Cheap Music That’s Legal (Whoopee!)

“Music-for-peanuts is suddenly flooding the Internet, much of the tide being released by at least eight Web sites, each one telling the world that it has a quarter of a million songs or more in stock. This wave of legitimate, low-cost music may eventually sweep away music stores as we knew and loved them, because it is such an easy wave to ride. If you can surf the Internet – and especially if you have a high-speed cable modem or DSL connection to the Net – you can do this.”