Big Bucks for CenterSpan
Hillsboro-based CenterSpan, after buying peer-to-peer pioneer, Scour.com, has announced $5 mil in equity financing and an agreement with Sony Music Entertainment. Sony will providing music to online service providers that want to offer secure, cost-effective downloadable and streaming music to their subscriber base. This non-exclusive agreement marks the first time Sony Music Entertainment has made its artists’ music available to a digital distributor for use on a secure peer-to-peer delivery network.
Sony’s Clie handhelds play music , of course, and Sony’s new NR70V color cellphone ($500), is to die for. It features a color screen, built-in camera and mini-keyboard in a compact clamshell.
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