SonyBMG might not be involved in iTunes Australia, but you'd like to think they'd give this new digital music venture some serious consideration, given that it is being set up by one of their parent companies. Bertelsmann is reportedly ready to launch a subscription based P2P network in Germany through its Arvato technology division. The new application will be called GNAB (that's BANG backwards), and will apparently give signed up members the freedom to legally share one million songs. Bertelsmann plan to launch the service globally next year, presumably keen to get out there before US competitors Mashboxx and iMesh launch their legit P2P services. It is yet to be seen if any of these subscription based P2P systems take off, but one thing is for sure - there'll be a lot of money spent before we know for sure one way or the other.
Oct 25, 2005
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Bertelsmann ready to launch legit P2P
Bertelsmann is reportedly launching GNAB, a subscription P2P service in Germany via its Arvato division, with global roll-out planned for next year.