Google strikes deal with European music publishers

[VinylFan]

Google strikes deal with European music publishers

 

Google Inc. has reached a licensing deal with representatives of European music publishers, artists and composers in which the U.S. online giant and its customers will gain access to 5.5 million musical works across 35 countries

 

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-...sic-publishers

[Kramerguy]

Wow.. businessweek allowed that article to even be written.. no information outside of the headline, and rife with grammatical errors. This is a good example of what happens when companies hire low-wage chimps to do the work that artists with passion (writers in this case) should be doing.

[daddymack]

On the business side, this certainly helps level the global playing field for the big three American distributors...but does little for the 'content providers' as songwriters are now being called.