Abstract
The company SoundCloud has been created in 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden, by Alex Ljung and the artist Eric Wahlforss. As soon as the company has been created, it has been moved to Berlin, Germany, because according to the founders, it is the best city for everything regarding the music industry in the European Union. The company is an online audio distribution platform on which each user can collaborate, promote and distribute one's own musical project. The first intention of the founders was to allow the musicians to share their records, but over the years the website has been developed and is now a real tool for publishing and distribution.
Everyone can be a user; one does not need to register to use the website. Indeed, the use is really easy and free for everyone, but as I will explained later, some paying subscriptions are possible for people who need more features. There is a search bar allowing the user to find the music, the artist or the publisher he would like to find, and he does not need any username or
password, the use is totally free.
