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According to The New York Times, instead of paying for a song, users of FreeAllMusic.com will be able to download songs for free, so long as they watch a 15- to 30-second advertising spot first. That's the same trade-off Hulu users make. With this new site, though, users can download songs to their Mac or PC, copy them, and then share the music without worrying about breaking any laws. As of now, two unnamed major labels have signed on with the site, which will launch in January. Advertisers that are on board include Coca-Cola, Warner Brothers Television, and Zappos.com.
Okay, so we get free, legal file-sharing (albeit a limited number per month), so what do the record labels and ad companies get? First, labels will get money from downloads that probably would've otherwise been made illegally. Second, ad execs hope this model will strengthen their brands. Users will be able to choose the ads they watch, and will have the option to post what song they downloaded (and what ad accompanied it) on their Facebook feed or Twitter stream.
With money tight, we'll gladly watch ads instead of emptying our wallets, although we would like to see more of our favorite labels. For now, we'll take what we can get, though. After all, downloaders can't be choosers. [From: The New York Times]
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Subscribe to commentsvaporwareDec 31st 2009 3:09PM
I am one of the Betas using Free All Music. Music is distributed using the Amplified.com system and that is the biggest drawback to using Free All Music-because searching for music really, really, REALLY creates a vacuum. Not every song from every artist in Amplified's arsenal is available through Free All Music, which is another smaller bummer to overcome.
If you know which music you're looking for, and you can find it, downloading your songs is very simple-click a download button, watch an Ad, click a download link, save to a device. For the ambidextrous folk, an exercise is patience will be necessary because you can only have one download active at any time.
The Free All Music system distributes 5 new download credits each Tuesday, and although a program to earn more credits by watching more Ads would be really cool(and profitable), it's free and better than nothing at all.
Once the Free All Music system opens to everyone, I would recommend based upon the current 5 credit limit, to use Free All Music to search for hard to find songs.