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The library's subscription to Freegal's downloadable music service will end on Tuesday, May 1 due to budgetary considerations. Please be sure to download tracks every week until then! We apologize for any inconvenience.

Posted by Mana Tominaga on Apr 4, 2012 | Comments: 23 |

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Maybe the Freegal website

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, May 21.

Maybe the Freegal website will be extended week by week and never be stopped?

Freegal service

Submitted by Appreciative SJPL patron (not verified) on Sat, May 19.

Freegal is a fantastic service provided by the SJPL. Thank you very much for this service. I am a strong advocate of bringing the service back in the future if the financial issues could be resolved.

Freegal

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, May 17.

Glad to see the service was extended another week. Sorry to see it discontinue. Freegal has enriched my life. Exposing me genres of music I ordinarily would not even listen to. It changed the way I feel about different forms of music. Too bad it can't continue. Maybe at a more limited usage and reduced cost to the city.

Pleased to select the

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, May 23.

Pleased to select the provider was extended yet another week. Apologies to see this stop. Freegal offers enriched living. Disclosing me genres connected with music I typically would not also pay attention to. This changed the way in which I believe about various forms of songs. Bad it aren't continue. Perhaps at a a lot more limited usage and also reduced cost for the town.

Thanks for Freegal

Submitted by jflo (not verified) on Tue, May 15.

SJPL : Thanks for offering Freegal and extending it the extra two weeks. It was awesome while it lasted and really gave me a musically diverse music collection that I will cherish. My hope is that it returns as a feature in future. It is one of the coolest perks I have experienced within a library system and made it fun to check out your site every week, not only to get music, but to check out the library offerings. Thank you again.

End date extended.

Submitted by Mana Tominaga on Fri, May 04.

Freegal will be available through May 15. Thanks!

Thank you!

Submitted by Freegal Fan (not verified) on Fri, May 04.

What great news to see another two weeks added to the end date. Still a bummer to see it go, but totally understand that money ain't free. My bills don't pay themselves either for some reason. :) Thanks for trying this service out in the first place. It looks like the people that knew about it and liked it really liked it. I read how some libraries considered this controversial because they were fixed into the "must lend" mindset, but for me Overdrive is just too much hassle to deal with - especially if I want to be fair and legal about it. I understand the technology and why the DRM is needed, but I just don't have time to deal with all those hoops that it looked like the console was going to take. Some weeks, I don't even get to my new Freegal music and catch up in the next week. Anyways, thank you again for the Freegal experiment. Like the other commenters, I really enjoyed it while it lasted.

Just an observation

Submitted by jflo (not verified) on Tue, May 01.

I have scrolled through numerous library postings online, and I haven't seen as much feedback as I have with Freegal. For those that know about it, it is a favorite. Please bring it back. Thanks.

Bring back Freegal

Submitted by Tim Tran (not verified) on Tue, May 01.

Please bring back Freegal when as soon as possible. It's a great way for me to download my favorites songs from Glee. I beg of you, please.

Please consider bringing

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, April 30.

Please consider bringing Freegal back. It is a great service and has introduced me to new music.

Please Bring Back Freegal Back

Submitted by Todd Garrison (not verified) on Sun, April 29.

How disappointing! Please bring this service back. It allows users to enjoy songs they probably wouldn't buy on CDs. I just recently became aware of the service because it was "buried" so deeply within the library's web pages and now you're discontinuing it, proving once again that nothing good lasts, I guess.

Freegal Ending-Ideas for the Future

Submitted by Mary (not verified) on Fri, April 27.

Any chance of having a meeting at the library sometime after Freegal is over to share users' experiences? I've really enjoyed the music I've downloaded from Freegal. I've expanded my knowledge and familiarity with kinds of music from all over the world and music from the U.S. I knew absolutely nothing about before this service. I'd sure love to hear what other patrons have to say about music they've heard and learned about. I understand that its cost is likely prohibitive. It was a great ride!

Anything you can share here?

Submitted by Freegal Fan (not verified) on Fri, May 04.

This sounds like a fun idea, but considering that the library itself has 19 locations, it might be hard to organize. Maybe you have some favorites that you can share here? One of the best downloads that I did was The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology. I knew the name and knew of a song or two, but of the 30 songs in the album, I can't think of one that I don't like. I've never owned any of his music, but very glad I decided to try out this album. Two other interesting things I found were the Dance Vault Remix albums that had remixes of pop songs and a "Dance Mix USA" download that's over an hour of continuous music. Not quite my type of stuff, but it keeps moving.

Please try to retain freegal subscription

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, April 23.

Hi, I am a big fan of this service...please reconsider the decision.....

I also hope that this service

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, June 16.

I also hope that this service is re-considered in the future. It is nothing like Overdrive. Please bring back Freegal in the future.

Freegal

Submitted by Mary C (not verified) on Mon, April 09.

I, too, am sorry to see it go, but it's understood when you have to make cuts due to budget constraints.

FREE Freegal!

Submitted by Rosa (not verified) on Fri, April 06.

This is disappointing. Freegal is such a great service. I'm sorry to see it go :(

Can we just go back down to 2 downloads?

Submitted by freegal fan (not verified) on Fri, April 06.

I would rather have that than no Freegal at all. :( I hope this services comes back. It helped me discover music that I would have never otherwise bought.

What a Bummer!

Submitted by Freegal Fan (not verified) on Wed, April 04.

I really enjoyed using Freegal and looked forward to exploring new music with it with a feeling (albeit completely inaccurate) of minimal financial risk. This was a great program that I hope will come back in the future. The updates they're making to the site are also making it even better. I even evangelized this excellent service to other patrons who also became excited about it.

Also a fan

Submitted by jflo (not verified) on Thu, April 05.

I got to download all sorts of cool stuff I wouldn't have normally listened to. It has given me a freedom to explore parts of music I wouldn't have normally checked out. It is unfortunate that we will have to see it go away. It was a fantastic service. Hope it returns soon.