MP3.com Announces January Key
Metrics -January 31, 2000 -Press
Release
MP3.com, Inc., the premier online music service provider, announced today its six key operational metrics
for the month of January.
Music retailers charge Sony with unfair
competition -January 31, 2000 -CNET
A retail industry group is suing Sony Music Entertainment, alleging that the company is strong-arming retailers to point their customers toward its online
shops.
Diary of an MP3 Beginner -January 31, 2000 -The
Standard
When I first heard about downloadable music in early 1998, it sounded shady. MP3 sites were in violation of
copyright laws, and were difficult to find. And the process sounded too complicated.
But what a difference a couple of years makes. Following the easy instructions on
Listen.com, a directory of legal downloads, I installed
RealJukebox, which enables me to play MP3 files. It turned out to be
the easiest of the MP3 programs I tried.
Out of Tune -January 31, 2000 -The
Standard
Consumers have decided MP3 is worth about what it costs: nothing.
MP3, the music-compression format once praised as a miracle worker, has generated
far more ink from the press than cash from actual consumers.
But even the praise is fading as MP3's once-scorching popularity evaporates in
the face of increased competition, sagging transmission speeds and minimal returns
on investments.
Record Profits -January 31, 2000 -The
Standard
Why the music industry doesn't want its MP3. This open-source
(<-- lol) software format offers free music to the masses and cuts a hole in the recording industry's purse.
Therefore, don't expect many of the biggest hits, by the hottest artists, to be
released in MP3.
The ABCs of MP3 -January 31, 2000 -The
Standard
How to make the format work best on your Web site.
Web sites currently running MP3, or thinking about carrying the format, have a
lot to learn about its implementation and
use – if they want to attract more listeners.
Big Record Labels Start to Like the Sound of Online
Music -January 29, 2000 -Washington
Post.
They marketed rap, rock and hip-hop, but a funeral dirge seemed more fitting music for
the major record labels over the past year. The reason: the ...
Stamping Out Pirated Tunes -January 29, 2000 -Wired
PST If Copyright Control Service has its way, any pirate trading illegal music through the nooks and crannies of
the Net will be exposed and shut down. Others don't think the heavy policing
approach is such a great idea.
MP3.com's move to copy CDs stirs debate -January 28, 2000 -CNET
When MP3.com first came on the scene, there was a photo on its Web site that industry insiders say may be a fitting icon for the rebel Net music
company: Billy Idol giving the recording industry the finger.
The picture may be gone, but many say the sentiment isn't.
A New Look and Feel for
D.A.M. CDs -January 27, 2000 -MP3.com
Today MP3.com announces major visual and functional
enhancements to our D.A.M. (Digital Automatic Music) CD program,
centered around the implementation of a new, three-component multimedia interface.
Sensory Science Unveils Plans for Expanded RaveMP Product
Line -January 27, 2000 -Press
Release
Sensory Science Ramps Up Development of New RaveMP Models.
Building on its leadership position in the portable MP3 player market, Sensory Science Corporation today
announced plans to extend its product line through the introduction of new RaveMP models that offer
innovative feature enhancements and exciting technologies, creating the most versatile line of MP3 players to date.
MP3.com Fights Fire with Fire -January 26, 2000 -Wired
The music site wants more users to "beam" more CDs into its allegedly illegal
music service. The company decides promotion may be the best way to stave
off an RIAA copyright suit.
Security hole discovered in Napster music
software -January 26, 2000 -CNET
Those who use Napster's popular software for trading digital music files may not
be as anonymous as they think they are.
Napster's program, which lets users see which digital music files other users possess,
also exposes their Internet protocol addresses, according to Internet security consultant
Richard Smith. IP addresses are unique strings of numbers that identify users' computers
on the Internet.
That could help copyright owners identify and try to prosecute Napster users who may be
illegally swapping music.
MP3 Fourth Quarter a Market Hit -January 26, 2000 -Wired Revenues soar for the leader in the online music race. With fourth-quarter losses
beating analyst predictions by a wide margin, its stock rises as well.
