• MediaPost, Friday, May 13, 2011 11:46 AM

Like Amazon before it, Google just debuted a cloud-based music player without support from the music industry. The search giant still hopes to bring top labels on-board, but, judging by the sentiment at an industry conference this week, it's got some serious fence-mending ahead. "People are pissed," a major record label source tells The Hollywood Reporter.

Indeed, "The reaction from the more veteran music industry attendees is simply anger," The Hollywood Reporter writes. "And the tone of Google's comments--essentially blaming the labels for not being able to reach a deal--didn't help."

Earlier this week, Jamie Rosenberg, director for digital content for Android, told The New York Times: "A couple of major labels were not as collaborative and frankly were demanding a set of business terms that were unreasonable and did not allow us to build a product or a business on a sustainable business."

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