Three of the majors have signed up to MusicMakesFriends.com, the pan-European music service which lets people set up their own streaming radio stations and make said streams accessible to other people. The owners of the Luxemburg based service say Universal, SonyBMG and EMI plus a plethora of indies are now on board, meaning they can offer 80% of all music currently available in Europe to their users. They confirmed the expansive catalogue as they announced a new subscription package to complement their ad-funded free to use service.
MusicMakesFriends.com CEO Bruno Chauvat told reporters: "These agreements with Universal, SonyBMG, EMI and independent labels are convincing proof that we are on the right track with our strategy of offering a completely legal service. We will continue to move in the direction of licensing legally released catalogues in order to provide a feature-rich service that offers new ways of listening to music".