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Universal Offers iPod-Resistant Music

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the that-wont-last-long dept.

dprovine writes "Universal is now offering music through Spiral Frog as free downloads supported by advertising revenue. But according to Daily Tech, the files being offered won't work on iPods. 'The move to not allow its content to be played on iPod's appears to be a clear snub by the Universal Music Group, similar to NBC's recent move of its television content from iTunes to Amazon.com. Apple has not commented on this development. For many, though, SpiralFrog.com presents an intriguing new business model that may present a legal alternative to file sharing or spending large amounts of money on CDs or paid download services, such as iTunes.'"

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  1. United States of America and Canada only by cerberusss · · Score: 5, Funny
    Our Apologies. At this time, the SpiralFrog Web site is available only to residents of the United States of America and Canada.
    No problem guys, apologies accepted! I know some Russian sites that happily cater to the western European crowd :-)
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  2. "iPod's" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The move to not allow its content to be played on iPod's appears to be a clear snub by the Universal Music Group

    Played on iPod's what?

  3. Re:Won't play on Zune either... by syrinx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, guess we'd better find both Zune owners and give them the bad news.

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