Spiral Frog Music Service Leaps Into Launch

By Gregory Mone Posted 09.17.2007 at 9:35 am 3 Comments

Free music? As in, honestly, no record companies coming after you free? Yes, that's the story with the newly launched, ad-supported Web site, Spiralfrog.com.

The music service, which has had its share of business woes recently, cut a deal with Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group to build its catalog. Universal opened up its collection, which includes top artists like Gwen Stefani (left), in return for a cut of advertising and sponsorship revenue. Selling those little discs must not be working out so well anymore.

Users sign up for free, but must visit the site at least once a month to retain access to their tunes. You won't be able to burn discs, but you can transfer the music to portable players. Just not the iPod. And that's the catch.—Gregory Mone

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popsci

09/17/07 at 7:09 pm

anyone else see an opening the size of a ocean liner for any program that can convert music from one format to another?

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popsci

09/18/07 at 9:45 am

The new site is for free music in which people can transfer their music into their players.

The limitations is to visit the site once a month.

I think it will become popular because it allows you to transfer music for free.

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apdna

from newark, nj

03/10/08 at 6:07 pm

great site but few things i want to mention

you can't change the file format from WMA/WMV since it's protected
also downloads are one at a time and you need to renew your membership and answer a few questions to get another 30 days of membership.