Google Entering the Music Industry
In an attempt to penetrate the MP3 music sales industry, Universal joined with Google to form their gBox, a DRM free music service. The newly formed relationship will promote Universal’s music via Google’s SERPS and link to a Google Checkout page which will allow users to buy both a DRM-free and with-DRM tracks in MP3 format.
Universal had recently left iTunes and formed alliances to market their music all DRM-free through the online stores of Amazon, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Rhapsody, and Google. Songs will be sold for 99c (30c less than iTunes’ DRM-free songs), will only be able to download onto PC but played on all computers as MP3 format.
According to Google the relationship, for now, is purely an advertising relationship but may evolve further in the future.
[via SWITCHED]
Tags: DRM, DRM-free, gBox, Google, MusicRelated Stories
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