Found a legal download we can use!

Cooney · #1 10-09-2007, 01:37 PM

Hey all - I found a French download site that allows Americans to pay for and download Mademoiselle Juliette!. I followed a link from nidalizee to the site www.starzik.com, and discovered I could buy the song without it reacting to where I'm from.

Now then, what I did was I bought a 10 Euro credit for my account, and then used the credit to download the song. I did not try putting my credit card in directly to buy it, though in retrospect I'm thinking that may be possible. Either way, here's the process I used:

1) Go to www.starzik.com (zik is French slang for "music")

2) In the box on the top left, click "Créer un compte gratuitement" and do the normal process for making an account.

3) It will email you your password. Go get it and log in.

4) In the box on the top left, click "Acheter un forfait (10€=11 crédits, ...)"

5) Keep the radio button on "Forfait MINI" and click one of the credit-card icons below.

6) Fill out your credit card info and hit "Valider"

7) When the transaction resolves, head back to the home page, where the top left box should now show "Votre compte : 11.00€" right under your login name.

8) Scroll down the page to where you'll see Mademoiselle Juliette - it's on the front page - and click the three arrows pointing downward next to it (it will say "télécharges cette musique" when you mouseover it).

9) Click "Cliquez sur ce lien pour utiliser votre compte STARZIK" in the first section

10) On the next page, click the link, and it will start downloading!

Note: It may be possible to skip almost all those steps, and simply download the song by clicking the three arrows next to it on the front page, and selecting the credit card option directly from there. I haven't tried it.

Note: There is still DRM on this song, just as from all the other legal sites. Be prepared to either strip it, or run it on licensed machines only.

IOPOP · #2 10-09-2007, 02:12 PM

Cooney you unbelivable genius you have done it again, too bad I am broke till next month

Runner Simon · #3 10-09-2007, 02:23 PM

w00t, now where is my father credit card? :O

Drake498 · #4 10-09-2007, 03:15 PM

just wait for the CD

- Patience is a virture...

Ben · #5 10-09-2007, 03:51 PM

Oh nice. I'd noticed it on Starzik before but hadn't even tried to buy it. Thanks Cooney!

Tye · #6 10-09-2007, 03:55 PM

Even though I have already purchased it, thanks for letting everyone know, cooney!

lefty12357 · #7 10-09-2007, 10:58 PM

I tried to buy MJ from www.starzik.com and I got the account set up with no problems. I decided to see if I could just purchase the download, but when I entered my credit card info and clicked "Valider", it told me that MY bank would not make the payment. I wonder what's up with that.

I already got MJ, I just wanted to test buying the download.

Steven0022 · #8 10-09-2007, 11:02 PM

Thanks for the info Cooney. YOUR THE MAN!!!!

Solaris · #9 10-09-2007, 11:14 PM

Im new and this is my first post so sorry if i sound retarded, but cant you go to the Zune marketplace and download it...I know the first two albums you can.

Calisto · #10 10-09-2007, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solaris

Im new and this is my first post so sorry if i sound retarded, but cant you go to the Zune marketplace and download it...I know the first two albums you can.

Never used a Zune myself so I can't say for sure. But I would assume the Zune Marketplace would be in the same situation as the Itunes Store.

Itunes also has the first 2 albums, and MJ is available on the French Itunes Store, but not on US Itunes. Sadly it won't let you just switch nationalities and download, you can browse but thats about it.

Edit: Also Welcome to the forums!