Baidu begins alpha testing on its licensed music website
Shanghai. May 4. INTERFAX-CHINA - Baidu Inc., China's leading search engine, has commenced alpha testing on its licensed music search website, domestic media reported May 4.
The website, Baidu Ting, enables users to stream, download and organize music files, according to an online news report by the portal ifeng.
Users will also be able to search for other registered users to recommend and share music on the website.
Alpha testing is simulated operational testing by potential users.
On March 31, Baidu agreed to pay an undisclosed fee to the Music Copyright Society of China (MCSC) for every licensed song played or downloaded via its services, Interfax previously reported.
Baidu account holders are currently able to participate in the alpha testing phase of the service. A timetable for the service's public release was not disclosed.
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