Google is going to have to decide whether it really wants to be a music distribution partner or a competitor, essentially.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Google and Music Industry: Distributor or Competitor?
BPI, Britain’s biggest recording-industry association, has sent a cease-and-desist notice to Google regarding links to copyright-infringed music files. Meanwhile, there are strong indications Google is getting ready to launch its own music service aimed at Android handsets.
Google is going to have to decide whether it really wants to be a music distribution partner or a competitor, essentially.
Google is going to have to decide whether it really wants to be a music distribution partner or a competitor, essentially.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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