Currently anyone interested in selling music downloads has to deal with 25 different licensing bodies in 25 different countries and as a result sales have lagged behind those in America. Last year, people spent an estimated 207 million euros (US$248 million) on music downloads in the US, compared to 27.2 million euros (US$32.5 million) in Europe.[see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story

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