Sure, this is great, but as far as I can see, I can't limit the search to only audio or video files and browse them by genre etc... Great, but archive.org works better for me.
I played around with properly spelled band / artist names and didn't manage to find any illegal files, at least on the first few pages... My sample searches were "Coldplay", "Dream Theater" and "King Crimson." I agree with Coryoth, this is a great service for people who buy music online.
They actually encourage you to try a search on copyrighted materials (i.e. Coldplay), but if you do, it gives you a list of fee-based audio services where you can buy the song(s). No illegal stuff here, move along:).
Non-copyrighted materials have download links next to them.
I prefer archive.org, as a matter of fact, at least I'm certain what is under a Creative Commons licence there.
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I played around with properly spelled band / artist names and didn't manage to find any illegal files, at least on the first few pages... My sample searches were "Coldplay", "Dream Theater" and "King Crimson." I agree with Coryoth, this is a great service for people who buy music online.
They actually encourage you to try a search on copyrighted materials (i.e. Coldplay), but if you do, it gives you a list of fee-based audio services where you can buy the song(s). No illegal stuff here, move along :).
Non-copyrighted materials have download links next to them.
I prefer archive.org, as a matter of fact, at least I'm certain what is under a Creative Commons licence there.