Freeload Gets Thousands Of Users Sharing Free Music In First Week On Facebook

Since Freeload debuted on December 9, 3,251 people have used the music download service. What sets it apart from other applications of this genre: Artists get to choose whether to release tracks instantly, at preset times or based on fan demand.

Since Freeload debuted on December 14, 3,251 people have used this content sharing service. What sets it apart from other applications of this genre: Artists or publishers get to choose among three options for making any type of content available, by determining how to unlock the file in question.

  1. Make the files available instantly.
  2. Make the files available at a specified time .
  3. Unlock files when fan demand reaches specified levels.

Created by “Digi Jeff” Lange, Freeload has a how-to video on YouTube that opens with hip-hop artist Paul Wall mumbling about how used option number three, to release his tunes on Facebook.

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