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UK Indies & All 4 Majors Support Gnab Download P2P Combo

Arvato_logoLaunched earlier this summer gnab owned by leading European mobile entrainment provider arvato enables online retailers to combine a centralized library of downloadable content with a fully licensed P2P system and an online entertainment store. Visitors to online stores utilizing gnab have the ability to browse music, videos and other content from computers of gnab users within a particular country as well as from a centralized server. The service is currently limited to Europe and Japan but has pans for expansion.

Aim_logoThis week at Germany’s Popkomm music convention gnab signed deals with the 900 labels of the UK’s AIM trade group and deals with all four major label groups are already in place.

Gnab_logoGnab gives users receive credits to their accounts for sharing files (with the appropriate DRM key) with rewards for content shared set by each retailer. The service which already seems to be innovating ahead of its American counterparts can also accommodate dynamic pricing models for both individual tracks and bundles. The Indies hope that variable pricing will prove useful on enticing consumers to sample the more obscure and eclectic acts fostered by UK labels.

Sources: gnab, arvato, , AIM, press release

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