PlayLouder

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PlayLouder is a digital music and media company that operates one of the most popular alternative music websites in the United Kingdom. It is a music site which provides news, reviews, and other related content. It also claims to be the world's first Music Service Provider or MSP — a broadband, Internet Service Provider that bundles music content.

The company also presented the world's first virtual music festival.

[edit] History

PlayLouder was founded by Paul Hitchman in 2000 as a music site which provided news, reviews, and digital music delivery. In 2003, the company teamed up with Bulldog Communications and State 51 to form PlayLouder MSP — a next-generation ISP that offers broadband internet access combined with unlimited legal, p2p music downloading for a monthly subscription fee. The service licenses the right for its subscribers to legally share music and in return to pay royalties to music rights owners.

PlayLouder MSP was awarded the Popkomm IMEA award for innovation in 2004.

[edit] Interviews

Musical acts and personalities who have been interviewed or reviewed by PlayLouder include (but not limited to):

• Boards of Canada
• Dr. Rock
• Gay For Johnny Depp
• Gene's Matt James
• Guided By Voices
• Har Mar Superstar
• HK119
• James
• Jamie Lidell
• Kaito
• Peter Jackson
• Lemon Jelly
• Luke Haines
• Mclusky
• Untitled Musical Project
• QOTSA's Nick Oliveri
• Ricky Shakes
• Singles Club
• Stereolab
• sugarmonkey
• The Go-Betweens

[edit] External links

• Official site
• PlayLouder MSP
• PlayLouder launches first 'Music ISP' Press release
• Customers of new UK ISP get to share all Sony music on P2P from Boing Boing
• MusicWeek article
• Music ISP Playlouder Signs With Sony BMG; EMI and UMG To Follow from Billboard Magazine blog
• File swapping MSPs - the future of digital music? from The Register
• Music file sharing to be offered legally news story from The Guardian
• Sony frees music for file-sharers from the BBC
• PlayLouder launches royalty paying music share service from The Register
• PlayLouder Gets License from SonyBMG from DRMwatch
• PlayLouder: Collective Music Licensing Done Wrong