Deezer: free and legal music on demand

Deezer (formerly BlogMusik) is a service born in France that lets you search for mp3 files on the web and listen to them in streaming mode for free. Dezeer announced that they came to an agreement with the SACEM, clearing the service of copyright infrigement accusations. The details of this agreement are not are not being disclosed, but other deals suggest it is based on a revenue sharing mode. Deezer’s business model is relying on advertising and affiliate revenue coming from the sales of songs on iTunes and Amazon.

RadioBlogClub, another popular french service was forced a few months ago to change hosting provider following a complaint sent by the same SACEM. The service was interupted a few days and opened again as fresh as new.