SpiralFrog, Inc. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC announced a licensing agreement to make its premier collections of musical compositions available on the SpiralFrog web site.
“Sony/ATV is aggressively moving to create new digital revenue streams for our song writers,” said Martin N. Bandier, chairman and CEO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing. “SpiralFrog has created a new opportunity to monetize an untapped market by offering a compelling alternative to illicit file-sharing sites.”
Signing rights from music publishers is a critical element in SpiralFrog’s mission to make ad-supported music downloading available on a free and legal basis. Licensing sound recordings and music videos requires more than obtaining rights from the recording artists and record labels who own the masters. The writers and composers of the songs must also be compensated, and music publishers license these underlying compositions.
SpiralFrog provides an integrated entertainment experience for users, with an emphasis on discovering new music and accessing a wide variety of content about the artists they are passionate about. Currently, SpiralFrog is live in the U.S. and Canada, offering more than 800,000 songs for downloading and 3,500 music videos for viewing and/or downloading.
Originally posted on October 22, 2007 @ 10:38 am
this new deal is very interesting. the quest for free ad supported music continues!
Iv seen recently at http://www.we7.com te site has moved along significantly also. Some great music and the tastemaker section for new bands is very cool!
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