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Goodbye, Liquid Audio?

Posted by timothy on from the dripping-away dept.

gosand writes "Yahoo is carrying the AP story that basically says that Liquid Audio's days are numbered. The board voted unanimously in favor of a $57 million stockholder cash payout. They would rather sell the company, but if there is no buyer then they would probably have to liquidate the company. Liquid Audio indeed. There have been other Slashdot stories on this topic, but this could be the last one."

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  1. Well no wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    From their web page:

    "OUR SITE IS OPTIMIZED FOR INTERNET EXPLORE (sic) 4.X OR BETTER AND NETSCAPE 4.X OR BETTER"

    Ignoring the AOL-ish use of capitalization and the misuse of the word 'optimized', I'm using Galeon 1.2.6, which I think is better than either one of those, but I still can't get into the site.

    I guess their non-sighted customers aren't important either, since the above notice is provided as a gif.

  2. Liquid Audio Sold its Intellectual Property to MS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Liquid Audio sold its intellectual property to Microsoft in September. If the company goes under, you'll see support for their format in a Windows Media Player Update or Plugin.

    http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,105501 ,0 0.asp