‘CNET’: Apple sings cloud-music licensing deal with EMI Music
Apple has signed a cloud-music licensing agreement with EMI Music and is very near to completing deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, “multiple” music industry sources told “CNET” (http://macte.ch/Lg1Wh).
Warner Music Group already had a deal in place with Apple, the article notes. The licensing agreements will enable Apple to launch a fully licensed cloud-music service — rumored to be dubbed iCloud — to rival unlicensed offerings of rivals Amazon and Google.
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