Looking for free, legal MP3s? - Clickster

[Broni]

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64891-order,1-page,1/description.html?tk=nl_ddxdwn

Everyone loves getting something for free. With Clickster you get a double dose: This free program searches the Web for free MP3 music files from your favorite artists, and delivers them to your desktop. Clickster's developer, Robert Palmer, insists that there's no copyright issues to worry about, since the MP3s that Clickster accesses are free files stored on Web sites. As long as you don't share the files, you're safe.

That said, "free" does have its price. The interface isn't very well designed, and the touted ShoutCast Internet radio features didn't work in my tests. There's no in-program Help system, so be sure to read the documentation online before you use Clickster for the first time, or you will quickly become confused.

Once you figure out how to use Clickster, you can quickly search for MP3s from your favorite artists, or of particular songs. You can listen to a track from within the program before downloading it, or click the Safe Browser button to take a look at the Web site from whence it came. You can download up to three tracks at a time, even while Clickster is finding more files. Note that despite Palmer's claims, Clickster doesn't necessarily speed up downloads: Files downloaded at my connection's usual speed, no faster.

Clickster lets you build Playlists that you can embed into your own Web pages--complete with a media player. Creating a Playlist is simple, but I didn't try embedding it into a Web page. Since the resulting Playlist is a simple XML file, however, it's probably fairly straightforward to get it onto your own site.

Basically, Clickster functions as an MP3 search engine, streams files just fine, and lets you download supposedly legal MP3s for free. Its lack of in-program playlists and album information could turn off some music aficionados, however.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

It's too free to be true!

[Broni]

I don't know. I use some other means, but I found that info, so I thought, it may be useful for some.

[Zylstra]

I love to use services like www.hypem.com to get music files off other servers, and also using Google with the quoted text "index of"

[kpac]

I love to use services like www.hypem.com to get music files off other servers, and also using Google with the quoted text "index of"

You're not supposed to say that out loud!

[Dias de verano]

I love to use services like www.hypem.com to get music files off other servers, and also using Google with the quoted text "index of"

You're not supposed to say that out loud!

In that case, you'd better not say this either

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-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(wma|mp3)

[fireballs]

lol it's like swearing in code...!! i'm so sad.... 

I don't quite understand the first post...

Clickster's developer, Robert Palmer, insists that there's no copyright issues to worry about, since the MP3s that Clickster accesses are free files stored on Web sites. As long as you don't share the files, you're safe.

they are allowed to distribute the files for free but your not... how does that work??

FB

[kpac]

In that case, you'd better not say this either

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-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(wma|mp3)

Hey, that's pretty cool.

[Dias de verano]

type

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"index of" Google search
into Google for lots of tips

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

I seem to be missing something here. 

[Dias de verano]

I seem to be missing something here. 

Maybe, maybe not....

I can't tell which post you are referring to, or whether it is the whole thread.

Maybe it was my Google search which baffled you?

As everybody knows, you can include various keywords and symbols into Google searches.

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-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(wma|mp3) +"My favourite band"
1. -inurl:

There must be one of these in the url: htm, html, php

2. intitle:

This must be in the title: "index of"

3. + means the text following (quoted if contains spaces) must be present

4. +(text1|text2) means that at least one of text1 or text2 must be present.

All those combine to catch this type of page



The OP (and the proprietor of Clickster) seems to think that finding files this way means that you are not sharing them, and therefore not guilty of breaking copyright. I am not sure if that makes sense, any more than it makes sense to say that walking into a house through an unlocked door and taking stuff and leaving is not burglary.

"index of" Google search

That Google search will yield tips about this type of search.

So, as you can see, you don't need Clickster.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Hmmm.....Interesting....

It actually makes sense, thanks.

[kpac]

Look at this for "free mp3's":

http://www.geocities.com/my_haz_runs/