Bebo Protects the Rights of Artists & Bands with Audible Magic

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Bebo) - Bebo (www.bebo.com), the world's most engaging social network, has just this week partnered with Audible Magic, the industry's top provider of content recognition technology, to ensure all artists and the 500,000 bands on Bebo have complete control over their music. Using Audible Magic's content identification and digital fingerprinting solutions, Bebo will be able to instantly identify unauthorized copyrighted content and remove it from its site.

"Bebo Music was established to enable people to build direct relationships with the artists they love, and to enable these artists to make money from their art," said Michael Birch, CEO & founder, Bebo. "With Audible Magic we ensure that artists and the labels that represent them are the only ones who decide which songs they give away for free and which not."

"Bebo is already leading the way in helping artists find and grow their fan base," said Vance Ikezoye, founder and CEO of Audible Magic. "With Audible Magic in place, they take a step forward in creating an environment which enables artists the freedom to share the music they want with their audience and with full confidence that their copyrighted material doesn't get distributed by someone else."

Earlier this week, Bebo announced a groundbreaking partnership with Apple in the UK to enable Bebo users to purchase music from the iTunes store directly from artist profiles. Combined with their existing partnership with 7 Digital, Bebo now offers both well-known and undiscovered artists the chance to promote and sell their music to the Bebo community without the concern of lost revenue due to piracy.