EU Public Affairs Monitor - 02/12/08

Songbeat: Making music piracy easier than ever? 02/12/08
"While illegal P2P file-sharing is still seen as the biggest threat to the music industry, other forms of online piracy are coming up on the inside. Take a look at the new version of an application called Songbeat, for example." [MusicAlly]

SongBeat: The New Music Piracy Tool That Will End Up Closing Soon Enough! December 2nd, 2008
"In the current climate P2P and Bittorrent file sharing isnt seen as illegal in all countries, but overall it has to be the biggest threat on the music industry because of its nature.

Songbeat has launched a new version of their service which seems to be taking piracy to a new level." [RouteNote]

Songbeat Makes Searching For Music Online Really Simple December 1, 2008
"There’s a new version of Songbeat, a simple but powerful desktop application for discovering music online, and I like it. When it was first released earlier this year, the client only enabled you to search for music online using Seeqpod, but the updated version lets you search more engines at once and also lets you easily play, export and download songs." [TechCrunch]