• October 23, 2007

SpiralFrog, Inc., the free ad-supported Web-based music experience, announced a licensing agreement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, to make Sony's collection available on the SpiralFrog Web site.

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.

"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."