Caution! Music & Video Downloading: Your Guide to Legal, Safe, and Trouble-Free Downloads

by Russell Shaw and David Mercer

There's Safety in Knowledge. Are you informed? Everybody's doing it - downloading music and video from the Internet and sharing files. But you've always worried that such downloads might put your computer at risk, and wondered - are they legal? Relax. This book shows you exactly how to safeguard y our PC while enjoying music and video downloads from safe and legal sources. You'll get the facts, not the scare tactics, about online music services, virus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764575643
• ISBN13: 9780764575648
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

This book rocks!

I always felt a little uncomfortable downloading music, wondering not only about the legalities, but also about what I'd heard about opening up my PC to others in the sharing networks. I then picked up this book. It covers all of the major file-sharing and music purchasing services, with clear pointers on the technical limitations and legalities (sometimes questionable) of all of them. Now I know where to go legally, and also how to reduce the amount of time to locate and download media. I'm also comfortable in knowing that nobody's going to hack into my computer, thanks to the security tips in this book. Highly recommended.