Google Key to Latest ITunes Challenge
By ANICK JESDANUN 08.10.07, 4:53 PM ET
THE MAIN POINT(David’s most important sentence):
“Songs at gBox cost 99 cents each. For the Universal songs that are part of the test, gBox will offer an MP3 version free of copy-protection technology known as digital-rights management, or DRM. A DRM-enabled version will be available at the same price.”
NEW YORK –
Add gBox Inc. to the growing list of online music services hoping to chip away at iTunes’s dominance.
The Cupertino, Calif., startup was forced out of a stealth mode when Universal Music Group announced late Thursday it would test sales of some digital music without the customary copy-protection technology.
Under the program, gBox will get referrals through ads Universal will buy through search leader Google Inc. (nasdaq: GOOG – news – people ), gBox Chief Executive Tammy Artim said Friday.
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