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MP3.Com Sued By PlayMedia
News Internet digital music company MP3.Comhas been roped into a copyright infringement lawsuit by MP3 player developer PlayMedia Systems just days after it announced it was going to go public. PlayMedia initially aimed its lawsuit solely at rival...
[May 18, 1999, 16:38]
MP3.com Cosies Up To Big Labels
News Internet music provider MP3.com said Tuesday it will market an up-and-coming band for music company EMI Recorded Music as it seeks to become a promotional vehicle for the big record labels. MP3.com said UK band Starsailor has agreed to provide MP3...
[April 25, 2001, 9:19]
MP3.com Gets The Open Source Spirit
News MP3.com on Tuesday said it would make its extensive online music database and streaming technology freely available to developers, letting rivals tap into its hard-won music locker service. The move effectively gives rivals access to music rights...
[January 17, 2001, 9:01]
MP3 - Civil Liberties Group Joins The Row
News The pioneering U.S.electronic civil rights group on Tuesday held the first meeting of the Consortium for Audiovisual Free Expression, or CAFE, aimed at ensuring that consumers continue to have choices in downloading music from the Internet.
[May 26, 1999, 8:45]
A Year Ago: MP3 Tops The Web
News It's official, MP3 is now the most searched for word on the Internet, ahead of sex, with around 3 million MP3 tracks downloaded every day according to the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI).
[May 8, 2000, 7:01]
MP3: You Can't Stop The Music ...
News With all the controversy currently surrounding the digital-audio format known as MPEG Layer III, or MP3, you might wonder how the digital-audio industry evolved from tinny-sounding MIDI files into near-CD-quality MP3 files.
[April 10, 2000, 8:26]
MP3.com Shares Explode
News MP3.com shares rose from the ashes on Thursday, rallying up 15 5/8, or 95 percent, to 32 in late trading after chief executive Michael Robertson told analysts that the company has little to fear from a pending a lawsuit with the Record Industry...
[March 3, 2000, 10:53]
MP3.com Offers Pay-for-play Music
News MP3.com last week ruled liable in a multibillion-dollar copyright infringement lawsuit -- on Tuesday launched what it called the first online subscription music channel and the future of the music business.
[May 3, 2000, 8:29]
MP3.com Faces Whopping Penalty
News Hefty fines could be levied against MP3.com after a federal judge in New York ruled Friday that the Internet music company's MyMP3.com service violated copyright law. Fines in the case could start at $750m (£481m) if the San Diego company is...
[May 2, 2000, 9:09]
News Burst: MP3.com Dips Its Toe Into WAP Waters
News MP3.com launched its first WAP-enabled application Wednesday, a service allowing users to locate and purchase tickets to live events in any country from WAP-enabled mobile devices with MP3.com's Wireless Live Events Calendar version 1.0.
[May 31, 2000, 18:16]
MP3.com Wades Into Wireless Waters
News MP3.com jumped into the booming wireless jetstream Wednesday with the launch of its Wireless Live Events Calendar -- through which wireless users will be able to locate and purchase tickets to live events anywhere in the world.
[June 2, 2000, 9:04]
MP3? WMA? We Don't Care Says Music Industry
News Software companies may be fighting tooth and claw to establish a dominant format for digital music, but the message from the music industry is clear -- it just doesn't care. The only thing it's worried about is catering for the fundamental change...
[January 27, 2000, 8:41]
MP3.com Sets Sights On Subscriptions
News MP3.com said Tuesday it has launched a new subscription service in a move to raise money and reach profitability. MP3.com's Premium Listener Service, or PluS Express, combines My.MP3.com online music-storage service with a player that includes...
[June 13, 2001, 16:16]
MP3.com Under Fire From Music Biz
News Hollywood seemingly has made a New Year's resolution: To aggressively sue any perceived threat to their content. On Friday, following the path of two Digital Video Disc lawsuits, the Recording Industry Association of America filed a copyright...
[January 24, 2000, 9:04]
MP3.com Assets Sold
Talkback This is the end of an era. For years, MP3.com has been the source for independent artists to share their music free of charge, and a source for fans to find great music from both well-known and independent bands.
[November 18, 2003, 22:05]
MP3.com To Offer Wireless Sync
News Song-swap site MP3.com will launch a service Monday to let users download a song and automatically share it with their mobile phone or handheld computer. The deal is a partnership between MP3.com and fusionOne, which provides the synchronisation...
[November 6, 2000, 15:38]
MP3.com: Sorry, No Free Royalties
News Another free ride is coming to an end for Web music, only this time it's the musicians who stand to lose out. As consumers grapple with content filters on Napster that may make it harder to find free tunes on the Internet, thousands of would-be...
[March 19, 2001, 8:45]
Nuggets: MP3 Stuff Galore
News Nuggets is a daily update on the latest software and hardware releases provided by our very own gadget man, Mr Justin Pearse. At the end of the month we will provide a roundup of our favourites which you could win in our monthly Nuggets competition.
[January 25, 1999, 17:26]
MP3.com Enters Dangerous Territory
News Music download site MP3.com has launched an updated version of its My.MP3.com service that allows users to store CD collections online. The 'Beam-it' service uses proprietary software that verifies a CD's identity in any remote PC.
[January 14, 2000, 6:00]
News Burst: MP3 Is Catching On ... Faster!
News During the past few months, they have made the jump from colleges to secondary schools according to the Wall Street Journal. Full story to follow Take me to the MP3 Special
[June 15, 1999, 12:22]