DVD lawyers spill "secret" code -January 26, 2000 -CNET A digital rights licensing group seeking to ban the controversial DVD decryption
program known as DeCSS has shut down yet another potential distributor: a
California state courthouse.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William Elfving today placed under seal source
code submitted in a trade secrets case filed by the DVD Copy Control Association against
72 Web sites and individuals earlier this month.
The order for now erases an embarrassing gaffe by attorneys for the group, which is
seeking to stop the defendants from publishing or linking to the very same program on the
Internet. It was unclear whether the apparent slip-up could have deeper consequences for
the case.
Echelon 'Proof' Discovered -January 26, 2000 -Wired NSA documents refer to "Echelon." Is it the suspected
international citizen spying machine or the name of a legal military project? The
researcher who found them thinks it's the latter.
Napster server protocol has been published -January 26, 2000 -Slashdot Posted by HeUnique
from the looks-interesting dept.
C|Net is publishing a story about a Stanford University Senior who reversed engineering the
Napster server protocol. The story also mentions a Web page in SourceForge which gives
links to various Napster clients for different OS's. I wonder how many new
Napster servers clones we'll have soon.
BMG CEO steps down from AOL board -January 25, 2000 -CNET America Online has appointed co-chairman Kenneth Novack to replace Thomas
Middelhoff, chief executive of German
media giant Bertelsmann, on the company's board of directors.
The timing is significant. Middelhoff's resignation comes just weeks after AOL announced that it plans to merge with Time Warner, a competitor to
Bertelsmann.
In addition, Time Warner yesterday announced its intention to acquire Britain's EMI Group for $1.3 billion, or $1.65 per share, in cash. The deal will create a
music giant valued at $20 billion.
eToys settles Net name dispute with etoy -January 25, 2000 -CNET
A little-known Swiss art group operating under the "www.etoy.com" Web address emerges victorious
after settling a bitter dispute with leading online toy retailer eToys.
Victory for Etoy Is At Hand -January 25, 2000 -Wired
Etoys, the toy giant, has finally decided to settle its case with the upstart artists
group, and the renegade Web site will be back up in a matter of days.
Lucent's Audio Format Gets Locked -January 25, 2000 -MP3.com
Lucent Technologies says it will license Intel Corp.'s online
content-security software, the Intel Software Integrity System, to be integrated with Lucent's compressed audio format,
Enhanced Perceptual Audio Coder (ePAC).
Your Ears Are Their Business -January 25, 2000 -Wired
Tuesday A concert promoter monitors the radio stations of fans as they enter the
parking lot. Guess what privacy groups have to say about that?
DV's Underground Movement -January 25, 2000 -Wired
While Hollywood derides digital video as not worthy of a mainstream audience,
indie filmmakers are warming to its flexibility.
Microsoft's New Liquid Asset -January 24, 2000 -Wired
A new deal marries Windows Media technology and Liquid Audio's
digital music platform. Was there ever a doubt that Redmond was in the race for real?
Free Thinkers in the Digital Age -January 24, 2000 -Wired
The floor of the RSA Security Conference was full of corporate types, geek types,
and crypto types. But the Alchemind Society stood out with its message: Don't
let technology screw up our minds.
Warner-EMI another boost for online music -January 23, 2000 -Reuters
One month ago, Internet companies seeking to deliver digital music online were
complaining that big record
labels were too scared of piracy and new ways of doing business to embrace the World Wide Web.
Time Warner, EMI Group expected to
merge music units -January 23, 2000 -CNET
EMI Group and Time Warner said they're in talks to combine their music units and
create the world's biggest record company.
Warner Music Group, whose artists include Alanis Morrisette, Eric Clapton and Madonna,
will pay EMI shareholders more than $1 billion, or $1.65 a share, for board control of a 50-50 joint venture, people
familiar with the companies said. Warner and EMI, whose catalog ranges from the Spice Girls to the Rolling Stones to
Garth Brooks, expect to unveil the merger tomorrow, EMI said.
