More moves in the music industry

EMI Music Publishing, the song rights company, yesterday announced a deal with Skype, the internet telephony business, to sell music on Skype’s new retail website. Under the deal, Skype will be licensed to use song copyrights from EMI’s catalogue to sell music as downloads and ring tones

Link (via the excellent Guardian Blog)

The music industry of tomorrow is still in formation. What an intriguing move. Is Skype planning on using its space on our desktops to sell us things? Is it the beginning of a mid term merger with ebay services and knwo-how?