Digital Downloads at the University
Welcome to D2U!
D2U is about legal, safe, and easy use of streaming, downloading, and podcasting digital media at the UW.
Many legal online services offer music to the UW community at little or no cost to you. The links below offer a great place to start in your search for legal music.
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KEXP offers streaming live on the Web, a streaming archive and podcasting. |
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KUOW offers streaming live on the Web and podcasting. Many programs in the KUOW program archive are available in MP3 format for download. |
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Rainy Dawg Radio offers streaming live on the Web. |
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UW Libraries Music Library & Listening Center Audio Streaming Resources offers access to large audio streaming collections including African American Song, Classical Music Library, Naxos Music Library, the Smithsonian Global Sound library, and more. A UW NetID is required. |
| Non-UW Resources | |
| MusicUnited.org |
m.u.s.i.c. (music united for strong internet copyright) has a long list of internet sites where you can get legal music. The page also has links to information about copyright and the law. It's a great resource for finding legal music online. |
| iTunes |
Music downloads for Mac and Windows |
| Yahoo Audio Search |
Find where your favorite audio is available. |
| Review Music Downloads |
Reviews of the best music download services. |
Please Keep In Mind
- Commercial services are safer and more reliable than unregulated peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing. Unregulated P2P file sharing often transfers viruses and spyware and encourages illegal use of copyrighted files. Besides, you have to sort through lots of junk.
- Use digital media responsibly. If you share copyrighted files (music, movies, pictures, etc.) from your computer without permission, you may be in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The UW honors copyright law.
- Complaints alleging illegal sharing of copyright protected material are taken seriously and action is taken to contact the alleged violator. Copyright violations may result in disciplinary action and permanent bans from access to University computing systems. For more information on the Digital Millenium Copyright Act at the UW, please visit the DMCA Web site.
