November 12, 2004
Universal Reportedly in Talks with Snocap
So reports Digital Music News. Snocap is also reportedly involved in the BMG/Mashboxx/Grokster deal.
It’s that only these closed network ventures get attention, while superdistribution services like Weedshare are left in the cold. I understand the worry that distributing Weed files on KaZaA might lead people to then download infringing content, and the record companies don’t want to support those P2P ventures; however, Weed would help give them an easy alternative to those already on KaZaA – it wouldn’t really create greater illusion of illegitimacy to illegal downloading. If they’re going to embrace a service like Grokster via Mashboxx, why not simply take the next step?
Filed by Derek Slater at 5:09 pm under General news
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Sananda Maitreya, one of the (major) artists who distributes his music with Weedshare, also embraces the use of P2P to share/distribute his music. He is actually the first artist with his own P2P program!
See (or download it) here: http://www.sanandamaitreya.com/trustyfiles/p2p.html
Musical greetings,
Lilian Philips