Google to announce Google Music tonight!

The noise is getting bigger and from the information we have, Google has to announce today the launch of its newest service, Google Music.

We were aware that Google has been negotiating with all the major labels in the music industry for the last couple of months. Google wanted to find an agreement with them in order to compete with software such as iTunes or Spotify or online music service like Deezer.

It turns out that no agreement has been reached between Google and the labels. Google still wants to pursue with its always growing ambition and decided to launch Google Music anyway.

Jamie Rosenberg, head of numeric content for Android said that "big labels didn't do enough efforts to reach a compromise" and that "they were asking for too much".

Google Music in a beta version will first be launched for american users in a "invites only system". The platform will allow users to upload (for free) up to 20,000 songs on their personal library. As a comparison, Amazon gives you the possibility to upload a 1,000 songs for the moment.

Regarding licenses and music rights, Jamie Rosenberg said that it won't be a problem as the service offered is a personal library following the same rules as when you transfer music to your iPad or iPod.

Obviously, music labels have a different opinion and from what we know, the talks between Google and the labels are not totally over... The evolution will be very interesting to follow and we will keep you updated.

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