Jagamaga launches a free mobile download service for ringtones, music and audiobooks

The Munich/Germany based company is dedicated to the free flow of open content on mobile phones. The company is now online with selected "open source" content for mobile phones focusing on ringtones. The DRM-free MP3s range from standard alarm tones, to funny and quirky ones. A good example of the unusual content of this site is "Xoc". Xoc is an artist who enjoys popularity in the Creative Commons community and is now published for mobile access.

Andreas Mehrens, the owner of Jagamaga claims, " There is so much good material legally available on the WWW, but it is not easy to find and usually in the wrong format for mobile download. Jagamaga finds masterpieces of Creative Commons licenced content and makes it mobile. I think we are the first with a mobile service on the base of free media content. This is highly attractive content easily accessible for mobile phones. Mobile operators now try to keep consumer within their walled gardens, but soon there will be free flow of content in the mobile world too. It is foreseeable that the open content market will thrive on mobile content platforms. Free media is on the rise and Jagamaga.mobi brings it to the mobile phone."

A selection of full track music and audiobooks is available as well. For the launch, the focus is on ringtones because they are small and easy to download. Since the global telco industry works hard to provide cheap and fast bandwidth, full track music and audiobooks become an attractive proposition soon.

Jagamaga owner Andreas Mehrens is convinced demand is high for free media:
"People like to browse without committing themselves to anything. At Jagamaga you don't even have to sign in; there are no strings attached. You go there and download, it's as easy as that. When you are waiting for a plane you can entertain yourself with audiobooks, music, or check out some ringtones."

The service is not exclusively aimed at young people. There are business and wellness ringtones alongside to quirky and funny ones. Especially the audiobooks will attract people with an interest in classic literature. The current exception is "Burn". The environmental science fiction novel by James Patrick Kelly won the 2007 Nebula Award. Apart from the excellent writing the book is noted for its mode of licensing. “Burn” is licensed by the Creative Commons agreement and allows free circulation as long as it is not sold or changed.
With attractive products like this, free media reputation is growing.

Jagamaga is run by Andreas Mehrens who worked as an audio engineer and content manager and loves to discover new music, sounds and audiobooks. Open licencing models are adopted for the Jagamaga site to help to discover and enjoy new and exciting music freely and legally.