Google Starts Testing Google Music Internally 119
Krystalo writes "Google employees have begun testing Google Music internally. Talks with at least some of the top publishers and the four largest record labels are still ongoing. The delays are largely due to the fact that Google is negotiating for cloud music rights and not just the authorization to distribute the songs themselves. The search giant wants to be able to store users' existing music libraries on the company's servers. Labels are in similar discussions with Apple."
Re:Seriously, why? (Score:3, Insightful)
But there's absolutely nothing about pricing. Mr. Microshill is pulling numbers out of his ass, then trying to shoehorn in some sort of glowing praise for WP7. This is his MO.
Ehrm,... (Score:4, Insightful)
> The search giant wants to be able to store users' existing music libraries on the company's servers.
Would you mind, Mr. Big Label Representative, if I ask, pardon for jumping in, what the bloody hell does your label have to do with _my_ music collection? May I suggest you shove your bloody greed up your stinking bottom, sir?
Re:Cloud, eh? (Score:5, Insightful)
Why is everyone so obsessed with streaming anyway? Streaming is okay when you're at home on a wired, reliable connection, but when you're out and about, if you own the music, you might as well have it stored locally on your device. Storage is cheap, music tends to be small (compared to video) and easy to transfer. I've been on roadtrips where listening to Pandora was unreliable because of poor cel coverage out in the sticks between cities. At those points I just fire up my local music and enjoy.
If the world goes to streaming, we'll constantly be at the mercy of the network, and the network isn't reliable enough to work full time. And the nature of wireless networking means it never will be.
Meanwhile, we've got portable devices with 32GB and 64GB of solid state storage. Why do we need to stream everything again?
Re:Google: The Disingenuous Evil Empire (Score:4, Insightful)
Subway wants to provide us with food, because they want to know what we eat.
Let's stop that "evil empire" by eating.
The answer isn't to stop consuming, but rather to encourage increased competition.