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.php
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=type:music_video&so=1
http://baseportal.com/baseportal/goodsounds/howto
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Checkout these official ipod tutorials if you own an ipod
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/tutorial/
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/itunes/it1-2.html
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_peer#Legal_controversy
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.php
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-browse.php?news
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/3000-2166_4-10494363.html
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.php?group_id=110672&package_id=119725&release_id=366441
Shareaza
http://www.download.com/1200-2025-5140766.html?part=dl-imesh&subj=dl&tag=button
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_list.php?stquery=&sort=group_ranking&sortdir=asc&offset=0&form_cat=251
Wikipedia p2p list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:File_sharing_networks
Sourceforge Free Software List (often p2p resources)
http://sourceforge.net/top/toplist.php?type=downloads_week
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/streamripper
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.php?group_id=82303&package_id=84358&release_id=403110
Mplayer
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
VCL
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
XP codec Pack
http://www.xpcodecpack.com/
Real Alternative
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm
Divx Free
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/DivX_Free.htm
Xvid
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Nic_XviD_Codec.htm
QuickTime Alternative
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm
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=Super_Nintendo
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_list.php?form_cat=80
Search for audio on google and altavista
http://www.altavista.com/audio/
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=filetype%3Amp3+music&btnG=Search
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.jsp
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_result?p=download+music
Free Music http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=free+music
Get Music http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=get+music
Best Torrent http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result?p=best+torrent
Best p2p http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result?p=best+p2p
Best Peer to Peer http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result?p=best+peer+to+peer
Like Limewire http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=like+limewire
ipod question http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result?p=ipod+question
download into ipod http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=download+into+ipod
Have fun.
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