Google launches search engine for free music
It seems that there is a lot of news regarding music downloads from China for some reason. While it has little impact on Western consumers, it is interesting to see how the Chinese are doing their thing, especially in the wake of all the Internet censorship that goes on there.
Google recently launched a new search engine for China that allows Chinese consumers to search for free legal music downloads. The service will be supported by ad revenue.
Hold on. A Google search engine for free music downloads? Why hasn’t something like this surfaced in the US or the UK? The music industry in China has apparently been suffering at the hands of illegal music downloads, but so has the rest of the world.
This is definitely an interesting attempt to curb downloading copyrighted material because it takes the initiative away from the people and places an emphasis on major corporations providing free music for consumers.