Did Google And Amazon Help Apple To Get On Music Cloud Sooner?

Apple  Music Cloud http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
After signing up with Warner Music earlier and now that Apple got EMI music (via CNET) on it's side, looks like the cloud streaming business is totally on it's side. You might wonder what about the other two big players in the music field? Sony and Universal?? yes they too seem to be on the way to sign on with Apple according to the same source.
Even though Apple has not announced about it's cloud streaming service, it has been at it for a while, discussing deals with the likes of Warner, EMI, Sony and Universal. According to CNET, all might be in Apple's bag, whether they want or not. Perhaps, the services from Google and Amazon may have accelerated these music labels jumping in with Apple that they do not like very much.
The license free or license less service from Google and Amazon has been announced without support from Music labels, in fact that have been crying foul all along. Now that Apple has Music labels on it's side will be able to offer much more services and enhancements than Google and Amazon could. So we might hear a different tune from Apple at this year's WWDC in June.
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Dutch collective rights society, Buma/Stemra, Visits A Duch CoffeeShop And Goes Nuts! And Calculates Music Fees.

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Dutch collective rights society, Buma/Stemra, snapvoip.blogspot.com
Looks like Dutch collective rights society, Buma/Stemra, has collectively gone nuts or the directors have visited famous Dutch coffee shops before making the decision to charge  the calculated fees based on the fees they currently charge for public music playback such as copyrighted background music in elevators and of course coffee shops, wait the coffee shops play international music!. People seem to have gone bonkers over the introduction of new, exorbitantly high digital music licensing fees, and its stated willingness to fine bloggers up to €21,6 (roughly $31.8) per music video they dare embed on their websites or blogs. So before you embed that Youtube Video, make sure it does not reek of pot or under the protection of Buma/Stemra.

The fees amount up to €130 ($191) for up to six embedded files, €260 ($383) for up to twelve, and if you embed over thirty files you will be liable for €650 ($957) per thirty or part thereof (i.e. 31 embedded files on your site will set you back €1300 or roughly $1914).

Very Good I think with the musicians out of money, coffee shops will soon go out of business! conspiracy?Or is it a way to keep bad music hidden for ever?
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