The good news? According to Wired Magazine, the seminal technology information source, the mobile file-sharing network CloudTrade is now offering free, legal music file-sharing on smartphones.
The catch? Only about 250 songs are currently available through this service. Why? Because CloudShare is only allowed to offer songs from its participating music label partners, those being: ATO Records (founded by none other than Dave Matthews) and Sci Fidelity Records.
Actually, that's only the first catch (albeit probably the more impactful one). The other catch (a familiar one to most users of free web and mobile services) is that users consent to view video advertisements and/or play games labeled with various company logos along with the music they access through the service.
Radiohead fans, for one, can rejoice over the news, as ATO is their U.S. CD distributor, as can fans of Mike Doughty, David Gray, Gomez, The Whigs, Crowded House, and Gov't Mule.
As for Sci Fidelity stars include jam bands like The String Cheese Incident, Greyboy Allstars, the Disco Biscuits, the Steve Kimock Band, and Karl Denson's Tiny Universe.
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