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Wippit To Launch At 4pm - Sans Major Labels
News Despite still being in negotiations with two record labels, Wippit's chief executive Paul Myers took the decision to launch the service. Thanks to a deal with the Association of Independent Musicians, Wippit can offer songs from over 550 "indie...
[October 4, 2001, 14:05]
Use Study: Datamax RFID Printers And Labels Play Key Roles In Major Processed Foods Distributor's Supply Chain Management
White Papers The client is a leading U.S.distributor of high quality processed foods was concerned about the costs resulting from product shrinkage and recalls. Specifically, the Distributor wanted to implement more precise inventory.
[December 23, 2004, 23:00]
Listen.com Signs Up Big Players
News Listen.com has signed music distribution deals with two major record labels, giving it a long-awaited power boost in the race to create the perfect online jukebox. Like many other online companies, Listen.com has been seeking distribution rights...
[January 8, 2002, 15:33]
Startup Spotlight: Wippit Tries To Beat The MP3 Competition
News While Napster continues to dominate the headlines in its protracted legal battle with the major labels, Wippit is one company which hopes to develop a rather better relationship with the music industry.
[February 22, 2001, 13:46]
GoodNoise Changes Tune To EMusic
News The move comes as digital, downloadable music -- and in particular, the MP3 format -- is gaining increased attention from record labels and major technology companies. Most major record labels have also announced plans for selling downloadable tunes.
[June 3, 1999, 9:23]
Indie Bands Sign Up For Legal MP3 Sharing
News However, Wippit has failed to reveal details of any deals with major record labels. It had been planning to announce the names of the major labels earlier this month, but delayed the announcement due to the terrorist attacks in America.
[September 28, 2001, 16:40]
Record Labels Put The Brakes On CD Copy Locks
News Fearful of consumer backlash, major record labels in the United States have slowed controversial plans for making CDs more difficult to copy, even as tension over online music piracy mounts. Now major record labels themselves have put the brakes on...
[September 3, 2002, 13:28]
Labels Dodge Scrutiny In Napster Case
News A day before the major record labels asked for a one-month halt in their lawsuit against file-swapping start-up Napster, a federal judge told them she would turn close scrutiny on their online practices.
[February 1, 2002, 12:29]
MusicNet, Pressplay Closing In On Labels
News MusicNet and Pressplay are close to rounding out their music offerings with deals that would allow them to provide songs from all five major labels. Although the moves won't provide the services with all songs offered by the labels -- big-name...
[October 16, 2002, 9:25]
Bertelsmann: Making Music With Napster
News The company, which owns the major record label BMG Entertainment, announced plans to invest in Napster -- even while BMG and the other four major labels were suing the controversial file-sharing service for copyright infringement.
[February 7, 2001, 13:57]
Justice Dept Ends Scrutiny Of Record Labels
News After more than two years of quiet investigation, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday that it is closing its antitrust scrutiny of the major record labels' online activities, without filing charges.
[December 24, 2003, 7:55]
The Taming Of A Generation As MP3.com Is Bought
News Although its star was eclipsed by Napster in the last two years, MP3.com and chief executive Michael Robertson were standard-bearers for an often quixotic campaign against the major record labels as online music grew into a mainstream phenomenon...
[May 22, 2001, 9:48]
Paid Content Comes To Kazaa
News The major music labels have launched paid online subscription services, but these have been hamstrung by crippling limits on the number of titles available and rules that restrict practices such as CD-burning and transfers of files to portable MP3...
[May 20, 2002, 8:54]
Listen.com To Tune In New Music Service
News Music service provider Listen.com is set to flip the switch on its new music subscription service on Monday, connecting consumers to legal, digital versions of tunes ahead of long-awaited efforts from the major labels.
[December 3, 2001, 11:25]
Snaps, Crackles And Pops Aim To Stop CD Piracy
News According to Macrovision, the company that has provided the technology to several major music labels, the test has been going on for four to six months. The technology, which inserts audible clicks and pops into music files that are copied from a...
[July 19, 2001, 14:45]
AOL Pumps Up The Volume
News As the largest Internet service provider, AOL's moves will dictate the direction major labels -- and online competitors such as Microsoft or Yahoo -- will take their own strategies. The service will feature artist tracks and information from a...
[July 23, 2001, 12:56]
Record Labels Targeted In Napster Suit
News Prompted by arguments presented by Napster's legal team, US District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel grilled music industry lawyers about antitrust concerns related to MusicNet and Pressplay, joint ventures between two groups of major record labels to...
[October 11, 2001, 12:01]
MP3 Launches Email Marketing For Record Labels
News But it demonstrates the increasing thaw in the relationship between the online music site and major labels. MP3 had been the subject of copyright lawsuits from five major labels. MP3.com has launched a marketing service for record labels, sending...
[August 31, 2000, 13:44]
Users 'will Pay' For Wireless Video Streaming
News The telco is also making progress on a separate service that will allow consumers to download complete song tracks on to a digital music player and has signed up several major record labels, according to a report.
[July 7, 2003, 11:43]
Microsoft And Sony Do Online Music Deal
News While most major labels are testing digital-downloading plans, Sony Music is the first to announce plans to begin commercially distributing music over the Internet on a continuing basis. AT&T Corp.is working with Seagram Co.s Universal Music and...
[May 12, 1999, 16:38]
