Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Google and Apple are in a hurry to launch its free music download service

Google and Apple are moving to launch its own music service without downloading (streaming). And no rush, after the Amazon are brought forward with his music store in the Internet cloud. Google is in talks with Spotify for a joint operation and Apple seems to have reached agreement Warner for his service.

But they are not alone, another big HP is planning its own music service to the launch of their tablets based on the Palm operating system. Google has renewed its contacts with the Swedish music service Spotify for a possible joint venture in the United States. Spotify still could not get in this country because it has yet to close their negotiations with record companies reluctant to license their music to the listener service without discharge.

This month, Spotify has reduced hearing hours free, with advertising, their musical offerings. Starting next month, Internet users registered before November 1 last year will hear the same theme as five times. To enjoy more views of the same subject to be paid to the payment service. Who were enrolled in the free service after November last year will have six-month grace period until they apply the new regime.

On the other hand, the time to listen free monthly passes to 20 hours to 10. Some media like Mashable consider that Google is not interested in a deal with Spotify as they can get alone which gives the European company. In fact, last year transcended and negotiations did not result in any agreement.

For its part, Apple has reached an agreement with Warner to license its catalog in the future free music download service. In March, Apple confirmed that negotiations with major record labels to obtain licenses for its new music offering. Unlike Amazon, listening to music without downloading it from Apple propose the Internet cloud can only be enjoyed from your own devices, tablet or mobile.

Amazon this month launched its service in the United States shelter files in the cloud of the Internet and record threatened to take to court for not paying license. The store has sent a letter to them in reaffirming that has the right to create this service for free licenses to the music industry.

Furthermore, he argues that since he is active your digital store sales of MP3 files in the store have increased. The letter, however, includes a consideration that suggests that Amazon plans its service does not stop there. At the same, Amazon admitted that new services such as the provision of a single copy to different customers save the need to upload the file by the surfer would require those licenses available.

Amazon Cloud Drive lets you upload files up to 5 GB free. This limit can be extended to 20 GB with the purchase of an MP3 album from the Amazon store. If the internet wants a higher storage capacity are some fees that start with $ 20 for one year and 20 GB and end up with a thousand dollars a year per thousand GB capacity which can store 200,000 songs, 400,000 photos or 70 hours video.

In this context, several media echo of the leak of a presentation by HP under which the computer maker is preparing its own music service in the Internet cloud to the launch of the tablets with the Palm operating system , a company that HP acquired. The service will also offer remote hostel movies.

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