Music Downloads Per Song

Music Downloads Per Song for Different Computers

How many music downloads per song are we allowed for different computers?

This is a common question that music downloaders have been asking. This is especially since the legal sites will place a cap to the number of computers that a song may be copied to. This is to prevent unauthorized copies floating around.

One important note, however.

This cap will only apply if you download copyrighted material - material whereby permission is needed from the artist and/or record label to download their song. This permission is assumed for legal music download sites.

What about for peer to peer sites? No cap. Basically you can download latest music, burn them as many times as you want, and copy it to as many computers as you want - for free.

Or may you?

As stated, if the artist or record label is OK with you downloading unlimited copies of their music for free, then no problem. For copyrighted material, such act is illegal.

Could you still get away with it? That is, downloading unlimited copyrighted material for free? Read the article on sharing music downloads per song.

If you are using peer-to-peer digital music download services, then be extra sure to read the community forums regarding legal uses of music downloads. If you are unsure then stick with the legal music downloads services.

The following summary lists the number of music downloads per song on different computers - that is the number of computers that your song may be stored.

iTunes: 5

Napster: 3

Rhapsody: 5

Peer-to-peer (P2P) sites: NO limit??

Each service above may or may not suit your needs. To be sure, you may want to compare music downloads programs here. If cost is an issue for you, we have provided a convenient link on how to attain cheapest music downloads per song here.