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MP3.com, Warner Music Reach Settlement

Posted by Hemos on from the making-nice-with-each-other dept.

Roger writes: "The New York Times is reporting that MP3.com and Warner Music have reached a settlement, after a few weeks of rumors that a settlement with the RIAA was near. My.mp3.com should come back soon. NYT; free registration required."

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  1. More detailed article... by Zach · · Score: 4

    http://new s.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2045350.html?tag=st.ne. 1002.thed.ni

    That one is more detailed.

  2. I Want My MP3! by jabber · · Score: 5

    Now look at them lawyers, that's the way you do it
    You sue the whole net over the MP3
    That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
    Music for nothin' and tunes for free
    No, that ain't legal, that's the way they do it
    Lemme tell ya them geeks ain't dumb
    Hit the Napster site to get a whole album
    Leach a few tracks using Gnutella

    We gotta block all MP3.COM traffic
    Custom firewall .configs
    We gotta do it in the name of bandwidth
    We gotta stop those MP3s

    See that CEO with the torn jeans and the T-shirt
    No buddy, he's no MBA
    That little punk kid has a million dollar web-site
    That little punk kid just went IPO

    I shouldda learned to hack the TCP/IP stack
    I shouldda learned to rip CDs
    Look at Lars Ulrich, man! He's flipping off the camera
    Ugh! Metallica is losing fans fast
    Hey, who's there? What's that? Downloading noises?
    Filling up the next Gig cause the music's free
    That ain't legal? That's the way they do it
    Get their music for nothin' and your tunes for free

    No, that aint' buying, that's the way we do it
    We listen to all our music as an MP3
    It's not stealing, it's the new way to do it
    Music for nothing and your tunes for free
    Music for nothing, tunes for free
    Music for nothing, tunes for free

    Apologies to Dire Straits.
    Full rights to reproduce granted exclusively to Weird Al Yankovic. :)

    --

    -- What you do today will cost you a day of your life.
  3. Mp3.com now a radio station by Rader · · Score: 4
    -- mp3.com's contention is that they TRIED to do this from the start and the record companies refused to even discuss it. That's why they went ahead and did it without them...in order to force their hand. --

    That's just wrong. When mp3.com first went ahead and bought and ripped and stored 40,000 CD's (at the time), they refused the Big 5's request to pay up! The big 5 wanted royalties on each play of each song. (And wouldn't that add up quick! - I Bet it wouldn't be a free service!)

    Mp3.com thought it was rediculous to pay-per-play fees that the radio stations must do. They contended that this was JUST a way for users to listen to their music any way that they want. (anywhere any time). If they can play their music in their car via tape/CD, or listen at work on CD-ROM drives, why not simply allow them to play their music at any computer.

    The problem though, is that Mp3.com (through advertising) would be benefiting financially by providing this service. And the problem is, the Big 5 believe that ONLY they should benefit from music copyrights. And since they own the copyright, there's not much you can do unless you get permission. (ala Radio station fees, and now mp3.com's new fees)

    It's too bad. I fully agree that mp3.com had many great points. (I read Michael's messages and the message boards that followed since it all started) But when this came out, you could just tell that this time, they didn't have a legal leg to stand on. (Hard to do, when even the artists are slowly losing more rights to their own music to the big 5!!)

    Rader
    --- Out of Hard drive space again. 114GB of Mp3's.