French Vivendi are currently trying to sell off mp3.com, it will close its doors on August the 8th laying off 20 employees.
News details here:
http://www.dancefrontdoor.co.uk/article1174.html
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Long live VQF.com!
I wonder if they can get more for it than they paid 
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I wonder what's going to happen to Emusic... their content is hosted via mp3.com servers.
Edit: Ah, I just noticed that the article is talking about the European MP3.com -- the US site isn't going down, just yet. Not to say it won't in the future...
Edit: Ah, I just noticed that the article is talking about the European MP3.com -- the US site isn't going down, just yet. Not to say it won't in the future...
Yey!
Mp3.com out, dmusic.com in.
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Mp3.com out, dmusic.com in.
B)
QUOTE(rc55 @ Jul 11 2003, 07:30 AM)
Long live VQF.com!
(quote from the article pointed to by spoon)
I never remember mp3.com promoting pirate downloads. In fact, they even required proof
of license before allowing you to post "cover" songs (performed by you but originally
written by/for another group). I can't attest to their first year since I didn't run across
them until 1998.
The one place they tripped up (what was he THINKING?) was their scheme where
you "prove ownership" of a CD by letting mp3.com remotely identify it in your CD-drive,
then thereafter you could download tracks from that CD at will from anywhere, even
when the CD was from a publisher other than mp3.com.
as to format, the founder's official position was that they were open to switching to something better at some point, not that it carries any weight since he cashed in and moved on.
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MP3.com was originally launched in 1997 as one of a number of sites that allowed music fans to download music for nothing over the internet. It later became one of the first illegal sites to reach a settlement with the major record companies and concentrate on legitimate downloads
I never remember mp3.com promoting pirate downloads. In fact, they even required proof
of license before allowing you to post "cover" songs (performed by you but originally
written by/for another group). I can't attest to their first year since I didn't run across
them until 1998.
The one place they tripped up (what was he THINKING?) was their scheme where
you "prove ownership" of a CD by letting mp3.com remotely identify it in your CD-drive,
then thereafter you could download tracks from that CD at will from anywhere, even
when the CD was from a publisher other than mp3.com.
as to format, the founder's official position was that they were open to switching to something better at some point, not that it carries any weight since he cashed in and moved on.
I always thought that when Vivendi took mp3.com over it started to suck, almost immediately.
Their client software stopped working smoothly because they tried to add and do too many things at once (typical). The whole experience began to degrade in many ways. I ended my membership a few months after Vivendi took over and I'd been a loyal, happy mp3.comer almost since the beginning.
I hope it reverts to local control. You can't have a head-office thousands of miles and several cultures away mandating all kinds of garbage, and this without their even knowing the first thing about the net or how browsers and programs operate in the real world. That's the impression I got from the new mp3.com after Vivendi's takeover.
I'm glad Vivendi's selling. I hope some savvy folks take over - if it could be the original bunch that'd be the best thing for mp3.com. Nex
Their client software stopped working smoothly because they tried to add and do too many things at once (typical). The whole experience began to degrade in many ways. I ended my membership a few months after Vivendi took over and I'd been a loyal, happy mp3.comer almost since the beginning.
I hope it reverts to local control. You can't have a head-office thousands of miles and several cultures away mandating all kinds of garbage, and this without their even knowing the first thing about the net or how browsers and programs operate in the real world. That's the impression I got from the new mp3.com after Vivendi's takeover.
I'm glad Vivendi's selling. I hope some savvy folks take over - if it could be the original bunch that'd be the best thing for mp3.com. Nex
QUOTE(Nexx9 @ Jul 14 2003, 05:47 PM)
I always thought that when Vivendi took mp3.com over it started to suck, almost immediately.
...
I hope it reverts to local control. You can't have a head-office thousands of miles and several cultures away mandating all kinds of garbage
...
I hope it reverts to local control. You can't have a head-office thousands of miles and several cultures away mandating all kinds of garbage
I do recall some groups grouching about change in terms, but am not sure of exactly what
they were. At least one had a pointer to their area in mp3.com.de
As to cultures, I always viewed mp3.com as a world phenomenon, as it for me is
THE place to get "local" music from just about any part of the world.
I found it a little odd that such a mainstream commercial music company would
buy mp3.com in the first place.
wonder what they will do with mp4.com?
Yes, mp3.com does suck now and big time.
It only allows bands to display 3 songs, otherwise you have to pay if you want to make more songs available for download. The DAM CD program (a one time great idea) is still stuck at 128 kbps MP3s (which they convert to redbook audio...you can imagine the quality), but if you're a Premium artist ($99/year) they allow you to use 192 kbps...still sucky.
All in all, it'a site my band mostly used to redirect people to other, better MP3 sites such as musicbuilder.com, indielaunch.com, iuma.com and soundclick.com
It only allows bands to display 3 songs, otherwise you have to pay if you want to make more songs available for download. The DAM CD program (a one time great idea) is still stuck at 128 kbps MP3s (which they convert to redbook audio...you can imagine the quality), but if you're a Premium artist ($99/year) they allow you to use 192 kbps...still sucky.
All in all, it'a site my band mostly used to redirect people to other, better MP3 sites such as musicbuilder.com, indielaunch.com, iuma.com and soundclick.com
DMusic allows unlimited music uploads, the songs have to be below 8-9 megabytes long, and it's free, which is quite fair. Most people use 128k 
but I've seen artists use 224k on their premium songs and 160k.
The best part is any moron can submit a news article and get it on the front page, and one of the admins(that just quit, unfourtunely) is the creator and founder of http://boycott-riaa.com, it's nice to see what side they're on.
With lots of b!tching I got them to dump most of the MMJB ads.
Check it out, a nice evolution from mp3.con B)
but I've seen artists use 224k on their premium songs and 160k.The best part is any moron can submit a news article and get it on the front page, and one of the admins(that just quit, unfourtunely) is the creator and founder of http://boycott-riaa.com, it's nice to see what side they're on.
With lots of b!tching I got them to dump most of the MMJB ads.
Check it out, a nice evolution from mp3.con B)
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