Look at what the retards at EMI just did!
p2pnet news view Music:- That’s the subject line in a post from Scott Hildebrand on a list I belong to.
Well, almost.
In full, it reads: “Look at what the retards at EMI just put together!”
EMI, in dire straits, has, “officially launched EMI.com, a new way for the record label to eventually sell content directly to music listeners,” says Daily Tech.
When Canadians go for a look, we get »»»
EMI.com is currently only available in the UK and the US.
We are working on bringing the site to users around the world.
Please register here if you would like to receive updates about EMI.com, including when we will launch in your country.
Er, no thanks. 
Under that is a long list of EMI sites which, presumably, do display the vaunted project.
So what’s it all about?
Well, not much.
The site doesn’t having anything for sale. Instead it, “serves as an information hub for music listeners,” says the story.
Oh.
It’s a “learning lab,” Daily Tech has digital special projects VP Alex Haar saying unblushingly. “It will help us gain even more knowledge about consumers’ preferences and choices.”
It’s an, “an experimental destination designed to deliver content, foster discovery, and tighten fan relationships,” explains digital music news.
“The broader roadmap is a bit difficult to decipher at this stage, though the label pointed to continued upgrades ahead. That includes widgeting functionality, ecommerce components, and exclusive content. ‘This is the beginning of a longer-term experiment,’ Haar continued. ‘In the coming months, we will continue to add content and features to the site’.”
Oh.
And they’ll have spent God knows how many hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of dollars (sorry, pounds) on this.
EMI’s current worth is less than its £2.6bn of debt, said the Financial Times recently.
Don’t bother to stay tuned.
Jon Newton – p2pnet
dire straits – The rise and fall of EMI, December 6, 2008
Daily Tech - EMI Launches New Music Discovery Site, December 18, 2008
digital music news -Let the Experimentation Begin: EMI Music Splashes EMI.com, December 16, 2008
Financial Times – Dark side of the boom, December 4, 2008
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December 19th, 2008 at 12:45 am
i am EMI of botg your idacy and bad habits will be ASSbackwards..imilated. Puking is futile.
December 20th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Wow! now they want to play catch up! too late you have already sued your customers into not buying your crappy products.
December 20th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
They just don’t want to be impropa about their ganda.