James Delahunty
16 Sep 2007 19:26
SpiralFrog, an advertisement supported free music download site, has proven critics wrong by making its official debut on Sunday. The new service touts an impressive catalog of more than 770,000 music tracks and 3,500 music videos from many independent labels and also the world's largest record company, Universal Music Group.
The service was initially announced in August 2006, and its plans at the time gave it the "potential iTunes killer" label, but after suffering some financial issues and an executive shakeup in December, many critics doubted that the service would ever manage to launch.
SpiralFrog is unique in that it has discovered a method to offer a free alternative to P2P file sharing that carries some major label music. A quick check shows that the service is carrying 8 of the top ten songs according to Billboard. Users of the service much view advertisements while music downloads. It can be stored on 2 portable music players that support Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM). Membership must be renewed every 30 days for the music to keep on working.
More info: http://www.spiralfrog.com