# Tell me about Freegal music downloads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-freegal-music-downloads/586002>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 19, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-freegal-music-downloads/586002 "2011-06-19T02:38:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-freegal-music-downloads/586002/1 "2011-06-19T02:38:19Z")

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…from the library? I’m told you only need your library card and you can go in and search and get three free songs per week. If you know about this service and have used it, can you walk me through the process? (I suppose I could ask at the information desk, but I am so pathetically computer ignorant I’m embarrassed to ask yet another dumb question.)

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-freegal-music-downloads/586002/2 "2011-06-19T03:08:48Z")

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Here it is explained from the [Library Journal](http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6723898.html)

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-freegal-music-downloads/586002/3 "2011-06-19T14:29:22Z")

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Thanks. I know what it IS, though, I’m wondering how to go about getting those free songs. I guess I’ll just have to ask the crabby librarian to do it for me.