Books, videos, music... Does Google really want to be hated by all rightsholders? |
Maybe to start with. But I think a lot of major content owners are seeing the value of YouTube at last, and music has been a success in China with the big labels. So hopefully this will kick start the new music model. Hope it doesn't knock down Spotify though. |
TOMHTML: I don't think you read the linked article, which suggests that Google is doing deals with "rightsholders".
If Google is smart, they will turn this into "iTunes for Android and everything else". All I ask for is a checkbox which says "show freely-redistributable content only". |
I'd love to be able to choose songs from a "store" to use them with the proper rights in my videos at YouTube. |
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/22/google_facebook_music_widget_fail/
Hyped overnight as a Google 'Music Service', what we see instead is set to be the most underwhelming launch in a long history of label-backed music flops. It's barely a 'service' – merely a sorry widget that yokes a DRM-crippled version of LaLa's already unpopular streaming offering with unsold Adwords inventory.
Instead of a text ad, a search for a music related keyword will show a widget. This allows you to listen to the song, according to Business Week – but only once. After that you pay to hear the stream at 10c a play.
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