Ever since the beginning of the MTV era in the 1980s, music videos have held a special fascination with music lovers around the globe. This mini-films, produced to showcase a new song and an artist looking for publicity are also ways for directors to showcase their talents, a band to develop their style, and for music to spread throughout the world in a much faster, more visible way than on radio. It’s no wonder then that so many people look for ways to download free music videos on the Internet every day. Luckily, there are a number of ways to do so.

While there are ways to get music videos that everyone probably knows about – paying small fees to download them off of services like iTunes, no one really wants to pay money for something they used to be able to watch for free on MTV or VH1. With the advent of reality TV the odds of finding any music videos on the so-called music stations is highly unlikely, but there are plenty of website offerings that provide you with resources to get those vaunted new videos.

Most entertainment networks, including the likes of Yahoo!, MTV, Fuse, and many more will list new music videos on their websites where they can be watched for free anytime you like. These videos are usually uploaded for publicity (as is the case of any music video) and allow you to rate them, find new videos from the same artist or related artists and to change bandwidth options.

Additionally, there are thousands of music videos posted on YouTube and while some labels decide that free listing on YouTube violates copyrights, most of them are okay with it because it is essentially free publicity.

Finding locations to actually download those music videos for free will depend on the artist you are searching for. Many official band websites will feature music videos that you can download for free along with rare tracks, b-sides or new streaming tracks from their upcoming releases. You can also find hubs where new artists or generous bands will gather and list their music videos for free, but these sites tend to have fewer of the major artists you are used to listening to. There are also ways to download software that will record from streaming video, allowing you to get the video clip off of YouTube or off of a website that is streaming new videos of your favorite artist.

Whatever you end up deciding to do, it is very much possible to find and enjoy free music video downloads on the Internet these days, even if you’ll rarely if ever find those same videos on the television any longer. Despite less exposure on TV, music videos on the Internet are something that millions around the globe still view and a tool that record companies will continue to utilize to its fullest. So, finding and downloading those videos is still very much possible for music fans out there like yourself.