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Fight ends over European music downloads

...Group, Internet service provider Tiscali and digital music company On Demand Distribution (OD2), charging them with violation of a patent that covers the downloading of... Read more

21 January, 2004 by John Borland

IBM in bundling deal with Red Flag Linux

A database bundling deal could help IBM in the competition to enter the potentially huge Chinese software market Read more

11 September, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

HMV, OD2 sued over download patent

...small US company has sued the HMV Group and online music distributor OD2 over a far-reaching European and US patent that it claims covers... Read more

4 September, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Emerging handsets mimic iPods

...rival Vodafone and Europe-based online music retailer On Demand Distribution, or OD2. T-Mobile's service will sell abbreviated versions of songs, averaging about... Read more

2 July, 2004 by Ben Charny and John Borland

Microsoft sued over European music downloads

...patents, contends that Microsoft, Internet service provider Tiscali and digital music company OD2 are collectively trespassing on its rights with their new music download services... Read more

14 October, 2003 by John Borland

Windows song site debuts in UK

...Tiscali Music Club, the service is actually run by online music company OD2, rather than by Microsoft itself. As with Apple Computer's iTunes, the... Read more

14 August, 2003 by John Borland

Virgin Megastores to shake-up music download market

...a service run by 7Digital. Meanwhile a separate branded version of the OD2 service is offered by Virgin Megastores. "We do already have an offering... Read more

28 February, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

iTunes off to a good start in Europe

...of those downloads - a number that's 16 times higher than competitor OD2, according to a statement from Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Users are apparently... Read more

23 June, 2004 by Sylvia Carr

iTunes finally arrives in the UK

...to plunder, Jobs was bullish about iTunes prospects. Despite Microsoft's and OD2 launching their own online song shop yesterday, Jobs was talking down rival... Read more

15 June, 2004 by Jo Best

Napster launches in UK amid media circus

...is something that its established rivals were at pains to point out. OD2 chief Charles Grimsdale said in a statement: "Since we launched, OD2 has... Read more

20 May, 2004 by Ron Coates

UK online music gears up for a price war

...it seems some UK players are doing none too badly for themselves. OD2, the online music shop which sells its technology on to resellers like... Read more

5 April, 2004 by Jo Best

Music giants loosen their grip on licences

...other file-swapping services struggle with copyright issues. UK digital music distributor OD2 currently offers a CD burning service, which entitles users to burn a... Read more

24 October, 2002 by CNET Networks

Legal music wins web popularity contest

...music which is being offered by Peter Gabriel's online music distributor OD2. However, those doing so may well have seen this message: "Don't... Read more

3 October, 2002 by silicon.com staff

Music lovers: Today is digital download day

Can you believe how quickly it's come around...? Digital music service OD2 has declared today Digital Download Day - and is marking the occasion with... Read more

3 October, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

Kylie Minogue: All yours for £4.99 per month

...fee of £4.99. The deal with download service On Demand Distribution (OD2) will put around 150,000 songs online, including the back catalogues of... Read more

28 August, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

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