Chris Leckness

About a year ago, an internet company threatened to turn the digital music scene on its head by giving away free music. Unlike the mighty iTunes SpiralFrog was going to be completely free but supported by advertising. They even said they had signed deals with Vivendi Universal for content to for the US and Canada...

 

Since then, SpiralFrog has seen its original executive team walk out and is eight months behind a self-imposed deadline for launching a Web site.

Providing free music has proved to be a pricey proposition for the New York company. To secure its licensing deal with Universal, SpiralFrog initially paid $2.2 million and since had to pony up an additional $1 million. Since signing that agreement with Universal, SpiralFrog has failed to land another major label. A spokesman for Universal declined to comment.

 

And with no customers... things are looking tough. Maybe Apple had it right all along

 

Source: CNET

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Rsaturn9

He got hit by a car

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Box

Sounds like they are about as organised as Spinal Tap.

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AragoGando

As a beta user of Spiral Frog I must say that it rocks. It has music and videos. You can either stream or download for later play back. Videos come in streaming, lo res, and hi res versions. There is old and new content and even with just the one label signed there is quite a selection of music both new and old to choose from. It would really be a shame to see the service die because of marketing issues.

paulcb

SF FYI... My Way News - SpiralFrog to Offer Free Music Downloads

psionandy

It looks like things are looking good for the frog after all...

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radimus

it will be better than RUCKUS

baynews9.com - News: New Ruckus gaining attention on USF campus

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At face value, Ruckus is a new service that allows USF students a safe and legal way to listen to streaming music from their computer for free. "Nobody wants to pay 99 cents for a song, or if they want to download a whole CD or something like that," student Amy Gregory said. Ruckus was brought to USF after the university became the target of the Recording Industry Association of America. USF'S IP address ranks third of all college campuses in the country with the number of complaints for illegally downloaded copyrighted material. ...

Go Bulls!!!

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