Two new music sites try something different: free.

Interesting idea, it will bear watching.:)

No mention of format (MP3 most likely) or quality (128K?). It's a nice idea...but I'm not sure it will work, especially with how notorious the music labels are for being greedy. For now it's free but ad-supported. However, I wouldn't be surprised to see it jump up to $.49 to $.99 a download in the next couple years.

example from article ...

At FreeAllMusic.com:
• Users can search by song, artist or album or can pick one from a list of top hits.
• Then they pick a song and choose from a range of advertisers to sponsor the download. Users watch one video ad featuring that brand. One click later, and the song downloads to the user’s computer and can be transferred to a portable device. Users can get five songs a week.

I wonder who the advertisers are, some are pretty shify

ehhh pandora still works fine for me and i can access it from my phone.

Well, well. This is certainly a step in the right direction, even if still needs tons of work.

I will be watching this...

~Lordbob

EDIT: Applied to both, I want to get in on this.

Watch for 'spyware'

Jacee said:

Watch for 'spyware'

I wouldn't put it past them.

You download a song that has spyware attached designed to scan C:\Users\*User Name*\My Music and, every song that doesn't match a CRC, they sue you for.