RIAA Sues MP3.com -January 22, 2000 -Wired
The recording industry sues the music download site for
copyright infringement. The filing could prevent the company
from offering a controversial service that makes CDs available
online.
EMI Makes Music with Time-Warner -January 22, 2000 -Wired
EMI plans to merge its music business with Time-Warner, a joint venture that would
create a global music powerhouse.
MP3.com Response to RIAA Lawsuit Letter -January 21, 2000 -MP3.com
Dear Hilary:
After having just met with you in Washington on Wednesday, I was surprised to find myself
being the subject of an open letter. Obviously, the RIAA was never really interested in
talking to us in good faith.
You say that I rejected the opportunity to engage in meaningful business discussions
regarding our My.MP3.com service. We simply could not agree to your stated conditions for
having such talks. I told you then and I tell you now, we would very much like to engage the
RIAA and its member companies in a discussion about the future of digital music.
Industry Group Sues MP3.com -January 21, 2000 -The
Standard
MP3.com vows to fight the music industry's opposition.
From the start, MP3.com's Instant Listening Service and Beam-it utilities
were controversial. Friday, the other shoe
dropped.
As expected, the Recording Institute Association of America, or
RIAA, filed suit
against MP3.com, alleging that the utilities constitute a "blatant infringement" of
copyright laws.
RIAA sues MP3.com, alleges copyright
violations -January 21, 2000 -CNET
In what could turn into a multibillion-dollar lawsuit, the Recording Industry
Association of America sued MP3.com today, alleging copyright violations
stemming from the company's new service that gives consumers access to digital
copies of their CDs.
Filed in Federal District Court in New York, the lawsuit focuses on MP3.com's
My.MP3.com features, which were unveiled earlier this month.
RIAA v. MP3.com -January 21, 2000 -MP3.com
Text of the RIAA lawsuit filed against MP3.com on January 21, 2000.
DVD Cases: Help by Commenting to Feds on
DMCA -January 21, 2000 -Slashdot
Posted by emmett on Friday January 21, @04:12PM
from the a-chance-to-be-heard dept.
Paul Burchard writes "The Copyright office is requesting
comments by Feb. 10, 2000, on how broadly to interpret the
exemptions in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to its provisions against circumventing copy-protection technologies. As these
features of the DMCA have been cited by lawyers from both sides in the DeCSS cases, the
interpretation of the exemptions appears to still be up for grabs -- your comments could make a difference." Get
involved and do this now.
Earjam--Not a Hygiene Issue -January 21, 2000 -MP3.com That seamless music player software--the one that plays all music
formats, handles all security mechanisms, and lets you easily and instantly transfer your music to any portable devices or burn to CD--is
at hand.
Or so says Earjam, a new company that promises to deliver "the
world's first Universal Player/Universal Burner and Audiobot" on Feb. 15
Lansonic Ignites Digital Music Revolution with
Networked, MP3 Stereo -January 21, 2000 -Press
Release
Lansonic introduces the Digital Audio Server (DAS-750), a networked audio component designed to harness the power of the
Internet and deliver it to your home entertainment center.
Equipped with an Ethernet connection, the DAS-750 links to your Local Area Network (LAN) and is able to play MP3 files from
PCs on the network or directly from the internal 13GB hard drive. The DAS-750 has the capability to play streaming files from the
Internet or encode files in real time for streaming to another location on the network.
Wiretapping Unwarranted? -January 21, 2000 -Wired
Internet privacy groups ask a federal appeals court to block the FBI's plan to
tap Net communications without a warrant. (PSM) public service
message
Schools crack down on Net music software
Napster -January 20, 2000 -CNET
It seems like fall term at Oregon State University always brings with it a student
Net usage trend that soon becomes systems administrator Chris White's new
headache.
Upstaging porn and interactive gaming, this school year it was Napster.
The software program, which allows online users to trade audio tracks encoded in the
popular MP3 format directly from their PCs, gained notice when it came under fire in a
lawsuit filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) charging that
Napster helps foster a black market for illegal copies of digital music.
