Peter Gabriel’s ad-supported online music store, We7, has earned the support of Sony BMG. Sony has pledged to allow its entire back cat to be made available for free, streaming music on the website. This is great news for fans of free music.

It comes at the same time as 24-7 Entertainment is preparing to launch unlimited mobile music downloads for a Nordic provider. 24-7 Entertainment is also in talks with several UK phone providers.

To top all that, mobile provider 02 has announced a partnership with music download giant Napster, who are also in talks with Vodafone. The ways we get free, legal music are fast evolving and increasing in number.

Users of the 24-7 Entertainment service will be able to download unlimited legal music without paying an extra fee on top of their mobile bills. The DRM-protected tracks can be used on a customer’s phone or computer for as long as that customer remains signed up, although the tracks cannot be copied to CD or played on an MP3 player.

There is some concern that all this free music will affect the sales of legal music downloads. Whatever, this is fantastic for music fans around the world.

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