Toronto, – Tucows.com Inc., a leading distributor of digital software, games
and music on the Internet, announced today that it will exclusively offer
free authorized downloads of 20 Bruce Springsteen songs from the album,
“Before the Fame.” The tracks will be released in Playj format on the
Internet at http://bruce.tucows.com. This marks the first time that these
songs are being made available digitally.
Recently New York City crowd cheered Bruce Springsteen as he sang about the
police killing of Amadou Diallo at the opening night of a 10-show stand at
Madison Square Garden. Fans cheered as band members approached microphones
one by one and repeated the words 41 shots, referring to the number of times
four white New York City officers shot at Diallo, a West African immigrant.
free authorized downloads of 20 Bruce Springsteen songs were recorded in
1972 and are featured on the album “Before the Fame,” which was released on
a limited basis last year and is still not available in many stores.
“Tucows is able to provide these songs for free thanks to EverAd’s embedded
advertising technology,” said Jon Cooper, Tucows.com Director of Music.
“It’s the antidote to the problems created by Napster. Labels actually
benefit from widespread sharing and distribution. Everyone wins.”
In January, Tucows.com and New York-based EverAd Inc. announced strategic
agreement to offer EverAd’s downloadable music technology called PlayJ. The
technology allows the public to download from the Internet free music files
embedded with highly targeted dynamic advertisements, which are visible
whether the user is online or offline.
Tucows is a leading distributor of e-business services and applications on
the Internet. With a network of more than 3,700 Internet Service Providers,
Web hosting companies and Domain Name Resellers in more than 90 countries
around the world, we believe Tucows to be the largest network of its kind.
The Tucows site offers over 40,000 software titles in libraries located
around the world, providing users with a fast local download. Tucows.com
Inc. is an ICANN accredited registrar. Its division, Tucows Names is the
leading provider of wholesale domain name registrations and related
services.
EverAd Inc. designs, develops and markets innovative patent-pending
solutions designed to integrate dynamic advertising into music, software and
other media delivered over the Internet. Founded in July 1999, EverAd’s New
York operations handles worldwide marketing and sales, while its wholly
owned subsidiary EverAd Ltd., based in Or-Akiva, Israel, provides research
and
development. The company recently opened an office in Brussels, Belgium,
and is establishing subsidiaries in France and the UK. EverAd is privately
held by its founders and leading venture capital funds. For more information
contact: Craig Sender or Mark Hazlin, both of Dan Klores Associates, Inc.,
(212) 685-4300.
