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Isle Of Man Considers Playlouder For Its Legal P2P Music Nirvana

Robert Andrews

Feb 27, 2009 8:30 AM

After Virgin Media (NSDQ: VMED) aborted plans to launch a legal P2P music service powered by Playlouder MSP, the technology vendor’s offering may now resurface on the Isle Of Man. Virgin was all set to launch Virgin Music Unlimited, which would compensate rightsholders for tracks downloaded between peer-to-peer users, but…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Companies, Virgin, Virgin Media, isle of man, playlouder

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ISP’s New Music Service Will Pay Labels For ‘Illegal’ Downloads

Robert Andrews

Aug 12, 2008 1:29 PM

One of the UK’s top ISPs is preparing to launch an unlimited music service that would see it pay record labels for songs illegally downloaded by its customers, paidContent:UK can reveal. Playlouder MSP (music service provider), which first tried the model for itself back in 2003, said it will facilitate…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Legal, Regulatory, Exclusive, paul sanders, playlouder

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