Going straight.
On April 2, 2001, software firm RealNetworks and three big record labels—Warner Music, Bertelsmann Music Group, and EMI—announced a joint venture, called MusicNet, that will make it possible to create many types of paid music-subscription services. The two other big music companies—Sony and Univers...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 359; pp. 69 - 71 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
April 7 2001
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