20 million songs on Google listen
Google brings the radio function and a streaming music app offer his play to Germany. In return, the U.S. group agreed even with the Gema, with whom he fights for music videos.
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Berlin Google is also pushing in Germany doing business with the streaming music, so listening to songs over the Internet. The Music app “Google Play” gets a radio function next to the streaming service. For the offer Google reached an agreement with the Gema, which represents the rights of musicians, over royalties. The music on offer falls under a similar Gema fare, how he would apply for Google’s video platform YouTube. The dispute between YouTube and the Gema is stuck.
music service starts under the name “Google Play Music All Inclusive”. For almost EUR 10 a month so that users get access to about 20 million pieces of music can create playlists and listen to radio stations created automatically.
There is also music recommendations based on the previous usage behavior. This can include information from the online network Google Plus will be evaluated, Product Manager Sara Hecht said at the launch of the service. Thus flowed about the equivalent of Facebook’s “thumbs-up”, called Google “+1″ in the music recommendations. In addition, information from the Music app itself processed, about what music was last heard or positive. In addition, there are playlists that are created by Google employees. The Gema praised the agreement with Google over licensing fees for the music service. The music service comes under the tariff for paid streaming services, said a spokesman Gema. These rates include both music services as well as video services on the Internet. To finance the deals do not have user fees, but about advertising, there is a sister tariff for them. So this is also true for Youtube. However, one can not compare directly with those around Youtube negotiations to Google’s music service, curtailed the Gema spokesman.
Youtube and GEMA have been arguing for years about the amount of the license fees for the video service. For months, is no longer heard, the case is an arbitration body. “At the beginning of the year is likely because some on the move,” said Gema spokesman. Google argues that the information required by the Gema amounts were much too high. This could be an ad-supported service like Youtube never operate profitably.
Several streaming services are currently fighting for market share, including Juke, Rdio and Spotify, the Swedish company. Also competitor Apple has built a radio function in its iTunes music service, but runs only in the United States.
Google’s music service will be integrated into the application “Google Play” available for Android and Apple devices. Users can then also buy music and upload their personal music collection to Google’s cloud. You will be able to save their playlists on their smartphone or tablet to listen to it without internet connection. In addition, they can select lower transmission quality for the music to save bandwidth, said Google’s manager pike.
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