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Seeqpod Offers Free Music, but Its Lawyers Don’t Come Cheap

Peter Kafka in Media on April 1, 2009 at 4:26 am PT

No one wants to pay for music on the Internet. But starting a free music service on the Web takes a whole lot of cash. Just ask the folks at Seeqpod, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. The company’s biggest expense: Lawyers to help it fend off copyright lawsuits from the big music labels.