HTTP:: Facebook Gets the Music Bug Introduces MP3s to the Gift Shop
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It's been a great day for music with big news from Google, MySpace and now Facebook as well. Hot on the heels of the big splash surrounding Google's unconfirmed upcoming music service, Facebook is announcing that it will start selling music as gifts in the social network's Gift Shop. Interestingly, it will partner with Lala to provide the songs, the same company with which Google is partnering in its own venture. “You now will be able to purchase songs as gifts for your friends. The "Music and MP3s" section of the Gift Shop, powered by LaLa.com, offers over 8 million songs for any music lover from artists such as Beyonce, the Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Imogen Heap and even Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Web songs are 1 credit each, while full, downloadable, and digital rights management-free (DRM) MP3s are 9 credits each,†Will Chen, a software engineer at Facebook, wrote. Users will be able to buy songs and send them as gifts to their friends. The songs will be availa!
ble in the new Music and MP3s section of the Gift Shop and are just the standard offering from Lala. The cheapest version will go for just 10 cents, or 1 credit, but you pretty much get what you pay for. The 10 cents will get you a “Web song,†Lala's way of saying music streaming. The Web ...
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