Universal backs free music offer
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The world's biggest music firm, Universal, has given its backing to a free music downloads service.
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At least one online music service without digital rights management restrictions is launching.
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Blog: Some Webcasters say they're encouraged by recent offers by the record industry group charged with collecting higher fees, but nothing's set in stone yet.
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The Warner Music Group has made a deal with an Internet start-up, Lala.com, that will allow anyone to listen to its music free.
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Universal wants monthly deals to sell its music through Apple's iTunes rather than an annual one, a report says.
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Music promoter the Mean Fiddler has signed a deal with Universal Records that will let fans download live tracks from bands who are playing at events such as the Reading Festival.
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In an effort to lure users away from iTunes, which dominates online music sales in the United Kingdom, Napster UK is giving away a free MP3 player to all customers who sign up for three months of service. The player, worth about $55 USD, is made by SanDisk and holds 512MB of songs.
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New Warner Music video archives will be supported by advertising, offer free downloads.
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Apple may have thrown down the first gauntlet with the iPhone but the UK's Omnifone is responding with what it claims will be the first handset with unlimited free music downloads wherever you are Â no computer necessary.
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SpiralFrog, a new music download  service, on Tuesday said it would make Vivendi's   Universal Music Group's catalog available for free legal  downloading in the United States and Canada.
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NBC Universal said yesterday it would soon permit consumers to download many of NBC's most popular programs to personal computers and other devices - initially free of charge - for one week immediately after their broadcasts.
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SpiralFrog, a new online music   service, on Tuesday said it reached an agreement with Universal   Music Group to offer free downloads of its songs and is trying   to reach similar deals with other record labels.
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Universal music renegotiates its deal with Apple's dominant music service.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - Customers picking up the latest MP3 players this fall are getting much more than just a device. Increasingly, they're getting free music as well.
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All Nick Freer wants is his digital music, and he&#39;s even willing to pay for it. When the Hong Kong-based client-services director bought an iPod, it came with software to link with iTunes, Apple Computer&#39;s
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Although it is not confirmed, Google has entered into a joint venture with Top100.cn, which will allow Internet users to download licensed music for free.
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Customers in Great Britain will now pay the same for music downloads as those in the European Union after Apple agrees to bring the prices into alignment.