iMesh subsidiary MusicLab today announced a beta launch of BearShare 6.0, an authorized peer-to-peer file sharing service offering access to more than 15 million music tracks and videos, including more than 2.5 million tracks licensed from both major and independent music labels. With BearShare 6.0, iMesh takes the peer-to-peer client “legit,” while offering new music subscription and social networking features.
As background, iMesh aquired MusicLab (and with it, the BearShare Gnutella client) back in May. The company runs its own music service, also called iMesh, which is one of the original peer-to-peer file sharing services, dating back to 1999. For the time being, iMesh and BearShare will co-exist, although members of either service wil increasingly be able to interact with each other as they develop.
