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- Bowie joins My.MP3.com amid legal uncertainty - MP3.com inked a licensing deal Monday with David Bowie for the right to stream his music catalog over the Web, tying up a legal loose end stemming from its embattled online music locker service. [News.com]
- EMusic adds voice to chorus of MP3.com copyright suits - Online music company EMusic, along with several independent record labels, became the latest to file copyright lawsuits alleging that MP3.com infringed its copyrights. [News.com]
- Independent Label Sues MP3.com over Copyright - MP3.com was found last month to be violating the copyrights of major record companies. It now has been sued by an independent label that alleges more infringement. [News.com]
- 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]
- Infringement ruling sinks MP3.com shares - MP3.com shares fell 21 percent today after a federal judge delivered a potentially devastating blow to the company by ruling that it had willfully violated music copyrights. [News.com]
- Judge expected to set MP3.com damages next week - A federal judge is expected to rule next Wednesday on whether MP3.com willfully violated copyrights and must pay millions in damages to record company Universal Music Group. [News.com]
- Judge's ruling would limit damages for MP3.com - MP3.com will face damages for copyright violations on every CD--not every song--it infringed, if a lawsuit by record companies against the music Web site goes to trial next week as scheduled, a federal judge ruled. [News.com]
- 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]
- 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]
- MP3.com aims for wireless devices - MP3.com is launching a new service Monday that will allow music lovers to instantly link downloaded song collections to their wireless devices. [News.com]
- MP3.com beats estimates despite legal disputes - Online music company MP3.com on Thursday reported a third-quarter loss of 9 cents per share, beating analyst forecasts. [News.com]
- MP3.com cozies up to big labels - The Internet music provider will market an up-and-coming band for EMI Recorded Music as it seeks to become a promotional vehicle for the big record labels. [News.com]
- MP3.com, Dell hear the music - The online music company turns to technology services, while the PC maker unveils an MP3 player. [News.com]
- MP3.com, EMI settle lawsuit with licensing deal - MP3.com has settled a copyright infringement suit with a unit of EMI Group, allowing the online music company to resume distribution of songs owned by the record label. [News.com]
- MP3.com faces new suit after settling with record labels - Internet music company MP3.com Thursday was slapped with another lawsuit, coming just two days after ending its costly legal battle with the major record labels. [News.com]
- MP3.com goes global with foreign language sites - Caught in a legal tug-of-war over copyright law in the United States, Internet music service MP3.com is turning its sights to Europe, where it plans to open Web sites in German, French and Spanish. [News.com]
- 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]
- 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]
- MP3.com launches email drive to back new bill - MP3.com is launching a political campaign to support a bill that would make it legal to store music digitally and listen to songs over the Internet. [News.com]
- MP3.com legal strategy faces skeptical judge - Lawyers for MP3.com tried and failed to turn the tables on Seagram's Universal Music Group in court today, countering charges of copyright infringement with accusations of anti-competitive tactics by the record label. [News.com]
- MP3.com makes music with StoreTunes - MP3.com says it has inked a deal with audio marketing producer StoreTunes to provide music to U.S. businesses. [News.com]
- 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]
- MP3.com, music publishers sound out licensing deal - Web music service MP3.com on Wednesday agreed to a preliminary three-year, $30 million licensing agreement with the National Music Publishers' Association's subsidiary, The Harry Fox Agency. [News.com]
- MP3.com ordered to pay indie $300,000 - The online music provider must pay about $300,000 to independent music label TVT Records for copyright infringement, a federal jury rules. [News.com]
- MP3.com pays $53.4 million to end copyright suit - MP3.com agreed Tuesday to pay $53.4 million to end its copyright infringement suit with Seagram's Universal Music Group in a deal approved by a federal judge just minutes before a scheduled trial to assess damages in the case. [News.com]
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- MP3.com puts away money for potential legal disputes - MP3.com said Friday that it had added $20 million during the third quarter to a reserve fund of $150 million set aside to cover litigation and copyright matters associated with its My.MP3.com service. [News.com]
- MP3.com puts judge in director's chair - Online music company MP3.com has grabbed a powerful ally to serve on its board of directors: former California Courts of Appeal Justice Howard Wiener. [News.com]
- MP3.com puts radio songs in your in-box - The company today unveiled a service that will email Net music fans radio-edited songs. [News.com]
- 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]
- MP3.com-Seagram trial postponed for one day - MP3.com is scheduled to face trial Tuesday to determine how many of Universal Music Group's albums the start-up improperly copied for use in its ill-fated online music storage-locker service. [News.com]
- MP3.com Settles Copyright Dispute with Warner, BMG - MP3.com today settled a copyright infringement lawsuit with Time Warner and BMG Entertainment. [News.com]
- MP3.com Shares Surge on Talk of Copyright Settlement - The five largest record labels are close to settling their copyright infringement suit against MP3.com and allowing them to include the labels' songs in its controversial service. [News.com]
- MP3.com's move to copy CDs stirs debate - When MP3.com first came on the scene, there was a photo on its Web site that industry insiders say may be a fitting icon for the rebel Net music company: Billy Idol giving the recording industry the finger. [News.com]
- MP3.com, Sony settle copyright suit - Net music site MP3.com has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit with Sony Music Entertainment, sparking a rally in its stock price. [News.com]
- MP3.com spins unknown artists into Muzak - As MP3.com moves into the ambient music scene, a battle is raised between new and old media: MP3 vs. Muzak. [News.com]
- MP3.com to ask court to invalidate copyrights - Online music distributor MP3.com hopes to escape a potential $167.5 million judgment by arguing that virtually all of Universal Music Group's copyright registrations are invalid. [News.com]
- MP3.com to revive My.MP3.com - for a price - Internet music company MP3.com plans to restart My.MP3.com by the end of November and, for the first time, will charge a fee for the once-controversial service, chief executive Michael Robertson said on Wednesday. [News.com]
- 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]
- MP3.com, Universal choose court over settlement - MP3.com chief executive Michael Robertson took the witness stand today to defend his company against charges of willfully violating record label copyrights to profit from a novel Internet music service. [News.com]
- MP3.com vs RIAA: A Different Perspective - Editorial examining this landmark lawsuit and offering an alternative view on the controversy surrounding downloadable music.
- MP3.com will reactivate service - MP3.com will reactivate its embattled online music service despite an ongoing copyright infringement tussle with Universal Music Group and the recording industry. [News.com]
- MP3.com will see profit in 2001 - The Internet music company is on track to make a profit this year for the first time despite a softer advertising market, Chief Executive Michael Robertson says. [News.com]
- Music sites move into Japan - MP3.com has begun operating a Japanese-language Web site, part of the online music provider's push into the Japanese market for music delivered electronically. [News.com]
- Record labels cry foul over MP3.com-Universal agreement - MP3.com may not be out of legal trouble yet, as four record companies are fuming that Seagram's Universal Music Group received twice as much as they each did to resolve a lawsuit against the Internet music company. [News.com]
- 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]
- 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]
- Time running out for MP3.com settlement - A legal hourglass is draining to the end for MP3.com, which will face trial for potentially huge copyright-infringement damages next week if it can't strike a deal with one remaining record company. [News.com]
- Universal seeks $450 million in MP3.com suit - Universal Music Group, the world's largest record company, asked a judge today to award it up to $450 million in damages because MP3.com infringed its copyrights, an amount the Internet music company said would put it out of business. [News.com]
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