Tuesday, 18 February 2003
Oooh
MS to debut threedegrees beta. Let's hope it doesn't suck as much as MSN Messenger:
The new software, threedegrees, creates a peer-to-peer social group where young people can chat, share photos, listen to music and meet friends. Concurrent with the beta, Microsoft also plans to release the Windows Peer-to-Peer Update for Windows XP. [CNet and MSNBC]
Of particular interest is:
Threedegrees is also a fascinating experiment in how music can be legally shared over the Internet. After much negotiation, the labels OK’d musicmix, once Microsoft agreed to somewhat hobble its features. (Playlists have a maximum of 60 tunes, and the songs won’t play unless the original owner is participating.)
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