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INDIE RIGHTS AGENCY MERLIN has announced a deal with US music subscription site iMesh, as the service prepares for an imminent global rollout.
The deal allows iMesh, the third largest subscription site in US, to offer its consumers music from indie labels such as Domino and Beggars Group. It is the second significant deal for the agency, after signing an agreement with on-demand music service Spotify last year.
The iMesh deal also includes a settlement related to the use of Merlin members' repertoire on the previously unlicensed Lphant P2P network, recently bought by iMesh as part of its European expansion plans.
Merlin CEO Charles Caldas says that the agreement is the first of many over the coming months for Merlin. "We continue our discussion with MySpace Music, there are ongoing discussions with Last.fm and we expect to announce another deal next week," Caldas says. "We are also in negotiations with a number of other services such as YouTube. We are incredibly busy at the moment and there will be a couple of big announcements within the next quarter, too."
Caldas ...