When your music account has been activated, use your email address and password to download free music. Use Freegal Music to search a large collection of music to download songs permanently at no charge.

This online database provides access to hundreds of thousands of songs from Sony Music Entertainment. Songs are permanently saved onto your PC or Mac computers and other devices as mp3 files.

* You have a download limit of three songs per week.

* Once you reach your limit or the library's total weekly download limit has been reached, you will be invited to add songs to your "wish list". Every Monday at 12:01 a.m. items become available on a first-come, first-served basis. "Wish list" songs will be held for 24 hours from this time.

* Be sure to check out the browsing areas, especially Artists A to Z (bottom of page) and the genre lists (menu bar). Click on "see all genres" to view dozens of categories.