Download.com is an Internet download directory website, launched in 1996 as a part of CNET. Originally, the domain was download.com.com.
Download.com offers content in four major categories: Software (including Windows, Mac, and mobile), Music, Games, and Videos, offered for download via FTP from Download.com's servers or third-party servers. Videos are streams (at present) and music was all free MP3 downloads, or occasionally rights-managed WMAs...
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