Google to Unveil Online Music Service

Google Inc. is preparing as early as Tuesday to unveil a new online music service similar to a service recently launched by Amazon.com Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, a move that escalates the battle to create the next generation of Internet businesses for storing and listening to music.

Users of the service are expected to be able to listen to songs they have uploaded to the service in a so-called streaming mode, but won't be able to download the files themselves. That limit appears to be a bid by Google to hinder the service from being used to spread pirated music.

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