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Digital music’s move back to the Web

For several years, most companies selling music online have had an overriding strategy: Follow Apple Computer’s iTunes in as many respects as possible. That now seems to be changing in at least one important way. In the past few weeks, several of the biggest digital music providers said they are moving portions or all of their services onto the Web, …

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iMesh’s music filters skipping a bit

The new iMesh, launched last week as the first record label-approved file-swapping service, has a Led Zeppelin problem. Like its peers in the digital music business, from Napster to Apple Computer’s iTunes, iMesh does not have the legal rights to distribute recordings from the popular 1970s rockers. But using the company’s new service, it requires only a quick point and …

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