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Isn't this the very legal issue which cost MP3.com it's business years ago?

by rwl4 15y ago

carussell 15y ago
The guy behind Mp3tunes, Michael Robertson, is the same guy who founded MP3.com. The decision addresses the distinction: > EMI argues that MP3tunes' storage system violates its right to public performance, because, much like Robertson's earlier effort at online music storage with MP3.com, MP3tunes employs a "master copy" to rebroadcast songs to users who uploaded different copies of the same song. ... EMI's argument, however, mischaracterizes MP3tunes' storage system. The record demonstrates that MP3tunes does not use a "master copy" to store or play back songs stored in its lockers. Instead, MP3tunes uses a standard data compression algorithm that eliminates redundant digital data. Importantly, the system preserves the exact digital copy of each song uploaded to MP3tunes.com.
- ryandvm 15y ago
  Wow. What a fucking pointless distinction. I despise businesses that survive solely by inhibiting the progress of others.
kragen 15y ago
Yes: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/04/35933 http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/04/35933 > The lawsuit brought by the RIAA and filed in the Southern District of New York claims that MP3.com created an illegal database of 45,000 CDs, which the company purchased and uploaded on to MP3.com's servers. The suit sought to shut down the service. > Users who sign up for the my.mp3.com service are able to stream music from that database to any device that can access the Internet. > "We think this is a loss for the labels," Robertson said during a conference call Friday. "When a responsible system like my.mp3.com, which requires people to buy the CDs before they can listen to the music is potentially halted, that leaves a vacuum for other services like Napster and Gnutella -- which don't protect artists -- to flourish." ... > Users cannot access music from MP3.com's database until they load a physical CD that contains the album into their computer.

Isn't this the very legal issue which cost MP3.com it's business years ago?

by rwl4 15y ago

Isn't this the very legal issue which cost MP3.com it's business years ago?

The guy behind Mp3tunes, Michael Robertson, is the same guy who founded MP3.com. The decision addresses the distinction: > EMI argues that MP3tunes' storage system violates its right to public performance, because, much like Robertson's earlier effort at online music storage with MP3.com, MP3tunes employs a "master copy" to rebroadcast songs to users who uploaded different copies of the same song. ... EMI's argument, however, mischaracterizes MP3tunes' storage system. The record demonstrates that MP3tunes does not use a "master copy" to store or play back songs stored in its lockers. Instead, MP3tunes uses a standard data compression algorithm that eliminates redundant digital data. Importantly, the system preserves the exact digital copy of each song uploaded to MP3tunes.com.

ryandvm 15y ago
Wow. What a fucking pointless distinction. I despise businesses that survive solely by inhibiting the progress of others.

kragen 15y ago

Yes: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/04/35933 http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/04/35933 > The lawsuit brought by the RIAA and filed in the Southern District of New York claims that MP3.com created an illegal database of 45,000 CDs, which the company purchased and uploaded on to MP3.com's servers. The suit sought to shut down the service. > Users who sign up for the my.mp3.com service are able to stream music from that database to any device that can access the Internet. > "We think this is a loss for the labels," Robertson said during a conference call Friday. "When a responsible system like my.mp3.com, which requires people to buy the CDs before they can listen to the music is potentially halted, that leaves a vacuum for other services like Napster and Gnutella -- which don't protect artists -- to flourish." ... > Users cannot access music from MP3.com's database until they load a physical CD that contains the album into their computer.