scum1 used our newssubmit to tell us that Scour will set up a service where consumers can dowloaded songs provided by Sony.
Scour was once a Napster-like service, with the Scour software users were able to share music, without caring about the copyrights. The system used a centralized server and due this Scour was forced to close down, just like Napster. Now also Scour wants to rise from the death:
CenterSpan Communications, which bought Scour's assets in bankruptcy court last year, said Tuesday that Sony would promote music from Macy Gray, B2K, Five for Fighting, Flickerstick, and John Mayer through the service, which has been revamped and souped up to include multiple layers of security and digital rights management to prevent theft. |
CenterSpan said that consumers can download free songs and listen to them for 30 days. However, they can only listen to the songs via their computer, and after the 30-day deadline, the songs will no longer be accessible. People can send files to their friends, but the recipient of a song must register with Scour to access the file and would be subject to the same restrictions.
I personally doubt it if Scour will become a success. I think Gnutella, FastTrack and family are still way too much competition...
Source: ZDnet.com
