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Spiral Frog is the weirdest name I've heard of for a site like this. It is a downloading site for music and videos but the catch is you have to download a spyware-free download manager. It's a totally free site that is supported by ads like banners unlike some sites where they make you see the ad and give you the option to skip. This site just has the banners. I just downloaded a song and it took under 30 seconds for me to download and I have a regular connection for North Americans. They only offer released albums so the problem is you can't buy songs on a CD that is months away from being released but I'd rather do it the legal way than the illegal way with the cost of waiting a little bit. Now people who will seek this type of service will want to know that because they are doing this, the artists and labels are getting paid which is exactly what happens. All this site requires is your time, hint, little details like postal/zip code, country, email, gender, but no address or credit card. Membership lasts 30 days and then you have to renew it by re-entering your email, password and a verification code.
I learned from CutEdge about more technical things like who Spiral Frog pays to which is EMI and Universal and the files are encoded at 128kbps which is on par with iTunes. The songs are in .wma format which will play on most mp3 players namely not the iPod. An important thing I found out is the DRM. The DRM expires after 60 sixty days only if you haven't renewed your membership after that time and it only allows you to download the file once and put it on two digital audio playe