Google (GOOG), which has long been expected to jump into the online music business, has been talking to the record labels about a plan that would include a download store and a subscription-based, cloud-based locker service, according to Billboard.
Under the proposal, consumers would pay about $25 a year to store songs in the cloud, with access from any Internet-connected device by streaming or download. The store would sell both albums and individual tracks. Billboard says the company is seeking the right to provide each customer with the ability to listen to a full-track version of every song once, as Lala.com did before Apple bought it and shut the service down.
The locker would also have social networking features, like the ability to send play lists to other subscribers.
Billboard says Google is seeking a three-year initial licensing deal from the labels.
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