Via VentureBlog, Coolfer found a list of Web 2.0 companies that has a section of Audio 2.0. (and 36 companies under the Bookmarking 2.0 heading!) Though Coolfer woudln't agree that they're all competitors (except for venture capital) the list shows just how many Internet companies are attempting to remake and control. the digital music experience.

A little lost on what defines a Web 2.0 company? So is everybody else. Wikipedia has a good, general definition at its entry for Web 2.0: "Web 2.0 generally refers to a second generation of services available on the World Wide Web that let people collaborate, and share information online." To translate for the Audio 2.0 startups, they're trying to figure out a good way to organize and to allow people to share what is becoming a mess of information on the Internet. (It's also a way to distance a company/idea from the first round of websites that went belly up, which were most often online stores that sold consumer goods.)

The full list after the jump.

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