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• MP3.com
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• AOL's message in a copyright battle

  http://www.cnet.com/news/the-week-in-review-aols-message-in-a-copyright-battle/
  Despite recent moves to stay out of copyright disputes, America Online has become embroiled in the controversy surrounding MP3 files and Napster. [News.com]

• Dell partners with S3 on MP3 players

  http://www.cnet.com/news/dell-partners-with-s3-on-mp3-players/
  Dell will unveil an MP3 home stereo component, this week. [News.com]

• Getting Music Online: The MP3 Shake-Up

  http://www.the-surfs-up.com/news/news2p2.html
  Websites like Napster.com and MP3.com have turned the music industry on its ear over the past year. [The-Surfs-Up]

• Iomega to ship HipZip MP3 player

  http://www.cnet.com/news/iomega-to-ship-hipzip-mp3-player/
  Iomega today unveiled its first MP3 player, as the struggling storage maker latches onto one of the hot technologies of the moment. [News.com]

• MP3 maker unleashes 6GB player

  http://www.cnet.com/news/mp3-maker-unleashes-6gb-player/
  Creative Technology today launched its much-anticipated Nomad Jukebox, an MP3 player capable of storing up to six gigabytes of audio from file formats such as WAV and MP3. [News.com]

• MP3 player for karaoke to hit the market

  http://news.cnet.com/2009-1040-250441.html
  A Motorola spinoff on Tuesday unveiled an MP3 player that lets you become a lead singer. [News.com]

• MP3 player puts new spin on tape decks

  http://www.cnet.com/news/mp3-player-puts-new-spin-on-tape-decks/
  Although the tape deck is near the end of its life, an MP3 player just hitting the market aims to give the venerable device a new purpose. [News.com]

• MP3-Board in Music-Linking Dispute with Record Industry

  http://www.cnet.com/news/mp3-firm-in-music-linking-dispute-with-record-industry/
  MP3Board.com fired a legal shot over recording industry to preserve its ability to guide Web surfers to online music files, legal and illegal. [News.com]

• MP3: Sound and fury

  http://news.cnet.com/2009-1023-224252.html
  Special report focusing on MP3 files, the music business, and the regulation of online copyrighted music. [News.com]

• MP3Board sues AOL, Time Warner over Gnutella

  http://www.cnet.com/news/mp3board-sues-aol-time-warner-over-gnutella/
  MP3Board.com, the small MP3 search site being sued by the record industry, has a new strategy: blame America Online. [News.com]

• MP3Cafe shutdown spotlights music-swapping fears

  http://www.cnet.com/news/mp3cafe-shutdown-spotlights-music-swapping-fears/
  One of the most popular meeting spots for trading MP3 songs and information on the underground Internet Relay Chat network has closed its virtual doors. [News.com]

• MP3s are Wireless Phone Companies' Next Goal

  http://www.cnet.com/news/mp3s-are-wireless-phone-companies-next-goal/
  In wireless phones, the next killer application may have more to do with music than with conversation. [News.com]

• New Devices Boost MP3 Use at Home

  http://www.cnet.com/news/new-devices-boost-mp3-use-at-home/
  New products have been released that may expand the popularity of digital music beyond portable devices and desktop PCs. [News.com]

• Open-source MP3 project continues after parent's demise

  http://www.cnet.com/news/open-source-mp3-project-continues-after-parents-demise/
  Open-source software developers hoping to create a free replacement for the MP3 technology are pushing ahead with their project after the collapse of their parent, Webcasting start-up iCast. [News.com]

• Programmers prepare new, free MP3 format

  http://www.cnet.com/news/programmers-prepare-new-free-mp3-format/
  A group of open-source developers has created a new music format they say will be free and will equal or better MP3s quality. [News.com]

• S3 Hears Sweet Music with MP3 Plans

  http://www.cnet.com/news/s3-hears-sweet-music-with-mp3-plans/
  Consumers can soon expect to see MP3 music players integrated into cell phones, handheld organizers and other appliances says S3. [News.com]

• Sprint PCS unveils wireless MP3 ambitions

  http://www.cnet.com/news/sprint-pcs-unveils-wireless-mp3-ambitions/
  Sprint PCS is launching a new online MP3 service linked with its mobile phones Wednesday, with an eye toward capturing a large share of a market coveted by companies ranging from Time Warner to MP3.com. [News.com]

• Student's PC seized after record industry complaint

  http://www.cnet.com/news/students-pc-seized-after-record-industry-complaint/
  Campus police confiscated an Oklahoma State University student's computer after the RIAA notified the school that a person on campus was allegedly distributing copyrighted material including MP3s and full-length movies. [News.com]

• The Beastie Boys tone down their early MP3 enthusiasm

  http://www.cnet.com/news/the-beastie-boys-tone-down-their-early-mp3-enthusiasm/
  In 1998, The Beastie Boys posted digital recordings on their Web site and gained instant credibility as leaders in the online music revolution. [News.com]

• TI aims new chip at MP3 players

  http://www.cnet.com/news/ti-aims-new-chip-at-mp3-players/
  Texas Instruments today announced its first chip designed specifically for digital music players, at the same time acknowledging that industrywide shipments of MP3 players will fall below predictions again this year. [News.com]

 

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