |
| | | | because I have better things to do with my |
| To my surprise I kept getting an error and I | | | | time. |
| could not get my new music to play. What I | | | | |
| soon discovered was that my MP3 music was | | | | I am hoping this article about MP3 Music will |
| mpeg4 encrypted. All my excitement went away | | | | help you understand best practices of |
| in that very moment. What I have now is a | | | | downloading MP3 music so you can enjoy other |
| tool to listen to music that I have to | | | | things in life. Besides if you are like me |
| download from programs that are not safe and | | | | with kids they don't have much patience for |
| have such controversy that I decided to take | | | | waiting around while we try and get them |
| the MP3 player back. | | | | something so simple. |