There has been much discussion about the viability of unlimited music at the connection (ISP) level. The idea is that the broadband customer pays a little more each month on their internet bill but gets access to legal downloads of all the music they want. The U.S. music industry has begun to take this idea very seriously, but we’ve now been beaten to the punch.
Omnifone, which has previously provided unlimited music services for mobile devices, is now set to offer a similar service for broadband customers across Europe. The company has already partnered with all four major record labels and a number of large independents not just for music content, but music videos as well. Customers of participating ISPs will be able to opt-in to the service, as opposed to being automatically enrolled with a fee increased (ie. a “music tax”.)
Would you pay for something like this? Is it really so different than unlimited subscription services?
MOBILE FAIR-Omnifone launches broadband music service [Reuters]
Tags: Music tax, Omnifone, Point-of-connection
