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Vivendi Universal recently sold the MP3.com domain to CNET. That in and of itself is a yawner. MP3.com doesn't really fit the Vivendi profit model, so it's understandable that they're dumping it. Why this matters is they're not selling the archive, containing more than a million songs by 250,000 artists. As of December 3rd, they're destroying it. Musicians received this announcement on Friday. "Your personal information, music, images, related content or other information will not be transferred to CNET Networks, Inc. or any other third party... Please note, however, that promptly following the removal of the MP3.com website, all content...

Primetones offering to host MP3.com files11/26/2003 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...