Google launches free music service

Its really a good news for all the music lovers that Google is going launch a music search service that will give users access to free downloads of licenced songs, while capturing advertising revenue for music providers in a market rife with piracy.Initially this service is going to start only in China.The main reason behind the launching of this service is the Baidu.com china's top search engine and dominates China's Internet search market, but now Baidu.com along with other Chinese search providers, faced lawsuits charging that it facilitates copyright violations through downloads of unlicensed music.
The service that Google is going to provides its users in China can search tens of thousands of Chinese songs by singer or song title on its website and download them from Top100.cn.As all we know that downloads of unlicensed music and videos are rampant in China,as China is the world's biggest Internet market by number of users. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has estimated that more than 99 per cent of all music files distributed in China are pirated.On the launching of this service Google China President Kai-fu Lee said in a statement. "Google always believes profoundly that mutual interest, rather than monopoly, is the key to sustainable growth."

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