从Google博客上获得消息，Google要与索尼、华纳签约推出网络正版音乐和视频。在花费$1.65 billion收购Youtube以后，Google的这次签约动作在一定程度上解决了在线音乐和视频的版权问题，当然不会是所有的问题。收购成功后结合视频搜索，Google的这个搭配的确非常的吸引人。
Music for your eyes
10/12/2006 08:56:00 AMPosted by Jason Liebman, Google Video team
As you might guess, we think free is always better, so we’ve just announced major partnerships with two of the world’s largest music companies — Sony BMG and Warner Music Group — to bring thousands of music videos to Google Video via free, ad-supported on-demand streams. And as per our recent announcement with MTV, in the coming months our AdSense partners can put all these great videos on their sites as well.
音乐的版权问题一直是网络音乐的困扰，单一购买音乐版权的方法实在行不通，因为版权费用太高；如果免费提供的话，那将是一比天价的支出；如果提供免费盗版音乐则会吃上官司（大部分都这样）；Google与两大音乐公司签约的结果还没有体现出来，不知道以后提供的音乐视频是收费还是免费，或者部分免费，当然全部免费是用户的最爱。