SDMI Alternative Secures Partner -January 20, 2000 -Wired
An international effort to fight the piracy of MP3s adds a new player.
Blacksound.com will use the InterDeposit Digital Number copyright technology to
protect its library of indie music.
Diamond branching into Web
tablets -January 20, 2000 -CNET
One day after Transmeta came out of hiding, the company's
first partner is set to follow.
Diamond Multimedia will announce a "Web pad" device using Transmeta's Crusoe chip
today, people familiar with the company's plans said at an event here yesterday. Diamond,
which makes such hardware as modems and video acceleration chips, recently began
manufacturing a portable MP3 player and has previously flirted with tablet-sized
computers.FCC: Legal Low-Power FM Broadcasting Coming
Soon -January 20, 2000 -Slashdot
Posted by Roblimo on Thursday January 20, @09:55AM
from the not-much-power-to-the-people dept.
Arctic Fox writes "In an article (login needed) in today's NY Times, it is announced that the FCC will be allowing
individuals and groups the ability to run low powered FM (yes, FM) radio stations. It seems that many would-be DJs will get 100-watt
stations with 7 mile operating radii, but the large markets - NY, Chicago,
LA - will only be allowed to use 10-watt (4 mile) stations."
Real, BackWeb team to push music
delivery service -January 20, 2000 -CNET
Streaming media software maker Real Networks plans to use once-fashionable
push technology to launch a new digital music delivery service later this year.
Seattle-based Real Networks said it intends to integrate BackWeb's so-called Polite Push
technology with its Real Jukebox. The software is used to send data directly to desktops,
as well as notify people when they receive the information. Real Jukebox is a desktop product that allow users to convert, or "rip," compact disks and translate them into a digital
file format.
Laptops That Run on Alcohol -January 19, 2000 -Wired
Motorola and Los Alamos National Labs engineer a tiny battery fueled by methanol
that could eliminate recharging for cell phones and laptop computers.
Three Lessons From DVD for SDMI -January 19, 2000 -MP3.com Since the MP3 movement started a couple of years ago, analysts in
the movie and TV industries have been watching the music scene carefully. This is because they know that as broadband Internet
access comes to more and more homes, the opportunities and problems that have already shown up in music will start to happen for
video content. The digital-distribution revolution that will one day impact all media has made its deepest inroads in the music world.
The developments in music anticipate the same developments for the rest of the media world.
Streaming Audio Ruling a Win-Win -January 19, 2000 -Wired
Both sides declare victory in a court decision on digital music copyright. The
split ruling prohibits Streambox from distributing some products while allowing
its Ripper software to be sold.
Judge's Injunction Hits Streambox.com Real Hard -January 19, 2000 -Wired
However, firm's Ripper utility re-emerges after temporary restraining order barring
its distribution is lifted.
The latest skirmish in the battle between streaming giant RealNetworks
(RNWK) and upstart Streambox left both companies claiming victory.
Digital Island snags Live On Line for $70
million -January 19, 2000 -CNET
Digital Island, a provider of Web hosting, networking and content distribution
services to businesses, today said it has acquired Live On Line, a firm that offers live and on-demand streaming media services, for about $70 million in cash and
stock.
iCAST Caught in Witch's Spell -January 18, 2000 -MP3.com
Online music entertainment site iCAST announced today through
parent company CMGI that it had acquired MP3 webcasting specialist Green Witch.
Macster Not Napping -January 18, 2000 -MP3.com
Once again, Napster's Windows-only release late last year
(please see "CuteMX/Napster: The Next Big Thing in MP3?, proved that if you want to get it
first in online audio, you have to be on a PC. And once again,
Mac strikes back, proving that some things are just worth waiting for.
Under the Y2K radar, a group calling itself Blackhole Media has
released a preview version of Macster, a Napster client for the Macintosh.
EMusic earnings beat the Street -January 18, 2000 -CNET
Net-based record label and music seller EMusic reported
second-quarter earnings today, slightly beating analysts expectations.
