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Most music downloading programs are free because they rely on having lots of users. All music downloading programs use a system known as peer to peer. You download songs from other users and then people download songs off you. Its a brilliant system thats very decentralized so the music program company cant get in trouble with the law. They can claim that they had no idea what was being transferred over their network.

Napsters problem was that all the music was kept on their main server. When you downloaded a song it was off of the Napster server. Thats also why you got really good speeds downloading off them. However, this was their downfall and is the reason why Napster is no longer around anymore.

Current Popular Music Downloading Programs
The main music downloading programs are Kazaa, Morpheus, Bearshare, Grokster, and Soulseek. Theyre all peer to peer programs and they all use different networks. If you cant find something using one of those programs then you might want to try one of the others.

The best part about peer to peer programs is that theyre all free. Every single one of the above programs will cost you nothing to use. You just get the ability to download music and movies. You pay nothing and then you save money because youll never have to buy a CD again. These music downloading programs have no downsides to them.