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Google Music Goes Live With Google+ Integration

Posted by samzenpus on from the let-the-music-war-begin dept.

angry tapir writes "Google Music, the company's cloud-based online music service, is now available to all users in the US and includes song and album sales, as well as an integration with the Google+ social networking site. Introduced in test form and by invitation only in May as a cloud-based song storage and playback service, Google Music will also let users buy albums and songs from all major music labels, except Warner."

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  1. US Only :-( by SlightOverdose · · Score: 5, Insightful

    *Sigh*. Yet another fantastic music service not available in my country.

  2. Re:Just what market needed... by agent_vee · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Your entire collection of music available, browser based (no installation needed), no ads, unlimited streaming, mobile access on android and iphone with offline listening, and it's FREE!

  3. Only in the U.S. by echusarcana · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Only in the U.S.... so really, who cares?

    Last I checked, pirating music was way easier than buying it legitimately and no one cares which country you are in. Could the music industry, just perhaps, stop being a joke?

    1. Re:Only in the U.S. by Rennt · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Forget about the guys at the top...it's the hordes of young adults with stars in their eyes who suffer most from piracy.

      That's like saying the people who suffer the most from abolishing sweatshops are the sweatshop workers. It's also a load of crap.

  4. Re:Just what market needed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why are you so against this? It seems like the logical conclusion of my data being every I want it to be without me having to worry about it.

    Because:
    a) there's an army of barbarian lawyers at the gates screaming that it's not my data;
    b) the logical conclusion of my data being where I want it to be doesn't need to include Google or anyone else having a copy of my data: while that's a possible conclusion, it's not the only possible conclusion, but rather one that guarantees a loss of privacy;
    c) it's linked to all of Google's other information about me, and this is being compiled at a time when Google is expressly attempting to build identity verification into their services.

  5. Re:Just what market needed... by Sosarian+Avatar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, just like those silly paranoid students that thought their universities might release their personal info in response to RIAA/MPAA demands -- oh wait...

    Seriously, consider it this way:
    1. Google wants people's real-life name, cellphone number, in some cases they've demanded a driver's license or state ID; they freely hand over information when any government agency in the US (and many other countries) requests
    2. The RIAA has a reputation for going overboard in identifying, harassing & prosecuting anyone that may have downloaded illicit copies of songs, not particularly caring that they've repeatedly been caught targeting obviously innocent people
    3. Our government currently favors the "rights" or well-being of corporations far more than citizens (innocent or not)

    So when Google offers to host personal libraries bound to hold plenty of files (some of which are illegally downloaded or could only be obtained by illegally circumventing DRM), you figure the RIAA won't take advantage of it, Google won't hand the named member's personal info over, and the government won't play along? You should revise your signature, most people with a real cognitive impairment would know better...

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