Google Launches Google Music 264
George Meyson writes "Google has launched a new service known as Google Music that will allow a person to search fast links to song lyrics, musical artists and CD titles on the main search results page. The user can type in the name of a band, artist, album or song in the main Google search bar special, and results will appear at the top, accompanied by icons of music notes. Items that can be purchased will have links to merchants for online ordering or downloading. Initial merchant partners include Apple Computer's iTunes service, RealNetworks Rhapsody, eMusic and Amazon.com." From the Google Blog: "A few of us decided to try to make the information you get for these searches even better, so we created a music search feature. Now you can search for a popular artist name, like the Beatles or the Pixies, and often Google will show some information about that artist, like cover art, reviews, and links to stores where you can download the track or buy a CD via a link at the top of your web search results page."
Gee ... no Yahoo Music Unlimited? (Score:5, Informative)
I wonder why Yahoo Music Unlimited (the best deal around) isn't in the list.
Not the RIAA (Score:5, Informative)
Yahoo has had this for ages (Score:3, Informative)
Re:what I'd really like to see (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Coolness (Score:5, Informative)
Aero
Since TFA is /.'d (Score:5, Informative)
C'mon guys, at least include a link to the SUBJECT of TFA:
Try searching for "good music" and "crappy music"http://www.google.com/musicsearch [google.com]
Re:Coolness (Score:5, Informative)
Google may very well be the greatest of the "little people" advocates out there. They are one of the 800 lb gorillas on the block, yet unlike RIAA/MPAA/Apple/MS etc. who sue individuals, they are working constantly to get sued so that they can help set precedent.
This is just the latest in a long line. Google Print, for instance. Googe Images. Google News. All have attracted lawsuits. No suit has resulted in much of a change of service. Google, here, is standing up for everyone's rights, and I gotta say I'm impressed. I know it's dangerous to put any sort of faith for "doing the right thing" in any for-profit agency, but I gotta tell you, Google's track record thus far has been pretty good.
Re:Better yet (Score:3, Informative)
I think you might be talking about Shazam [shazamentertainment.com]
Re:Coolness (Score:5, Informative)
Instead they sacked lyrics.ch a few years before that (also firsthand-experience, I've been Sysadmin of lyrics.ch's ISP), which was also highly unsucessful after lyrics.ch was turned into a pay-per-lyrics website of the mob.
Re:What I would love is... (Score:3, Informative)
You have to register to be able to search by song (it's free, or you can use BugMeNot), but you can search by group anonymously.
Re:Ob BASH (Score:3, Informative)
The Hypertext Who
Biography of members, discography, album reviews, and concert photos going back to 1969.
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