Last month (June), the Government’s Digital Britain report outlined stricter penalties for people accessing ‘pirated’ music online but online music jukebox 'We7' has found that two in three (64%) consumers do not know how to access music legally.

We7 wants to help the retired community enjoy music across the web without fear of penalties and fines and to help teach them about legal streaming and sharing online.

How to stream

1.       Go to www.we7.com (linked below)
2.       Register - you’ll need: username, password, e-mail, gender, DOB & postcode
3.       Activate - an email will be sent immediately to the e-mail provided in registration, open it and click ‘activate’. This will open We7 logged in to your account
4.       Search using to search bar: any song by name, artist or album
5.       Select the version you want
6.       Play! And/or add song to playlist of your choice, or queue it up to play next.
7.       Enjoy!

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