SpiralFrog, the free, ad-supported music store, has finally opened its doors with over 770.000 songs and 3.500 music videos from indie labels and UMG.
The company has had a long journey, with many speculated that its business model would never work. With more than a few setbacks, SpiralFrog looked like it wasn’t going to make it at all on several occasions, and a similar situation was mimicked by Qtrax, another ad-supported music service. It did launch its private beta earlier this year, indicating that it would be ready to launch right about now. And SpiralFrog has finally come to be. UMG is the largest of the major record labels, and SpiralFrog is betting on this kind of star power to help kick off its public launch.
This isn’t the only place that UMG is looking to offer more options to consumers, and try to better capitalize on the web’s distribution potential by diverse measures. It’s signed on other online retailers like Amazon and teamed up with companies like gbox as well. While you can download music for free, there are a couple of catches. Music can be downloaded to compatible devices with Windows DRM employed, and the transfer of music is allowed only twice. You’ll also need to renew your account every 30 days, which is similar to other paid music subscription services that charge on a monthly basis.
More at:http://www.spiralfrog.com/
Via-Mash
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