The Redwood City, California-based company reported a pro forma loss of $8.2 million, or
27 cents per share, for the quarter. That compares with a net loss of $7.2 million or 56
cents per share for the first quarter. The pro forma loss excludes non-cash charges relating
to an acquisition of Cductive.
10 People to Watch in 2000 -January 17, 2000 -The
Standard
On the Hot Seat: Rising Stars and Execs
People-watching in the business world was never so fun until the Internet
Economy came along. There's the job-hopping, for one, and the ever-increasing tally of new millionaires.
But what makes watching Internet executives really entertaining –
and challenging – is that you never know what's going to happen next.
Etoy: Don't Forgive, Don't Forget -January 15, 2000 -Wired EToys.com may have sued for peace, but
etoy won't rest easy until the lawsuit is
officially dropped and it has its domain name back. Even then, they don't wish
eToys well.
AOL Destroys Music Industry! -January 13, 2000 -Layer3news.org
Earlier this week we all watched (in awe, I believe) as AOL and Time Warner merged
creating what some are calling, “The World’s Largest Media and Online Services
Company.” True, the new firm, dubbed AOL Time Warner, has a market value of
US$350 Billion. True, this will make for an easy leap ahead of competition as far as
traffic goes (Time Warner & AOL’s most popular sites combined for 44,200,000
unique visitors in November 1999). True, AOL can now capitalize on Times Warner’s
US Cable TV Network to offer high-speed Internet Access. True, a lot of people within
these companies just got a lot richer. But the question I know I’m wondering is, how
will this merger affect music and the music industry? AOL/Time Warner merger a hit for digital music distribution -January 13, 2000 -Reuters
Record store owners may be singing the blues as the $141 billion merger between America Online Inc. and
Time Warner Inc. speeds the tempo for selling music online.
Music For Nothing (And Your Clicks For Free) -January 13, 2000 -The
Standard
So there you are, doing whatever it is that you call work on your PC while the radio
station you've selected plays in the background. Whoops, there's that song you love, the one from the album you've been meaning to
buy but haven't yet. No problem, just hit the record button on your desktop and save it as an MP3 file. Sounds nifty, but is it legal?
Raise Money In The Spirit Of Y2K -January 13, 2000 -MP3.com
MP3.com has launched one of the most unique fundraising programs
in recent history: Spirit 2000. This school-oriented program allows band, drama and even athletic students to create their own CDs using
MP3.com's Digital Automatic Music (D.A.M.) system and sell them
to raise funds for their program.
MP3.com Lets You Listen to Music You Already Own -January 13, 2000 -The
Standard
In a new move by MP3.com, users can listen to CDs they already own, via
streaming audio from any computer
connected to the Internet. In addition, they can instantly hear any disc they buy
from an affiliated retailer. The deal was all
over the press, but few captured the problems inherent in the scheme. As
Reuters explained, using MP3's new Beam-it software, "songs from a user's
personal music collection that match those in MP3.com's database of 40,000
disks, are transferred to an MP3.com account from those disks. The user can
then access the password-protected account, instantly playing, or 'streaming,'
the songs via software like Winamp or RealPlayer."
Launch Takes Off on Web Video -January 12, 2000 -Wired
Wednesday With deals in place with all of the major labels, Launch Media is doing
for the Web what MTV did for TV nearly 20 years ago.
The Sweet Sound of Synergy -January 12, 2000 -The
Standard
Is the AOL -Time Warner deal the end of the music industry, or a new
beginning? Depends who you ask. While Wired News' headline ominously asked if
the merger was "A Music Industry Death Knell," the Washington Post cheerfully
suggested that "Deal May Make Online Music Pay."
Casio to Release Wristwatch-Type Digital Camera, MP3 Player -January 12, 2000 -AsiaBizTech Casio Computer Co., Ltd. will introduce a series of
wristwatch-type digital devices from March.
