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Madrid Music Web Site Tests Downloading Legality



Madrid Music Web Site Tests Downloading Legality

By Bernhard Warner, European Internet Correspondent

 LONDON (Reuters) - A new music download service, launched on
Tuesday in Madrid, tests a legal loophole in Spanish copyright law
that appears to give Web
 sites permission to sell songs online without consent from record
companies.

Running under a banner on its homepage that reads "No Rules. No
limits," the new service, Puretunes.com, is sure to raise the ire of
the music industry.

Major recording labels Sony Music, Warner Music, Universal Music,
BMG, and EMI have fiercely tried to crack down on unauthorized
businesses that distribute songs online.

from
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2776261&src=eDialog/GetContent

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