p2pnet.net News:- German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder was on hand, recently, to help out with the launch of Phonoline, Germany’s contribution to the Never-Never land of corporate online music ’stores’.

The launch was a disaster, “embarrassing” Schroder.

Now, “Germany’s music industry has switched efforts to sell music over the Internet to Deutsche Telekom’s Web unit T-Online from a previous collaboration with another Telekom division,” says Reuters, going on:

“T-Online will combine the Phonoline online music platform with its own Musicload service, with a focus on making more music available, record industry association Ifpi and Telekom said in a joint statement.”

Phonoline, “makes it possible for other companies to offer music downloads as part of marketing campaigns,” says Reuters, adding, “Coca-Cola’s German arm and ticket agent CTS Eventim are currently using Phonoline”.

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See:-

embarrassing – Germany’s Phonoline: in deep trouble, p2pnet, April 6, 2004

switched efforts – T-Online Takes Over German Music Portal, September 27, 2004

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