Skype three-peat: Warner, EMI… and Sony

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Today, Skype announced its deal with EMI Music, with a surprise. A big surprise… Skype hooked Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

EMI, Warner and now Sony, boy, Skype almost got the “Grand Chelem”, Universal Music being the last music label of the Big 4. If you wonder what is inside the Sony songs catalog, just imagine Beck, Cyndi Lauper or Lauryn Hill available for downloads.

But it’ll be ringtone downloads, not full song downloads. Because, said a Skype representative who has spent the day denying all the affirmations of Skype going into the online music market: “We won’t be selling full songs. There are no plans for selling music online other than in the form of a ringtone.”

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Apr 26, 2006 | By Nuno

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