music service providernoun.
A company that provides music downloads via the Internet. (Abbreviation: MSP; cf. Internet service provider.)
Example Citation:
"Robertson, who admitted the recording industry isn't rushing to adopt his ideas, is also trying to push the phrase 'music service providers,' or MSPs, which he coined to describe all Internet music companies in the same way ISP refers to Internet service providers."
—Benny Evangelista, "Record Industry Told to Eject CDs for MP3," The San Francisco Chronicle, June 21, 2000
