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iMesh relaunches as legit service

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P2P service iMesh is back, and is billing itself as the first legal P2P provider. However, the new iMesh is less a P2P service than a front-end for a Windows DRM-based subscription service similar to Yahoo Music Unlimited or Real Rhapsody. Although file-sharing is possible, you can only share with other registered members, all of whom will presumably be paying the same $6.95 monthly fee to access the service. As of now, however, iMesh is offering a free trial of an unspecified length (Beta News says the trial is "one or two" months) and, unlike most other services, no credit card info is required during the free trial. Music downloaded via iMesh can be played in other PlaysForSure-compatible programs, including Windows Media Player, though the license on such files will presumably expire once the free trial ends. In an usual move, iMesh also continues to allow access to P2P networks such as Gnutella, despite claims that the service is now "100% legal." Looks like the service is still evolving, and these links may disappear before all of the free trials end. In the meantime, it this may be a chance to enjoy a couple of months of freebies, both via the DRM'd files and the "100% legal" files out on the P2P nets.
 

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