Sony Eyes P2P Venture

Digital Lifestyles is reporting that a partnership between Sony BMG Music Entertainment and online peer-to-peer software distributor Grokster is in the works.

“A new partnership of opposites may be in the offing, one that will allow you to download pay-for and free songs from the Internet. The partnership called Mashboxxx, first reported in Friday’s Los Angeles Times, will happen between Sony BMG Music Entertainment and online peer-to-peer software distributor Grokster. This is quite an historical venture really, being the first earnest public partnership between a major recording company and an established file-sharing outfit. There have been many rumours (whispered behind the hand) of these schemes already being run.”

This is definately an interesting article to read. We still are not sure what Sony hopes to gain by trying this tactic, and we are curious to see how the RIAA will respond.

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