Posted by dereks314@gmail.com on 12/16/06 00:46

>From a little bit of poking around on google, I found reports of them
signing legitimate contracts with major recording labels and movie
studios. It is a legitimate business. They normally sell their music
about a $1 a song and $10 for an album. It seems the peer-to-peer
aspect comes in to benefit the user in two aspects. First if the user
shares their library they can earn credit towards future purchases.
And, second it helps them download large files faster. One user
reported that they downloaded a 1 Gb file, they were able to start
playing after a couple of minutes (streaming) and the file finished
downloading in about 12 minutes. Unlike iTunes it seems like they have
more studios on board.

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