All of these are legal, though with peer-to-peer (p2p) sites you must not download any material which is copyrighted and not licensed for sale. Read our Legal Page for more details on this.

ONLINE FREE MOVIES

Membership sites offer you the choice of a large range of films for a monthly fee. Fees can range from 99c per month to over $2 (for UK readers this about 60p - £1.20.You can also join a P2P file sharing network, offering lifetime memberships of around $35 or less. You then download online free movies and download free music for the rest of your life without further charge.

You can get cheaper memberships, but the range of products available can generally be older or 'B' class movies.

The problem with P2P software, as is discussed elsewhere on this website, is that most people tend to use it to download copyright-protected movies, music and games. This is illegal, although I personally feel that the movie and music companies could have done more to move into the 21st century and offer affordable legal alternative online free movies.

We can also offer a high speed movie downloads service, but again because of illegal use the description page on the site cannot legally be shown, but the payment page is below if you want to purchase a lifetime subscription to LightSpeed Movies:
Lightspeed Movies

All the peer-to-peer (p2p) sites promoted on this website are legal. However, some of the files on offer may be protected by copyright and you should make sure that when you download free movies (or music) from these sites that it is not copyright protected.

This, of course, applies to any site. It is you, the customer, who are responsible to ensure that what you download is legal. Although the sites themselves are legal, you must use them in a legal fashion by ensuring that the movies or music you are offered are licensed for download.

Legal Movies

The movies on the next site are 100% legal because all the title are fully licensed. It offers a 2-year membership allowing unlimited downloads. Check it out here:

MOVIES CAPITAL - 100% LEGAL

The best way to watch movies legally is to rent them, and you can rent movies for as long as you want using an online rental service. You choose the movies you want, they are posted to you and you post them back using the free return envelopes provided.

You pay a small monthly fee from as low as under $6 or £4 monthly. UK visitors CLICK HERE for more information and to get a free trial of a movie rental service. This will be extended world-wide shortly.

Alternatively, this software offers you a legal p2p network where non-copyright online fee movies, music downloads and free games are available. It's not really free, since there is a lifetime membership fee, but check it out here for yourself: Movie Geek.

Public Domain Movies

Here is website from which all movies are guaranteed free from copyright, being in the public domain, and are free to download. Check it out - it comes in a fresh window, so you leave through the top right hand cross and return here:
Public Domain Movies

RINGTONES

Ringtones are easy to download, either to store on your computer as a database of ringtones for your mobile phone, or to download straight to your cell phone. We promote the fabulous Funtonia, with their up to the minuute listings that constantly updated. Check them out here:
FUNTONIA RINGTONES

ONLINE FREE GAMES

Games are much the same as movies. Generally the download sites are legal, but it is up to you to decide if you download free games from a network. The only thing I can be sure of is the games these guys have are completely free and 100% legal: http:// www.liberatedgames.com

WHERE DO I DOWNLOAD MUSIC?

You can download free music legally from conventional sites such as Apple i-Tunes or OD2 sites, or you can use peer-to-peer membership file sharing sites, which are also legal, to download online free movies, music or games. The illegality comes from the users who download copyright protected files.

STREAMING

You may have read about streaming, but are not sure what it is. Streaming is simply listening to music or watching online free movies 'live' over the internet. It is not downloaded, so copyright is always protected. Some sites give a preview sample of tracks for free while other charge a small sum, 1p or 1c is common though it can be more, for listening to the sample. You can therefore hear a bit before deciding to buy. You cannot download free music from a streaming site.

NOTE: As I stated earlier, we have a special download page for a Free 14 Day Trial of Real Rhapsody: the software that provides you with a home jukebox from your own audio system.

CLICK HERE to find out about Rhapsody and get your free trial.

PLAYING DOWNLOADED FILES.

The site you choose will give you instructions on how to access online free movies and play the files of your choice, be they music, movies or games. With iTunes Music Store, you simply pay, then download the music into your iPod.

With songs from the new, completely legal, Napster and several other sites, including OD2 sites, you will need Microsoft Media Player. It generally comes with Windows these days but if you need it you can download the latest version on this site. You start it up and click on the file you want to play. It is very simple to use.

If you want to transfer files to portable media players, such as MP3 players, please remember that iTunes use the AAC file format which can only be played on an Apple iPod. AAC files can be converted to MP3, but there is a definite loss of quality. The main formats are described elsewhere on this website. Online free movies can also be downloaded to portable media players.

The p2p systems generally share MP3 music files and DivX files if you want to download online free movies and download free music. There are others, but generally MP3 is used for music due to its small file size and flexibility. Here, you simply click on the files you want from those presented to you as a result of your search, they are downloaded to a folder of your choice, then click to play them through Winamp or Windows Media Player.

These are the basics of downloading online free movies, games and music. More specific information is given elsewhere on the site.

SO that's all for now. Get started on the menu to the left and find out lots more interesting information on online free movies, music and games. And once again,here is a link to a free two week trial of a great video rental service for UK visitors. A link will be available for American visitors shortly.

NOTE: Do not use file sharing or P2P networks to download copyright-protected files - this is illegal and may result in prosecution. This software is not illegal to use, but it is illegal to use it in this way. ____________________________________________________________________