SpiralFrog, Universal in free music download deal
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SpiralFrog, a new music download  service, on Tuesday said it would make Vivendi's   Universal Music Group's catalog available for free legal  downloading in the United States and Canada.
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Napster, the subscription music-download service, is looking for a buyer. The company -- which got its start as a free music-download, file-sharing site -- said Sept. 18 that it has hired UBS Investment Bank to find a major strategic partner or to be acquired completely.
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By ANNA FIORENTINO Staff Writer  Forget the Napster disaster. iTunes didn't stand a chance.  At least with those looking for free music online.  Just when it seemed the World Wide Web had succumbed to $1.99 download deals, at least one site prevailed.
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SpiralFrog, a new online music   service, said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with EMI   Music Publishing to authorize SpiralFrog's use of EMI's music   catalog for legal downloading in the United States via   SpiralFrog's advertising-supported service.
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Software developer Wurld Media has devised a way to bridge the gap between the freewheeling peer to peer downloads community and the music companies who would like to be paid.
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Qtrax, a new legal online file-sharing service that allows fans to download songs for free, said on Sunday it will launch with 25 million to 30 million copyrighted tracks with backing from major labels.
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New Warner Music video archives will be supported by advertising, offer free downloads.
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Customers picking up the latest  MP3 players this fall are getting much more than just a device.  Increasingly, they're getting free music as well.
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Paid music and movie download service launches today.
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SpiralFrog, a new online music  service, said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with EMI  Music Publishing to authorize SpiralFrog's use of EMI's music  catalog for legal downloading in the United States via  SpiralFrog's advertising-supported service.
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The tunes are free, even if your Wi-Fi rollout is months away.
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Three major record labels have inked a deal with a peer-to-peer company to bring paid song downloads to music fans, apparently supporting a technology that the industry has tried to stifle in the past.
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LOS ANGELES -- SpiralFrog.com, an ad-supported Web site that allows visitors to download music and videos free of charge, was scheduled to launch Monday in the U.S. and Canada after months of "beta" testing.
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British recording company EMI Group PLC said Wednesday it signed an agreement with SpiralFrog, an ad-supported music downloading Web site, to provide U.S. Internet users with free access to the world's largest music catalog.
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Fans of U2, Eminem, B.B. King, and Elton John will soon be able to get free songs from those artists, and many more, with the launch of SpiralFrog, a new Web site for music downloads. But there is a catch -- you have to sit through a message from the site's sponsors.
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The world's biggest music firm, Universal, has given its backing to a free music downloads service.
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Qtrax, a new legal online file-sharing  service that allows fans to download songs for free, said on  Sunday it will launch with 25 million to 30 million copyrighted  tracks with backing from major labels.