Online services linked to a subscription or an agreement is the music industry´s new approach to meet illegal downloading.
Latest news comes from Sony Ericsson with the service playnow.plus.
Music buffs that buy Sony Ericsson´s new music cellphone are offered a subscription to a song library of 3 million songs.
The first 6 months may be freely used,then the user must pay a monthly fee.
New-written agreement between music companies and cellphone manufacturers or network operators have in a short time paved the way for music as seriously unlikely to get a fight with the free culture on the web.
But the opportunities to legally and at considerably lower cost than earlier access all the music has in a hurry become a reality.