A digital camera called WRIST CAMERA WQV-1
(first photo) and an MP3 player WRIST AUDIO PLAYER WMP-1V will be the first to be released.
Samsung, Toshiba planning
Net-connected DVD player -January 12, 2000 -CNET
The Internet may soon be riding into U.S. homes on the coattails of your
DVD player.
DVD players from the likes of Samsung and
Toshiba will start to act more like a PC and
should be hitting the market soon.
Through the use of chip technology from a company called VM Labs, Samsung will offer
a new $499 DVD player this quarter that will enable users to play games with graphics
capabilities equal to that of current game console systems. Samsung said that later
this year users will also be able to access the Internet.
MP3.com's New Tools Break Rules -January 12, 2000 -The
Standard
Two new MP3 products that copy CDs into the MP3 format are sure to provoke
controversy.
MP3.com Stores Your CDs -January 12, 2000 -Wired
The music portal launches services to let CD owners listen to their collection from
any Net device. The company says it shouldn't rip into CD sales.
MP3.com's new features get mixed
reception -January 12, 2000 -CNET
Music site MP3.com today unveiled two services that will let users listen to CDs
online, but some say the programs may result in repercussions from the recording
industry.
MP3.com's new Instant Listening Service and Beam-it features will be included in a preview
version of My.MP3.com, the company's personalization service. Both
will be free for a limited time.
Instant Listening Service allows users to listen immediately to newly purchased CDs from partner
e-tailers Junglejeff.com,
Duffelbag.com and
Cheap-CDs.com. When a user buys a CD from one of these partners,
MP3.com will receive a notice of purchase. Once that is received, the buyer can go to
My.MP3.com, enter a password, and listen to a stream of the CD on the site.
The CES Pool Gets Deeper -January 11, 2000 -MP3.com
As the 2000 International Consumer Electronics Show closed up
shop in Las Vegas last Sunday, it was easy to leave with a sense that the MP3 format is here to stay.
The more than 126,000 attendees at this year's CES were treated to a barrage of digital audio gear, and MP3 was literally everywhere.
Exclusive Interview: Reprise Records Head Howie
Klein -January 11, 2000 -MP3.com
Yesterday's announcement that America Online and Time Warner are
merging to form a new company has already sent ripples through
several industries. (Please see "The Time Warners They are
a-Changin'," MP3.com News, Jan. 10.)
The far-reaching effects of the merger will not even begin to become
apparent in full form for months to come.
However, one of the people who will be heavily affected by the joining
of the two companies is Howie Klein, president of Warner Music
Group label Reprise Records.
A Music Industry Death Knell? -January 11, 2000 -Wired
It's not the death of the music business as we know it, but the funeral isn't far
away.
Time Warner's merger with America Online signals a fundamental change in the way
music is marketed and distributed, analysts and industry executives said.
BMI To Launch Online Digital Licensing Center -January 11, 2000 -Press
Release
BMI®, the music copyright organization that
represents the public performance rights of more than 3 million musical works, today announced The BMI
Digital Licensing Center (DLC) : the first totally digital music copyright licensing system for Internet sites.
MP3 advances abound in Las
Vegas -January 10, 2000 -CNN
LAS VEGAS (IDG) -- MP3 music once meant pirated songs or artists
you'd never heard of that you could only hear on a PC. Secure distribution technology and new portable players
from name brands like Sony are making it easy to get your favorite music off
the Web and play it anywhere.
That is a recurring tune at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here this
week, as both established and upstart music companies go digital.
Storage-rich portable MP3
players coming soon -January 10, 2000 -CNN
LAS VEGAS (IDG) -- Creative Labs is set to shake, rattle, and roll over the
portable digital audio player field with its unveiling here of two new compressed audio
products: the Nomad Jukebox and the Nomad II MG.
On display at the Consumer Electronics Show, both programmable products
include Universal Serial Bus support and are scheduled to be available this
spring, when pricing will be announced.
