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Free Downloadable Music for Ivey League Students

While some music labels are fighting free music downloads all over the net, other labels are working on establishing free download platforms that will serve their interests. If you can`t beat them, then join them -or something of that sort. The Ivey League School, Princeton, announced that under a new agreement, students will be able to download free music tracks. This deal is only for students and its back by a Virginia-based company that markets online music for the student population.

Advertisers are paying the company to appear on websites that appeal to students, and the company, in turn, provides free music downloads for students. There are currently about 1.5 million tracks available for download, and Princeton students are allowed to keep all the music they want on their hard drives. This new cooperation shows a different business model that works for both the students, and the music companies. Free downloads can be used in different ways to generate profit, and it doesn`t have to be by charging fees per track.

If students would like to move the tracks off their hard drives and put them on their portable music players, they will have to pay. The service will cost $20 a semester and will let students download -and take home with them- as much songs as they like. Students who do not like to pay, can still listen to music off their hard drives and it will still be legal. The issue is with taking the tracks outside of campus, where non-students can use them.