Having more success with their major licensing deals (albeit of the publishing kind) is US internet radio service Slacker Radio, which has announced it now has licensing agreements in place with all four of the major publishing companies. The deals, with EMI Publishing, Universal Publishing, Warner/Chappell and Sony/ATV, enables the service to allow their users to personalise their own radio stations, and to transfer personal playlists to portable devices (DRM protected ala Napster) allowing on the move listening. Premium services also enable users to listen to tracks in their playlists on demand. Specifics of the deals with the publishers are not known, though it is thought to cover all their catalogues except those songs where specific songwriter contracts don't allow involvement in such services.
Apr 9, 2008
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Slacker Radio secures publishing deals with all four majors
US internet radio service Slacker Radio has licensing agreements with EMI, Universal, Warner/Chappell and Sony/ATV, letting users personalise stations and transfer playlists to portable devices.