EMI/IBM form alliance

[kln@crl.com]

IBM, EMI Music Publishing sign music database deal
London, June 28

 . . . to make EMI's library of recorded music available through an
online digital database.

The deal will allow TV, film, advert makers who want to buy the
rights to a piece of music to select from EMI's library of 300 hours
of music.  Under the arrangement licenses can be bought and music
can be downloaded directly by computer.  (I believe they mean rights
to use music for a specific project only, such as a commercial or
a soundtrack, not ownership rights. -- K)

EMI  hopes to offer its entire music catalog, including
material from performers such as Rolling Stone and the Beatles.

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IBM is worning on the distribution of the library via the WWW on the internet.

The library already carries film, text, art and manuscripts from a variety of 
sources including the Vatican library, the Indiana School of Music, and the
new Hollywood multimedia company, Dreamworks.

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Pulled this from the newswires yesterday.  

Karen  kln@a.crl.com