Real Keeps Up Copyright Fight -January 10, 2000 -Wired RealNetworks and
Streambox are fighting
over what constitutes fair use of streaming content. The battle could be an
important test for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Layer3news.org opens to the public -January 10, 2000 -Layer3news.org
Three years ago, the 'MP3 Underground' acted as the backbone of what many consider a Digital
Audio Revolution. However, as MP3 and digital audio in general become more and more
commonplace and as the webmasters and early pioneers of this so-called revolution one by one begin
to "sell-out" to larger corporations, one has to wonder, "Will MP3 Community
die in light of it's evident plunge into the mainstream?"
Music for Mac Heads -January 08, 2000 -Wired
Makers of a new audio streaming software want to bring 2,500
Internet radio stations to your Macintosh. Amp Radio turns your Mac into a party machine.
e.Digital's Portable Internet Music Player Design to Support Secure Digital --SD-- Memory
Card -January 07, 2000 -Yahoo (press
release)
e.Digital Corp. announced today that its portable Internet music player design will be one of the first to
feature compatibility with the new, Secure Digital Memory Card announced in August 1999 by
SanDisk, Toshiba, and Matsushita, best known by its Panasonic brand name.
Adaptec and RealNetworks to Bring True Music Portability to the Internet -January 07, 2000 --Yahoo (press
release)
Adaptec, Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement with RealNetworks to provide CD recording functionality for
RealJukebox, the Internet's most popular digital music system.
Zenith Shows First Digital Audio Products: MP3 Player and Dual-Deck CD Recorder -January 07, 2000 --Yahoo (press
release)
Consistent with its commitment to leadership in digital technologies, Zenith Electronics Corporation is demonstrating an MP3
audio player and a dual-deck compact disc recording system at the 2000 International Consumer Electronics Show.
Real Trouble for
Streambox.com? -January 07, 2000 -The
Standard
Judge continues the case of RealNetworks v. Streambox.com, putting the six-month-old streaming
media portal in virtual limbo.
Zenith
Shows First Digital Audio Products: MP3 Player and Dual-Deck CD Recorder -January 07, 2000 --Yahoo (press
release)
Consistent with its commitment to leadership in digital technologies, Zenith Electronics Corporation is demonstrating an MP3
audio player and a dual-deck compact disc recording system at the 2000 International Consumer Electronics Show.
Real Trouble for
Streambox.com? -January 07, 2000 -The
Standard
Judge continues the case of RealNetworks v. Streambox.com, putting the six-month-old streaming
media portal in virtual limbo.
2001: A Radio Odyssey -January 07, 2000 -Wired The national airwaves are flooded with hundreds
of niche digital radio channels offering continuous reggae or sports talk.
Two companies hold the keys as pay-for radio debuts.
Universal Music Group Decides to Get Real -January 07, 2000 -MP3.com In a joint announcement this morning at the International Consumer
Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, RealNetworks and Universal Music Group announced a strategic alliance that will enable content
from UMG's catalog to be played through Real's RealJukebox software.
TI to link CD players to MP3 devices -January 07, 2000 -CNET
Texas Instruments and the Fraunhofer Institute are adding a new twist to transferring MP3 audio files onto portable music players.
The two announced plans to develop the first MP3 and AAC
(Advance Audio Coding) encoders for portable audio players based on Fraunhofer's encoder software.
The upshot is that music lovers will be able to download
songs to their portable device right from the CD player, rather than downloading the tunes via a PC.
Play MP3s on Your Nintendo
GameBoy! -January 07, 2000 -MP3.com
Music-loving owners of Nintendo's GameBoy might be happy to hear
the company will release a cartridge plug-in for the hand-held gaming system called
SongBoy. The cartridge will transform
GameBoy into an MP3 player, utilizing GameBoy's screen and graphics to display
pictures, album covers, song lyrics and artist credits.
Music Coverage Catches Some Static -January 06, 2000 -The
Standard Digital music is a few years old and, like tech stocks, it's done nothing but gain
popularity and generate massive hype – with good reason. All those legal,
business, artistic, and consumer issues wrapped up in one package make the
digital music story an interesting one. This month, the Atlantic Monthly joined the
fray.
