Google to Launch 'Music Beta' Cloud Service

But record labels haven't signed on

Google will finally unveil its long-awaited cloud service at Google I/O, the company’s developers’ conference in San Francisco, on Tuesday.

But Google’s service, which will be called Music Beta by Google, doesn’t have the cooperation of record labels—which comes as a bit of a surprise given that Google has spent a considerable amount of time and effort trying to negotiate with labels for rights. This means that Music Beta users won’t be able to share or purchase music.

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