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Primetones offering to host MP3.com files
Reuters ^
| November 26, 2003
Posted on 11/26/2003 9:12:53 PM PST by Timesink
Primetones offering to host MP3.com files
11/26/2003 5:58:56 PMLOS ANGELES, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Start-up company Primetones said Wednesday it is in talks to preserve MP3.com Inc.'s audio library, scheduled for destruction on Dec. 2, just weeks after Vivendi Universal (V) agreed to sell MP3.com to CNET Networks Inc. (CNET) .
"The loss of these MP3.com audio files is a catastrophe that may be felt for generations to come," said David Blumberg, director for artist development at Primetones, the Texas company that has offered to transcribe and host the more than 1.2 million tracks, which were uploaded by more than 250,000 recording artists.
Primetones CEO Martin McGregor said the company could put the facilities together to save the files, noting it would take a substantial outlay to host them.
He added that negotiations with Vivendi Universal were ongoing, but declined to discuss terms.
CNET plans to relaunch MP3.com next year as a place for information about music, although the company has said it has no plans to compete with music download services like the popular iTunes owned by Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) .
CNET expects the deal to close in December.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: cnet; idiotfrench; mp3com; primetones; vivendi; vivendiuniversal
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posted on
11/26/2003 9:12:54 PM PST
by
Timesink
To: mhking; Darksheare; longtermmemmory; flashbunny; SamAdams76; Elliott Jackalope; bleach; ...
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posted on
11/26/2003 9:26:56 PM PST
by
Timesink
(I'm not a big fan of electronic stuff, you know? Beeps ... beeps freak me out. They're bad.)
To: Timesink
"The loss of these MP3.com audio files is a catastrophe that may be felt for generations to come..." Good to see he's not short on hyperbole...
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posted on
11/26/2003 9:51:46 PM PST
by
ECM
To: ECM
MP3.com is not a bootlegger's site. Many Indy performers sell their songs at MP3.com to avoid shakedown by the RIAA.
Many of these artists have no other venue to sell their music.
So yes, that would be a loss. It would also be a re-establishment of the RIAA's monopoly.
To: shadowman99
Hey, I'm not saying it wouldn't be a loss but I do think he's probably somewhat overstating the situation.
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posted on
11/26/2003 10:02:08 PM PST
by
ECM
To: Timesink
Vivendi...
a FRENCH corporation and entertainment conglomerate...
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posted on
11/26/2003 10:32:43 PM PST
by
Robert_Paulson2
(robert... the rino... LWMPTBHFTOSTA....)
To: shadowman99
So yes, that would be a loss. It would also be a re-establishment of the RIAA's monopoly.
Which is the intent.
Turn back that clock to leave it to beaver and dick clark's payola scandals in the fifties/sixties...
America wants to go back to June and Ward's house...
except for our microwave ovens, of course.
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posted on
11/26/2003 10:34:31 PM PST
by
Robert_Paulson2
(robert... the rino... LWMPTBHFTOSTA....)
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