MP3tunes.com introduced its digital music service on Wednesday, offering 300,000 songs at 88 cents each from mostly independent and unsigned artists. As earlier reported, the new download service is the brainchild of Michael Robertson, current chief executive of Linux software company Linspire and Net-calling service SIPphone. His creation of MP3.com in 1997 helped establish the …
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Apple Computer announced Wednesday that it will offer commissions to third-party sites that drive customers to its iTunes online music store. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company said that the iTunes Affiliate Program will allow Web sites to link directly to specific content stored in iTunes’ digital archives, and will pay dividends to those companies that can help Apple generate downloads. The …
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Apple Computer reported Monday that its iTunes online digital music service crested 100 million downloads late Sunday. The milestone, which the company had been anticipating for several weeks, was achieved when 20-year-old Kevin Britten of Kansas downloaded the song “Somersault,” performed by the band Zero7. As part of a promotion run by Apple, Britten will receive one of the company’s …
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Internet media company CNET Networks announced Friday that it is acquiring the assets of online music distributor MP3.com. San Francisco-based CNET Networks said it has signed a definitive agreement with Vivendi Universal Net USA to acquire the assets of MP3.com, with the deal scheduled to close in December. Terms of the transaction were not released. CNET Networks operates an array …
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A New York man was sentenced to six months in jail after being convicted of using the Internet to sell hundreds of CDs that were loaded with unauthorized copies of songs. Alvin A. Davis, 42, of Brooklyn, was also ordered to pay $3,329.50 for selling pirated music via his Web site. Judge Reggie B. Walton of the U.S. District Court …
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The Recording Industry Association of America will extend an amnesty program to some individuals involved in illegal sharing of copyrighted music files online, according to numerous published reports. The RIAA, which has issued more than 1,000 subpoenas to Internet service providers seeking the names of people illegally sharing copyrighted content, will offer an easy out to some of them, numerous …
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