Kazaa Returns as Pay Service
Kazaa, the one-time rogue file-sharing application, is relaunched to the U.S. market Monday. Only this time it returns as an all-you-can eat legal subscription service, carrying a monthly rate of $20.
It will initially offer 1 million music tracks and ringtones licensed from the four major labels.
Kevin Bermeister, CEO of Kazaa’s Australian-based parent company Altnet, tells Billboard.biz that negotiations are “way down the track to bring on board tracks from independent labels.” Altnet is also in discussions with Hollywood film studios to offer downloadable movie content, adds Bermeister, who runs offices in Sydney and Los Angeles.
At this stage there are no plans to introduce the service in other territories.
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