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Tiscali to offer eMusic service
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 30 October 2009
Tiscali – now owned by Talk Talk of course – are launching a new digital music service via their online portal, which is basically independent download service eMusic rebadged for more mainstream music fans.
Subscribers will be able to download a set number of MP3s each month from eMusic’s 6.5 million strong catalogue of tunes in return for a monthly subscription. New subscribers will also get 50 free downloads. Presumably the new service will be based around eMusic’s existing catalogue of tunes, which is mainly indie label focused, but with Sony Music owned archive content.
As with eMusic, the Tiscali service will also offer editorial content about artists, as well as YouTube and Wikipedia links.
Confirming the new service, Talk Talk’s Senior Director Of Online Neal McCleave said this: “We are always looking for ways to enhance our portal and offer the best services to our 6m users. The Music For life service will be a great boost to our entertainment content and offers a huge range of tracks at very competitive prices”.
Talk Talk, of course, are the most vocal ISP when it comes to dissing the government’s proposals for a three-strike system to combat piracy. They don’t think the system will work, and have said they won’t participate in file-sharer suspensions unless forced to do so by the courts. They’ve not called ministers and record label chiefs “delusional idiots” for thinking three-strikes will rescue the record industry, but you can tell it’s what they’re thinking.
