P2P Music Upstart Signs On the Big Boys
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A new online music service, Peer Impact, has signed deals with three major music labels -- Sony BMG, Universal and Warner. What sets Peer Impact apart is its use of a peer-to-peer distribution
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Shawn Fanning, the founder of the original Napster peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing network, is set to unveil his new music download-related service called SNOCAP this week.
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The band that brought the  infectious grooves of "Hey Mama" and "Let's Get It Started" to  nightclubs across America has signed up to do the same for a  video game where success is measured by how cool players are.
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The idea behind Snocap, Napster creator Shawn Fanning&#39;s new endeavor, is to give rights holders the level of comfort they need to make their content available on P2P networks.
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NEW YORK - Shawn Fanning, the man who founded file-swapping service Napster as a student five years ago, has resurfaced in the digital music world, with a new company that aims to bridge the divide between music labels and peer-to-peer networks.
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p2pnet.net News:- Wurld Media, which, among other things, boasts itâs, &quot;partnered with the USArmy,&quot; says it&#39;s struck a deal with three of the Big Four record label cartel members to peddle their &#39;product&#39; through what it calls a peer-to-peer service
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(InfoWorld) - 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 Web site, Deezer.com, based in France, has been signing up users at a fast pace thanks to its user-friendly interface and streamed music from thousands of artists, including Maroon 5, Rihanna, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones. 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. Benassaya insisted on Monday the service is legal, however -- or at least, that it will be soon. "We are not robbers," he said. "We want to pay for the rights to our music, but it takes time to put all the agreements in place." Deezer.com originally operated as Blogmusik.net but shut down in February under pressure from the music industry. It relaunched with its new name last week after it signed a deal with SACEM, a group that collects royalties for authors and songwriters in France. The recording industry told Deezer.com that the deal with SACEM was a necessary first step before it could sign deals with the major labels, according to Benassaya. His company is now in talks with the labels and is confident that it will sign deals with them soon to begin paying royalties, he said. Universal Music, EMI Group, and Warner Music did not return calls seeking comment on Monday, and Sony BMG could not immediately be reached. Asked if Deezer.com should have waited until the agreements were in place to launch the service, Benassaya countered that YouTube launched its service before it signed deals with content owners to distribute their video. He also said that Deezer.com has been operating since April and that only now has Universal raised its objection. While Deezer.com is supposed to let people stream music only, some users have figured out a way to download songs to their computers, something that's only likely to further irritate the music labels. "It appears there are some leaks in the Web site security and we have been working on that since Friday," Benassaya said. "This week by Tuesday or Wednesday, we will put in place new security so you cannot download music." Deezer's problems arose when it got caught in the crossfire of competition between two French ISPs, Free and Neuf Cegetel, according to Benassaya. Neuf announced a deal with Universal Music last Monday to launch a music download service for its customers. Deezer.com was launched two days later, and Free has been promoting Deezer.com as an alternative to its own customers.
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Record labels including Universal and SonyBMG have begun selling music through a new download service.
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The streaming site offers free tunes from major and indie labels.
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Paid music and movie download service launches today.
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The British Phonographic Industry threatens tough action. &quot;We will get IP addresses and names,&quot; a spokesperson said. &quot;P2P users have a misconception that they are anonymous, but they are not.
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The effort to crack down on illegal music downloads moves across the pond.
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We can't legalize P2P CISAC The first collective license for music was conceived almost a century ago, and their heirs - all the world's collection societies - met for a Copyright Summit in Brussels this week.â¦
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Grokster has partnered with &#39;P2P radio&#39; company Mercora to offer what it claims is &quot;the Internet&#39;s largest, legal and licensed peer-to-peer music search and discovery service&quot;.
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&quot;A small peer-to-peer start-up has won rights from three of the four major record labels to distribute their music online. The deals with Peer Impact, a new division of online marketing company Wurld Media
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A peer-to-peer company signs a deal with three major record labels to provide content on its Peer Impact service, but it might not offer much for music fans. By Katie Dean.
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For many of us, it seems like a long time since the battle of the bands was waged on the front pages of the media. It started with Napster, an illegal file sharing service that made it possible