No Bright Future For MP3.Com
by Maarten Goldstein, Sep 06, 2000 10:57am PDTBeen kinda quiet on the Napster front these past days, but we still have MP3.com. Back in April, mp3.com was found liable for their my.mp3.com site feature, where people can listen to songs where ever they go, as long as they verify with their original CD first. Since then, MP3.com has settled the case with four of the five big labels (EMI, BMG, Warner and Sony) for about $20 million per label. The Universal Music Group wasn't interested in the $20 million though, instead they want $450 million in damages from the website. That is euh, a lot of money. Since the judge is already agreeing on the fact that mp3.com is breaking the copyright law so it doesn't look too good for mp3.com. It will mainly depend on the amount of Universal titles in the my.mp3.com database now, MP3.com says 4,700 , Universal thinks there are about 10,000.
Calling UMG's request for $450 million in damages "draconian" and "a death sentence," MP3.com defense attorney Michael Rhodes told Rakoff on Tuesday that the dot-com would be put out of business if damages in the case exceeded $750 per CD, the minimum amount set by copyright laws.update: Not really $450 million, but the judge did rule against mp3.com - they have to pay up $118 million to Universal now. Ouch.
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Assholes.
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Major labels are evil.
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I have lost all sympathy for the recording and movie industries.
Their contempt for fair use and fair prices have led me to the conclusion that they do not DESERVE the protection of copyright laws.
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#43 I know people that would do that shit for free.. (mainly little kids
heh I don't want to know ;)
I do agree though, Napster was never something that I have condoned but mp3.com is different. Hell I went to see Four Star Mary twice this week over here in the UK, and as I don't watch Buffy I would have never known who they were or what they were like if it wasn't for mp3.com.
Still, greed is here to stay and there's fuck all we can do about it.
He who pays, wins.
BH
Heh... not too bright, these laywers...
MY DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK...
WTF is up with the $751 per CD. Does that mean that every CD that is pirated is $751, or for every copy of a CD? It would be fucked up if it were every copy, because a normal copy of any given CD costs $13 at the store.
What's wrong with my.mp3.com? If you own the CD, you can make a legal backup copy. It's like those freedrive places. If I have a copy of an old game (like Commander Keen), I can make a backup copy of it.
That's the really lame part of the DVD trials. They basically said that you can't make backup copies of your DVD's, and if you want to have a backup of it, you should go out and buy the VHS. What a fucking crock.
FrO
What's the point in having mp3s and site like those when are twat musice companies (with shit loads of money) screw over the people who listen to and buy their music......
Finn..
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MP3.com = $7.875 a share (quote from 15 min ago)
But that's still $118 out of their pockets. I wish I had that kind of cash.
http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/09/06/technology/mp3/
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heh.. SHUGASHACK w00t! w00t!
[revolver]
WHO CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARES !!!!!!!!!!!
WATCH THEM CRUMBLE
I don't even use mp3.com for mp3's because the selection is so bad.
Btw, before some homo record company takes it down, search for a guy name Doran.
Song: Unreal
He is a Big Name Dj, who posted one of his first singles on there. Major Dj's like Dj Micro, Oakenfold, and Doran Himself spin the title.
Give it a try.
Doran - Unreal.mp3
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I wanna put my some of my band's mp3s on there for promortion reasons; I love mp3.com!
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