Spiral Frog

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

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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.

Xyzzzy · **Joined:** May 2007 **Posts:** 2629 **Location:**

eh you get to listen to the music, but can't do shit with it basically

I still prefer to pirate

mad-tie · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 104 **Location:** TCP/IP

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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. :roll:

crazyskwrls · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 2293 **Location:**

um.. crack version of limewire pro is better, free, and compat. with everything...

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

You guys seem to be missing the point, this is legal. I've had my warnings, I don't need another.

crazyskwrls · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 2293 **Location:**

i still like lime wire easy fast free, illegal but who cares it have almost naythign u want on it

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

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

Nuklear · **Joined:** Jun 2006 **Posts:** 3272 **Location:**

p2p, rofl.
Torrents/newsgroups are the only way to go.

Ashikiheyun · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 1821 **Location:** CMA

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....

Aiyas · **Posted:** Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:40 am

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. :banghead:

Millenium · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 2732 **Location:** Waterloo

Good site, but streaming songs from the Internet takes too much bandwidth, no? >_>

Luoma · **Posted:** Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:17 am

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

Snudge · **Joined:** Jun 2006 **Posts:** 4200 **Location:**

greecemilly wrote:

Good site, but streaming songs from the Internet takes too much bandwidth, no? >_>

You can download from there, not stream.

Innovacious · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 2446 **Location:**

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.

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

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

Innovacious · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 2446 **Location:**

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"

mushrooms · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 675 **Location:**

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.

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