Oh yes its TRUE!
CHINA and the internet have always had a troubled past. Yes Im being very politically correct when I say “Troubled”. As of today, China just got a big boost of musical freedom courtesy of GOOGLE
GOOGLE has just launched the worlds first FREE musical search browser and its exclusive to ONLY china of all places.

Taken from BILLBOARD’s website:

The service offers downloads of some 350,000 songs — from Chinese and foreign artists — a number that will rise to 1.1 million in the coming months, said Gary Chen, chief executive of Google’s partner www.Top100.cn, a Chinese music website co-founded by basketball star Yao Ming.

Music from artists signed by Sony Music, Warner Music, EMI and Universal Music will be available on the service, which Google has no current plans to expand beyond China, said Lee.

Users will be able to search by musical measurements such as the level of “beat” in a song and “instrumentality,” as well as by artist and song name.

IFPI said last year that more than 99 percent of all music files distributed in China are pirated, and the country’s total legitimate music market, at $76 million, accounts for less than 1 percent of global recorded music sales.

The new service will attract users away from illegal download sites because the music and service will be of a higher quality, said Warner’s Rutherford.
Downloads of unlicensed music and videos are rampant in China, the world’s biggest Internet market by number of users.

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