Philips Gains Digital
Momentum -January 06, 2000 -MP3.com -January 06, 2000 -MP3.com
Philips Electronics made some key announcements today at the International Consumer
Electronic Show in Las Vegas, emphasizing its forward march into the digital world.
More
gadget makers sing MP3's praises -January 06, 2000 -CNET
Gadget manufacturers are taking downloadable music to new places--literally. Today,
a host of electronics manufacturers unveiled new products and plans that will likely
increase the popularity of the MP3 downloadable audio format. Casio, for instance, showed
off an MP3 player that fits like a wristwatch.
An MP3 Player for the
Wrist of Us -January 06, 2000 -January 06, 2000 -MP3.com
Taking a cue from Dick Tracy, Casio today introduced the last word in digital audio
portability--an MP3 player you wear on your wrist--at the International Consumer
Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Creative Releasing
Two NOMAD Players in Q2 -January 05, 2000 -January 05, 2000 -MP3.com
Creative Technology Ltd. today announced plans to release two new portable digital audio
players in the second quarter of this year, the NOMAD Jukebox and the NOMAD II MG.
The announcement follows one last October of plans to release the NOMAD II the
first quarter. Apparently, the NOMAD II will be released a little later, under the NOMAD
II MG moniker
Gates
touts new version of CE, hints at Windows update -January 05, 2000 -CNET
Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show here, Gates outlined a new version of Windows
CE, the company's beleaguered operating system for handhelds, in a keynote address long on
gee whiz predictions about the home of the future, and short on details of how
Microsoft hopes to participate in a connected world.
Virgin
Megastores keeps customers in hand -January 05, 2000 -CNET
Virgin Megastores next month will offer 10,000 preferred customers a free personal digital
appliance that they can use to browse the Net--but not before logging on to
Virginmega.com.
Yahoo! Still Happy
With Real -January 05, 2000 -January 05, 2000 -January 05, 2000 -MP3.com
After much speculation of a switch to Microsoft Windows Media, Yahoo! confirmed today that
it has extended its relationship with RealNetworks. Yahoo! will deploy the latest release
of RealNetworks' RealSystem G2 throughout Yahoo! Broadcast and other Yahoo! properties.
InterTrust
Acquires New Patent -January 04, 2000 -MP3.com
InterTrust Technologies Corp. announced it purchased a new patent for licensed software
and electronic content management (U.S. Patent No. 5,940,540) from inventor Gary Griswold
on Dec. 31.
Y2K
Bug Bites MP3 Players -January 04, 2000 -CNET
While some of the more grisly Y2K predictions had fleets of 747s falling from the sky like
hailstones, the millennium turnover came and went with nary a sign of the apocalypse.
Still, that didn't stop a few MP3 DJ software devices from bonking out on users just as
the new
year clicked over.
AOL,
Liquid Audio offer music download software -January 04, 2000 -CNET
update America Online today agreed to begin distributing a plug-in developed by Liquid
Audio throughout its Web music software properties, marking another step in the online
giant's bid to become a major online music destination.
Net
music waits for its cue
-January 03, 2000 -CNET year in review The CD didn't die in 1999.
But college-aged music connoisseurs and experimental artists are no longer the only
onestuning in to digital music.
Kick-started by the free MP3 craze, a truckload of music companies came online this year.
Bitten by the Net music craze were download sites filled with songs from independent
labels, directories that categorize all the free tracks on the Net, and Web sites
featuring jukebox players that store and play songs.
InterTrust Keeps Making Moves -January 03, 2000 -Wired
Monday Keeping track of music and software as it travels across the Net is no easy
proposition. InterTrust buys some support for its growing digital rights management
platform.
Vaporware
'99: The 'Winners' -January 03, 2000 -MP3.com
Once again, readers voted on their favorite over-hyped computer products that never came
to be. And the results are in. The "Bottom 10" list includes some
all-too-familiar names from last year. ( #6 SDMI )
