Universal to offer their entire catalog for free download
August 29, 2006
at 2:54 pm
in apple, microsoft, musicThat title is not false hope. It means exactly what it says. Vivendi Universal Music Group will be releasing their entire music catalog online for free download. (source)
Vivendi Universal, the world’s biggest music group, has signed a deal to make its music catalogue available on a free legal downloads service.
Under the agreement, Spiralfrog will offer Universal’s songs online in the US and Canada.
New York-based Spiralfrog will launch its service in December and make its money by carrying adverts on the site.
Needless to say, this is absolutly incredible news. I, and many many others, have long been saying that free music helps the industry in the long run. People who download music are more inclined to buy more of the artist’s albums, go to shows, support them through other merchandise, etc. I remember reading a statistic that was published awhile back that right after the RIAA started cracking down on p2p music sharing, record sales dropped 7%, 15% the next year.
Free music helps the industry. It always has. It most likely always will Period. I don’t care what the RIAA says.
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