Listen.com (music industry) adds a Napster option...


Listen.com, a music directory service which is partly funded by major record labels, has added a little Napster option. When u look for music u are transferred to the Napster Network.

The new service replicates all the music search and recommendation functions of Listen.com's Web site but lives on an individual's PC desktop. The company has added a function that triggers the Napster application, booting up the file-swapping service to help find music reviewed or recommended by Listen.com.

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Even in the unauthorized, test version now on the site, it's the first time the gap has been closed between the sprawling Napster download service and the mainstream services serving as guides to the often bewildering maze of online music. For Listen.com, which has kept squarely on the side of authorized music, it's also a first visible nod to the reality that online music lovers have flocked to Napster's service instead of directories of authorized music.

I think the music industry slowly understands the new online music business, and I think this is a little first step towards peace between Napster and the big music companies.

Source: CNet

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