Multnomah County Library allows for free, legal download of Sony music?!?

Normally I don't pay that much attention to the front page of the library's website, but this morning I noticed this thing called "Freegalmusic", saying that you can download free music.  Most of the time when someone is offering you free music, it's because the music isn't so good, or they're trying to promote an artist's album.  In this case, it's different.

Apparently the county library has signed some sort of agreement to purchase download rights (fixed number of songs) for their entire user base to download music.  In the fine print, it basically says that you can download music - capped at 3 per week - every week, as long as the county's user base hasn't used them up, or of course, the county purchased more.

From some browsing, there appears to be a huge portion (if not all) of Sony Music's entire catalog from classical to R&B.  I'm able to find Usher, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, John Lee Hooker, Christina Aguilera, Michael Tilson Thomas, Harry Belafonte, UNKLE...etc.  Yes, even Michael Jackson's entire catalog and the posthumous album, Michael.

Just 3 songs a week isn't much, but then again that's a heck of a lot better than nothing.  I wonder how much the county library is actually paying per song?  Git yer MP3s while you can, folks.

Correction: Turns out, Multnomah County Library is not restricted to download quotas, so an unlimited number of library users can download 3 songs / week, instead of first-come first served. So the bottom line is, spread the word: Free music via Multnomah County Library!