FreeAllMusic says Universal

That's so great. It's wrong of Music Week to get my hopes up and then tail off the article by telling you have to live in the US to access it. How about your writers engage in some investigative journalism and tell us when Universal will allow the good people of the UK to get their hands on what sounds like an incredible new service. Listen, we are a generation of music lovers who are used to not paying for our music. We won't pay. We'll continue downloading illegally. I think Universal Music will want you to let us know when we can start living honest lives.

Thank god for a rational inspiring approach rather than knee jerk reaction, criminalisation and attempt to control the uncontrollable aspects of human nature and cultural shifts. When you criminalise a huge portion of the population because of an ideal then it must be the ideal that has past its sell by date. You cannot inspire someone to do the right thing with a threat. I hope this project is a success. John (MU member)

"It's wrong of Music Week to get my hopes up and then tail off the article by telling you have to live in the US to access it." I'm sure you'll get over it some day.

good and investigative journalism but john is deffinately right. what is the point of having a sight which is not accessible to all, because until such times as to when it does then the consumer generation that we are we will be continuing to download/piratemusic for free.

I hate the idea of an advert being tagged on to the start of every song. WE7 do a similar thing and it's horrid. Trust me, you're pefer paying for your MP3s.

lrf - I'm sure if Universal had a date for a UK launch, they would let us know. I doubt very much that they've simply forgotten to put it in the article. As you can see, it is in beta testing period, so it won't be for a while if it does come to the UK. They are probably going to wait to see how this goes in the US, just as Spotify has still not launched in the US and China yet, and sites like vevo haven't launched in the UK. Why don't you use streaming sites like Spotify or we7, instead of downloading illegally?

Yes we asked Universal about the UK. No timing as of yet.

Oh..well here we go... another brilliant service based on revenue from ads...it wont work for artists it will only work for labels (Major Labels). For those used to download music for free..may just as well continue to do so, you wont make any bloody difference in the market place, we were not counting on you to go out and legally buy any music anyways...Just wait for the days ISPs will understand that there so much money to be made from legal downloading..then your taps will run dry so stock up now.... :)