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The New MP3.com: 3rd Time a Charm?

Posted by michael on from the what's-in-a-name dept.

macdaddypunk writes "Two weeks ago, CNET unveiled Download.com Music (mistaken by some for the new MP3.com). A week ago, they told the press that the real MP3.com was open for business, yet the site itself still said "coming soon." Today, MP3.com is finally live, and off to a sputtering start. It's a combination of tech articles and a meta-search for major-label downloads. For example, with a single search you can find that 'Abbey Road' by the Beatles is not available for legal download at iTunes, Napster, or anywhere else. The tech content includes such gems as 'how to copy your old vinyl records onto CDs.' The real news is what it does NOT include: no free downloads, and no indie artist community. (As reported earlier, the former MP3.com archive of 1.7 million songs was instead resurrected by another independent music community). The new MP3.com's search results don't even include the 3,500 indie artists from Download.com Music."

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    1. Re:BRITISH SCIENTISTS CREATE THE 'FENT BUSTER' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. They should just move on by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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