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flea
from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-07-13 00:19 [#00307711]
Points: 9083 Status: Regular
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finally something I can throw my meagre income at...
Universal Offer Album Downloads 12/07/2002 02:13 PM Ben Berkowitz
The music arm of struggling media conglomerate Vivendi Universal on Tuesday said it would work with the company's digital music operation to offer subscription music downloads.
Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, said it would offer the content of about 1,000 of its albums, primarily from its back catalog, through EMusic.com, a unit of Vivendi Universal Net USA.
Among the artists included in the new licensing program were B.B. King, Jimmy Buffett, the Four Tops, Joe Cocker, Ringo Starr and Stevie Wonder.
"It's the sort of stuff that has trouble getting into the rack these days," said Larry Kenswil, president of the eLabs division of Universal Music Group. "It's stuff that deserves to find a broader audience."
The titles from Universal Music would be integrated into EMusic's service, which offers unlimited access to over 200,000 songs in the standard MP3 format for anywhere from $9.99 to $14.99 per month.
EMusic subscribers gain full rights to burn the files they have downloaded onto CDs or to transfer them to portable music players, as opposed to some other subscription music services, which place restrictions on how and where the files can be transferred and used.
Vivendi has claimed as many as 50,000 subscribers for EMusic, which competes with other online services like FullAudio, Rhapsody, Liquid Audio Inc, Pressplay and MusicNet.
Rhapsody is a service of Listen.com. FullAudio is privately held. MusicNet is a joint venture of AOL Time Warner Inc, Bertelsmann AG, EMI Group and RealNetworks Inc, while Pressplay is a joint venture of Vivendi and Sony Corp.
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RobE
from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-07-13 00:23 [#00307715]
Points: 1608 Status: Regular | Followup to flea: #00307711
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*mops up puddle of piss* gotta get myself some Jimmy Buffett!! LOL etc.Nice one ,flea!! }:>
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flea
from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-07-13 00:24 [#00307717]
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No it's the Ringo Star solo stuff that's got me all drooling...:p
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RobE
from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-07-13 00:26 [#00307720]
Points: 1608 Status: Regular | Followup to flea: #00307717
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'Octupus's garden 2002 remix megamix! }:>
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Zephyr Twin
from ΔΔΔ on 2002-07-13 04:37 [#00307978]
Points: 16982 Status: Regular | Show recordbag
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Joe cocker - isnt that the guy who did the wonder years song? his voice is heinous =p
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