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MP3.com reopens service for free, and for fee
MP3.com on Tuesday relaunched its controversial music-streaming service, My.MP3.com, in two forms--one paid, the other free--as the company attempts to emerge from its legal entanglements. [News.com]
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Ruling against MP3.com could cost $118 million
A federal judge today found that MP3.com willfully infringed the copyrights of Seagram's Universal Music Group, opening the company to enormous potential damages in one of the first trials to address the legal boundaries of Internet music distribution. [News.com]
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Time for MP3.com to pay the piper
A federal judge ruled MP3.com willfully infringed the copyrights of Seagram's Universal Music Group, opening the company to enormous potential damages in one of the first trials to address the legal boundaries of Internet music distribution. [News.com]
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MP3.com tunes up online music plan
With its ear attuned to the sound of money, digital music giant MP3.com on Thursday unveiled a new initiative to harmonize retailers, labels, music players, and hardware and software tools. [News.com]
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MP3 chief: Company will prevail despite legal storm
Despite his company's mounting legal troubles, the embattled chief executive of MP3.com today vowed to fight on. [News.com]
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Lawmakers want to legalize MP3.com service
Several U.S. congressmen have introduced new legislation that would legalize the services for which MP3.com faces potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in copyright damages. [News.com]
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Indie label wins MP3.com suit
TVT Records, an independent record label, won compensation in a copyright infringement lawsuit against online music company MP3.com. [News.com]
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MP3.com halts free artist-royalty program
Another free ride is coming to an end for Web music, only this time it's the musicians who stand to lose out. [News.com]
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MP3.com inks video deal with Warner Music
Online music company MP3.com said Thursday that it has entered a video and audio licensing agreement with Warner Music Group, the record label owned by Time Warner. [News.com]
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MP3.com moves into Muzak
While shopping for cat food and dog leashes, customers of Petco Animal Supplies will get an earful of in-store music as part of a deal between the company and MP3.com. [News.com]
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