Napster, We7, Sony BMG, Vodafone, O2, 24-7 Entertainment. What do these big names have in common? They’ve all been linked to free music downloads. You may be thinking that the only reason Sony are in that list is because they’ve probably been suing someone lately for providing these free downloads. You’d be wrong. Sony have recently teamed with We7 – Peter Gabriel’s ad-supported online music store – to allow the latter to offer its entire back catalogue for online streaming. We7 offers music streaming and downloads that are free of cost and free of pesky DRM, and it appears that Sony’s inventory will be offered on the same bases.
Wow.
Wow is the word. Sony sanctioning a site offering free music downloads is akin to Satan putting his arm around God and discussing a fishing trip. What this will do to sales of music downloads is anyone’s guess. What it will do sales of CDs – already suffering at the hands of paid-for music downloads – is fairly clear.





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