Tha Snowman
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Im sure riaa and other sources decided to give google some $
google wouldnt do this shyt for free, no way
They're now selling content in the Play store, not to mention hosting (undoubtedly a ton of pirated) music in google music. This move is simply to help bolster that revenue stream and to throw the content producers a bone for using them as a storefront. No denying they're now in bed with big media, but it was bound to happen eventually.
But really, if you still need google to find content, you deserve to go hungry.