Wippit To Launch At 4pm - Sans Major Labels
News The commercial launch of Wippit's legal music file-sharing will go ahead as planned at 4pm on Thursday, with the company offering generous discounts to the first 1,000 subscribers. Despite still being in negotiations with two record labels, Wippit...
[October 4, 2001, 14:05]
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]
Wippit Wants To Make MP3-sharing Legit
News UK software company Wippit released Thursday an alpha version of a song-sharing program which it claims will reward music labels and artists when their music is copied online. The software, also called Wippit, allows users to share MP3 digital...
[November 6, 2000, 15:30]
Wippit.com
Talkback I did wonder about this (out loud) until someone pointed out wippits.com. They are UK based and quite above board. Their service clearly lists the tracks that are and are not DRMed. Sadly I can't get all the tracks I want there .in fact none of them.
[February 7, 2007, 13:38]
UK Site Will Be First For Legal Music Swapping
News Wippit, the UK-based peer-to-peer music service that is on track to launch this autumn, is poised to announce important deals with at least two major record labels. Paul Myers, the company's chief executive, told ZDNet News that Wippit has been...
[August 28, 2001, 17:20]
Legal MP3 Download Service Due Within Weeks
News Wippit, the UK's legal alternative to underground music-sharing sites, will launch its service this autumn. For £50 per year, users will be able to download an unlimited amount of music from Wippit. Wippit is a peer to peer file-swapping service...
[August 23, 2001, 13:08]
UK Music-swapping Service Bites At Napster's Heels
News British start-up Wippit insisted on Friday that it is close to launching a legal MP3 file-sharing service. Rubbishing suggestions that the company was having problems, chief executive Paul Myers told ZDNet News that Wippit would launch within a...
[August 10, 2001, 16:13]
Indie Bands Sign Up For Legal MP3 Sharing
News As first predicted by ZDNet UK, Wippit-- the UK's first legal MP3-sharing service -- has made a deal that will allow it to offer songs from big-name musicians such as Paul Oakenfold, Badly Drawn Boy and Tricky.
[September 28, 2001, 16:40]
2001: Peer-to-peer Technology Grows Up
News Wippit, however, hasn't yet managed to secure a deal with any of the five record labels, so its offering doesn't really compare with the heaving table of goodies that Napster once provided. Into the void leapt Wippit, the UK's own legal P2P music...
[December 28, 2001, 6:31]
News Burst: Napster Offer Gets Cool Reception
News Paul Myers, chief executive officer of Wippit, a company that is developing a Napster-like service that will let users swap MP3 files on a royalty basis, agrees. Wippit hopes to earn revenue by charging an annual fee and by carrying advertising.
[February 21, 2001, 13:42]
Music Labels Are Not Taking Napster's Bait
News Paul Myers, chief executive of Wippit, a company that is developing a Napster-like service that will let users swap MP3 files on a royalty basis, dismissed the offer as no more than a PR tactic. Wippit hopes to earn revenue by charging an annual...
[February 21, 2001, 15:34]
Musicians Lobby EU Over Copyright Vote
News Even if it were released as a legal subscription-based product there are nearly two years worth of unpaid royalties that someone, somewhere is taking into account," said Paul Myers, chief executive officer of Wippit.
[February 13, 2001, 16:35]
P2P To Revolutionise Internet By 2004
News Wippit, run by Paul Myers, formally of UK ISP X-Stream, is planning to launch a legal MP3 sharing service later this year. Myers is convinced that record labels will use Wippit as a profitable way of distributing their content across the Web using...
[August 13, 2001, 12:45]
Half Online Youth Share Music - Report
News Finance is the key factor, as it's the cheapest way to do things for students with no disposable income," said Paul Myers who plans to launch a subscription based song-sharing site called Wippit. The world's online youth is apparently ignoring the...
[December 14, 2000, 14:53]
Antivirus Firms Develop Peer-to-peer Protection
News Paul Myers, chief executive of UK-based file sharing company Wippit, said antivirus functionality is something his company is considering. Antivirus vendor McAfee is working on techniques designed to combat viruses engineered to spread through peer...
[March 14, 2001, 6:32]
BT Defends Download Limits
News Paul Myers, chief executive of legal P2P music service Wippit, thinks BT might be trying to discourage broadband users from staying constantly connected to the Internet. The Consumers' Association has accused BT of treating its customers unfairly...
[October 8, 2001, 15:00]
