Liquid Audio touts BMG songs

Digital rights management company Liquid Audio signed a deal to provide secure downloading services for BMG, the recording division of German media giant Bertelsmann. The agreement will allow Liquid Audio to offer encoding, hosting, and digital rights management to BMG's recordings available for download. BMG will make 3,500 songs available for download in Liquid Audio and Windows Media formats. The songs will be available through Liquid Audio's retail and Web partners. --Jim Hu, Special to ZDNet News