MP3.com Archive Not Lost (1.7 Million Songs Saved)

Posted by timothy on Monday April 19, 2004 @03:46PM from the greatly-exaggerated dept.

macdaddypunk writes "We all remember last December's grim news: MP3.com closed its doors, warning thousands of musicians that 'all your content will be deleted from our servers.' However, as the Wall Street Journal reports today, most of the original MP3.com archive was never deleted! Two companies, GarageBand and Trusonic, claiming to have a legitimate copy of the archive, are now enabling former MP3.com artists to visit www.MP3isBack.com and recover their MP3.com music, instantly re-generating their artist pages with just a few clicks. Trusonic, itself a Vivendi spin-out, focuses on licensing music to retailers for in-store airplay. GarageBand, like a HOTorNOT for music, offers free mp3 downloads and claims to host the definitive charts of independent music."

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Re:Send in the RIAA lawyers in... by Deraj+DeZine · 2004-04-19 17:24 · Score: 1, Troll

Note the "+4, Funny" moderation and read the parent again.

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Re:You mean these bands didn't keep a local copy? by Lord+Kano · 2004-04-19 18:37 · Score: 0, Troll

I'm baffled as to how you were modded up so fast for this comment.

This is Slashdot you fucking n00b! As insightful and informative as your comment was, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if it was modded down by the same people who modded up Captain Oblivious's post.

LK

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