The music-industry backed database could be up and running within two years.

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Music publishers are building a song rights database which will make it easier to launch online music services - and fight piracy.

BBC: Music publishers plan rights database

We also take a look at this week's announcement that Spotify, the hot-as-fire music-streaming site, is opening up its massive database of songs to outside app developers.

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The Android-based MOD Live ships with four new, industry first applications: Buddy Tracking, Smartphone Connectivity, a Navigation app pre-loaded with the largest database of trail maps in the world, Music Playlist Mode, and Camera Connectivity for use in the future with select wireless point-of-view action cameras.

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The service combines Shazam's database of more than 10 million tracks, which powers music identification and song and artist recommendations, with Spotify Premium's mobile App on the iPhone, iPod touch and Android-powered phones, which offers instant access to millions of tracks and playlists.

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Today, Rightsflow boasts a clientele of 16, 000 labels, distributors, artists, and music services (about a third the number represented by HFA) and a database of 30 million songs for which it issues mechanical licenses.

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Amazon appears serious about selling music and video content, as well as leveraging their vast could servers and credit card database.

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