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Spiral Frog
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:24 am
by StealMySoda
SpiralFrog.com, an ad-supported Web site that allows visitors to download music and videos free of charge, has launched today in the U.S. and Canada after months of "beta" testing. The music service, which has arranged to pay record companies a cut of its advertising revenue, aims to lure music fans who normally flock to online file-swapping networks to share and download music for free. "We believe it will be a very powerful alternative to the pirate sites," said Joe Mohen, chairman and founder of New York-based SpiralFrog Inc. "With SpiralFrog you know what you're getting ... there's no threat of viruses, adware or spyware."
To deter users from posting copies of songs and videos they get from SpiralFrog, the service requires that users register and log on to the site at least once a month. Otherwise, the content locks up and can't be played. The Web site's registration screen queries users on demographic filters such as their age, gender and ZIP code. The information is used to determine what kind of ads the users see when they are on the site. Currently the site has roughly 800,000 tracks and 3,500 music videos for download, primarily from Universal Music Group, but hopes to have more than 2 million tracks in the coming months. Though free, the audio and video files on SpiralFrog carry copy protections like those found on tracks available for sale at Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store and elsewhere. Downloads cannot be burned to a CD, but they can be transferred to dozens of digital music players. The content, however, is not compatible with Apple's Macintosh computers or its market-leading iPod.
http://www.spiralfrog.com/
Looks interesting :S But confusing.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:27 am
by Xyzzzy
eh you get to listen to the music, but can't do shit with it basically
I still prefer to pirate
Re: Spiral Frog
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:39 am
by mad-tie
The content, however, is not compatible with Apple's Macintosh computers or its market-leading iPod.
Not cool...
But I guess someone will come up with some program that converts their songs to
iPod playable.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:13 am
by crazyskwrls
um.. crack version of limewire pro is better, free, and compat. with everything...
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:26 am
by StealMySoda
You guys seem to be missing the point, this is legal. I've had my warnings, I don't need another.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:30 am
by crazyskwrls
i still like lime wire easy fast free, illegal but who cares it have almost naythign u want on it
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:34 am
by StealMySoda
crazyskwrls wrote:i still like lime wire easy fast free, illegal but who cares it have almost naythign u want on it
Thats how I thought until I got a lovely letter through the post from my ISP
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:51 am
by Nuklear
p2p, rofl.
Torrents/newsgroups are the only way to go.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:34 am
by Ashikiheyun
StealMySoda wrote:crazyskwrls wrote:i still like lime wire easy fast free, illegal but who cares it have almost naythign u want on it
Thats how I thought until I got a lovely letter through the post from my ISP
Ouch....
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:40 am
by Aiyas
StealMySoda wrote:crazyskwrls wrote:i still like lime wire easy fast free, illegal but who cares it have almost naythign u want on it
Thats how I thought until I got a lovely letter through the post from my ISP
That sucks.
Even so, I think I'll just stick with the iTunes Store. I got suckered into something similar to SpiralFrog when I tried URGE.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:14 am
by Millenium
Good site, but streaming songs from the Internet takes too much bandwidth, no? >_>
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:17 am
by Luoma
StealMySoda wrote:crazyskwrls wrote:i still like lime wire easy fast free, illegal but who cares it have almost naythign u want on it
Thats how I thought until I got a lovely letter through the post from my ISP
whoa that blows, so you dont download (illegally) anymore?
i'd have to get a new isp :S
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:13 am
by Snudge
greecemilly wrote:Good site, but streaming songs from the Internet takes too much bandwidth, no? >_>
You can download from there, not stream. 
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:18 am
by Innovacious
Wow, so basically they rewarding all those people who have been downloading stuff illegally by giving them a chance to do it legally. Being rewarded for commiting a crime. That makes sense.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:13 am
by StealMySoda
Innovacious wrote:Wow, so basically they rewarding all those people who have been downloading stuff illegally by giving them a chance to do it legally. Being rewarded for commiting a crime. That makes sense.
Record companies get money for it. How they are gonna generate enough revenue from ads is beyond me. But hey, if they think it works
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:25 am
by Innovacious
StealMySoda wrote:Innovacious wrote:Wow, so basically they rewarding all those people who have been downloading stuff illegally by giving them a chance to do it legally. Being rewarded for commiting a crime. That makes sense.
Record companies get money for it. How they are gonna generate enough revenue from ads is beyond me. But hey, if they think it works
dosnt make any difference if they get money, its like catching a shoplifter and saying "thanks for stealing "stuff" from my shop, here, have some more "stuff" for free"
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:16 pm
by mushrooms
I'd rather actually go out and buy the CDs lol. I mean it looks like too much of a hassle. Ad-clicking? Ugh.
Well, I only download Asian music, so won't really be much use to me anyway.