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RSS OD2Virgin Megastores to shake-up music download market
News Virgin Retail, known for its Megastores brand in the UK, is to launch a digital music download service above and beyond current Virgin offerings. Tony Johnson, CIO of Virgin Retail, told silicon.com the company is currently working on "a... [28 Feb 2005]
iTunes off to a good start in Europe
News The iTunes Music Store appears to be popular with European music fans. After one week, the store has sold more than 800,000 downloads in the UK, France and Germany. The UK accounts for 450,000 of those downloads - a number that's 16... [23 Jun 2004]
iTunes finally arrives in the UK
News Apple's worst-kept secret - the imminent arrival of iTunes in Europe - was finally confirmed to the public at large today. Prefaced by honky-tonk numbers and old-time crooning piped into a hall the size of Cornwall, the London launch... [15 Jun 2004]
Napster launches in UK amid media circus
News Napster UK communications director Adam Howorth was ebullient today as he told anyone that could hear over the noise that all the national papers and TV teams were at his launch - Napster had finally come to the UK. [20 May 2004]
UK online music gears up for a price war
News While iTunes and other US song shops have been having some trouble setting up their stalls in the UK, it seems some UK players are doing none too badly for themselves. OD2, the online music shop which sells its... [05 Apr 2004]
Microsoft music download suit resolved
News New York company E-Data said on Tuesday that it has settled a patent infringement suit filed against Microsoft and others, based on music download services in Europe. Last October, the small company sued a European division of Microsoft,... [21 Jan 2004]
Microsoft sued over music downloads
News A small New York company has sued Microsoft, charging that the software giant's new music download service in Europe infringes on a patent it owns nearly 20 years old. E-Data, a Long Island-based company that's focused largely on... [14 Oct 2003]
Microsoft enters music download fray in the UK
News A new pay-by-the-song music service that puts an iTunes-like digital download store inside Microsoft's Windows Media Player will launch in the UK today. Although the service is branded as the MSN Music Club and Tiscali Music Club it is... [14 Aug 2003]
Music giants loosen their grip on licences
News US music site Listen.com is to launch a service which will enable users to burn CDs from digital files. In keeping with the legit nature of mainstream music sites in the post-Napster era, consumers will have to pay to use the service,... [24 Oct 2002]
Legal music wins web popularity contest
Comment Today's Digital Download Day seems to have been a runaway success. The fact that many people were unable to digitally download anything for great portions of the day offers a clear indication that it at least proved popular - if only in... [03 Oct 2002]
Music lovers: Today is digital download day
News Digital music service OD2 has declared today Digital Download Day - and is marking the occasion with a free offer to music lovers which will enable them to download 50 tracks, absolutely free of charge and all above board. [03 Oct 2002]
Kylie Minogue: All yours for £4.99 per month
News High street music retailer HMV is to launch a download service, giving users access to the hits of acts such as Kylie Minogue, The Beatles and Elvis Presley for a monthly fee of £4.99. The deal with download service On Demand... [28 Aug 2002]
Tiscali uses a sledgehammer to crack Napster
News Tiscali has joined up with ageing rocker Peter Gabriel's music download service OD2 to provide a legal alternative to outlaw Napster wannabes. Tiscali will market and provide access to OD2's music, which... [23 Nov 2001]
