BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony frees music for file-sharers

BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony frees music for file-sharers: "The first net service provider aimed at people who want to share music legally has struck a significant deal with global music giant Sony BMG.
Playlouder MSP, launching at the end of September, will let its customers share Sony licensed music with others on its network.
In return, Playlouder will pool some of its broadband subscriptions to share with music rights owners.
The deal is seen as a groundbreaking move to use file-sharing legally.
'Ensuring record companies are adequately and reliably recompensed for the use of their copyrights on the internet is the number one issue for our business,' said British Phonographic Institute (BPI) chairman Peter Jamieson.
'The BPI welcomes the innovative thinking which has gone into the creation of Playlouder MSP and we give it our full support.'
Acts under the Sony BMG umbrella include Beyonce, David Bowie, Macy Gray, Oasis, Travis, Will Young, Outkast, Alicia Keys and Dido. "