music download
RSS music downloadMusic industry launches download site
News While individual consumers download their favourite music files from a public Web site, corporate licensees can submit their applications for music royalties in the privacy of a password protected forum. [04 Sep 1998]
Microsoft snaffles up music download patents
News Liquid Audio's software enables users to download and listen to music. Music industry software maker Liquid Audio has sold its patent rights to Microsoft for $7m. It also includes functions to enable users to buy music online. [01 Oct 2002]
Spain risks record industry ire with music download service
News A new all-you-can-eat music download service that claims to take advantage of a loophole in Spanish copyright law is to launch today and will piggyback on a popular file-swapping network for distribution. [20 May 2003]
Veteran music download site shut down
News One of the oldest websites offering inexpensive music downloads has closed, after years of legal battles with record labels. Allen Dixon, executive director of the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry, said in a statement... [03 Jun 2005]
'Hypocritical' Metallica launches music download service
News Call it a change of heart or call it hypocrisy, but Metallica, the band who famously hounded Napster all the way into extinction is to launch its own free music download service. With very little sense of irony, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich said... [04 Jun 2003]
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. Music download services operated by the four companies allowed consumers to burn... [21 Jan 2004]
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. Consumers can now access a vast library of legitimate digital music, and download and keep the... [14 Aug 2003]
Rolling Stones sign up for online music download
News The Rolling Stones have finally agreed to sell their music online, according to record label EMI Music, breaking the long-running stand-off which was threatening to undermine digital download services. [18 Aug 2003]
Indie labels get music download channel
News It launched on Monday with deals in place to negotiate digital rights on behalf of 50 labels whose music it hopes to place with the growing net download and subscription services. The move towards organisation of independent labels could help speed... [26 Aug 2003]
Virgin 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. Adam Thomas, media research manager at analyst firm Informa, told silicon.com: "Virgin is very well... [28 Feb 2005]
Download service sweet music to the ears of Terra Lycos
News But users will not be able to download the music onto CDs. Spanish internet service provider Terra Lycos is on the verge of launching its own online music subscription service. The division will offer music from four major record labels... [11 Jun 2002]
BT moves in on Napster's beat with music download trial
News However, unlike the controversial music sharing initiative, BT's service, available solely to BT Openworld customers, prohibits file sharing over the internet and downloaded tracks expire automatically after a period of time. [05 Jan 2001]
Music fan named and shamed for download habit
News The record industry has claimed its latest dramatic victory in the war against illegal music downloads, by forcing a US court to order ISP Verizon to name a peer-to-peer user who downloaded more than 600 songs in one day. [22 Jan 2003]
Music download seller sentenced to jail
News Davis, 42, of Brooklyn, was also ordered to pay $3,329.50 for selling pirated music via his website. According to government evidence, Davis operated the site from July 2000 to October 2002 and featured compilations of rap and rhythm and blues music. [10 Oct 2003]
Music industry under fire for MP3 download assault
News A US federal law being used by the recording industry to unmask a suspected Kazaa music-trader is unconstitutional, a coalition of non-profit groups said late last Friday. By Declan McCullagh A dozen consumer and privacy groups filed a brief in a... [02 Sep 2002]
