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Japanese Companies Set to Compete with iTunes

Posted by Hemos on from the the-battle-for-the-moolah dept.

psiph writes "'Japan's two major online music distributors said [Thursday] they have agreed to tie up to push the distribution business... The tie-up accord was reached in the wake of the Aug. 4 launch of Apple's Latest News about Apple iTunes in Japan.'"

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  1. Sony to pull music? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I have to wonder here exactly what's going through the mind at Sony right now. Lets face it, their competitor is using their music to snuff them out of the marketplace.

    Of course we would know exactly how M$ would react if they owned the music, jack up the licensing fees so it breaks the 99 cent model.

    I wonder what Sony is going to do? Do they have a sense of fair competition or will they finally resort to M$ like tactics?