The co-founder of a Web site that offers free streamed music from top artists said he’s determined to operate his service legally despite menacing overtures from Universal Music Group.

The site offers about 200,000 songs and has signed up 300,000 registered users in the past few months, co-founder Jonathan Benassaya said on Monday. Most of the users are in France, he said, although the site is available in 16 languages.

The record labels have been less enthusiastic. Universal Music, a division of Vivendi Universal, said on Friday that Deezer.com’s use of its music was illegal and that it would take “all measures necessary” to get its music removed from the Web site, according to press reports.

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Free music site attracts wrath of industry