Mar 30, 20090
Google Commences Online Music Service in China
By: Ian McClure
This has been in the works for a long time. Today, Google and over 100 record labels broke a lot of barriers, both cultural and legal, to start an online music downloading service available only in China. Negotiations to open the service have been carrying on for years. Apparently, over 100 record labels, including the largest (Warner, Sony, EMI, Vivendi) have licensed their music for free download in China. Ad sales in China will serve as Google's revenue stream. This accomplishment breaks legal barriers, ... Read More
Ian McClure is a former corporate & securities and intellectual property law attorney with 
Trevor M. Blum is a former Associate in the Chicago-based, valuation practice group of Ocean Tomo, LLC., an intellectual property (IP) consultancy. Additionally, he provided instrumental research support to Intellectual Property Exchange International, Inc., an IP exchange start-up. Trevor holds a B.S. from Indiana University and is currently an MBA candidate at the University of Cambridge, focusing on international business and finance. His interests also include entrepreneurship, economics, and informational visualization. He enjoys running and cycling in his free time. Trevor seeks to bring a transnational business perspective to the blog. 