Lasse Penttinen
24 Apr 2003 14:25
The record company EMI is launching their European online music download store. EMI is now boasting that their site is the largest music download service in Europe, by a record company.
EMI has teamed up with more that 20 outfits including Freeserve, BT, and Tiscali to flog its music online in Europe, the music giant announced today.There’s a clear shift in the attitude of music industry towards online music distribution, but what took them so long? Ever since Napster many people are now used to free and virtually unlimited music access on the Internet, even though illegal. Did the recording industry wait just a few years too long?
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Once purchased, punters will be able to burn music onto CD-R or copy tracks to portable players. They will also be able to buy singles online as soon as the songs are played on the radio ahead of their full commercial CD launch.