How can I obtain digital music and movies legally?

Some music, movies and television shows can be legally obtained through online subscription services or from sites officially permitted by the copyright holders to offer certain downloads. Some of the services from which these files can be legally obtained are listed below.

Music

• Apple iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/
• Rhapsody: http://www.rhapsody.com/
• Zune Music: http://social.zune.net/music/
• eMusic: http://www.emusic.com
• MP3.com: http://www.mp3.com

Movies/TV

• Apple iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/
• AtomFilms: http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/home
• CinemaNow: http://www.cinemanow.com
• Hulu: http://www.hulu.com/
• MovieFlix: http://www.movieflix.com/
• Movielink: http://www.movielink.com/
• NetFlix: http://www.netflix.com/
• Zune Video: http://social.zune.net/videos

Other free films thought to be in the public domain:

• Festival Films: http://www.fesfilms.com/masters.html
• Desert Island Films: http://www.desertislandfilms.com/
• Reel Media International: http://www.reelmediainternational.com/
• BuyOut Footage: http://www.buyoutfootage.com/
• OpenFlix: http://www.openflix.com/
• Internet Archive Moving Images Collection: http://www.archive.org/details/movies
• NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration): http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/

For more information on legal alternatives, please visit:

• RIAA: http://www.riaa.org/toolsforparents.php?content_selector=legal_music_sites
• MPAA: http://www.mpaa.org/piracy_LegalOpt.asp