The UK will get it's own Napster like service called Wippit. Wippit will ,just like Napster is planning, ask a fee for downloading MP3 files legally.
Wippit says to have deals with major record labels and is planning to start the service by this autumn. Annual membership of Wippit will cost UK users £50 per year.
Wippit is working on a Napster-style product that will let users download MP3 files legally. Users will pay a fee, and Wippit will pay royalties to the record labels -- thus avoiding the legal problems that have affected services such as Napster, Aimster and Scour. According to Myers, annual membership of Wippit will cost UK users £50 per year. |
There had been suggestions that Wippit would find it difficult to make deals with record labels, but Myers insisted that his company was close to announcing some major agreements. "Discussions with the record industry have been very successful," Myers said. "We're going to announce all the deals in one go very soon, and there will be many companies involved," he added.
Source: ZDnet..co.uk
