- Wed Mar 19 2008 eMusic: Apple's bundled-music device would be anticompetitive
Rival digital music service is among critics who say such a plan would enable Apple to use its huge market share of digital players to weaken retail competition.
Posted by Greg Sandoval
- Sun Sep 19 2004 eMusic to relaunch MP3 subscription service
Indie-focused download site veers away from iTunes and its ilk to offer music with no copy locks attached.
Posted by John Borland
- Thu Nov 20 2008 Going hybrid: New Zune Pass pressures Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic
Microsoft has upgraded its Zune Pass music subscription service to include 10 free full song downloads per month, which users get to keep regardless of their continuing participation with the subscription.
Posted by Donald Bell
- Fri Aug 25 2000 Tech giants slam Napster injunction
A broad coalition of technology and Internet companies file legal briefs that are bitterly critical of last month's court decision against Napster.
Posted by John Borland
- Wed Mar 5 2008 Why most digital distribution start-ups will fail
Speakerheart, a relatively new online service for selling downloads, shows the problem with digital distribution start-ups: lack of critical mass.
Posted by Matt Rosoff
- Fri Apr 20 2001 Napster looks for better filters
The file-swapping service is preparing to use stronger measures to block copyrighted songs from its network, a move aimed at mollifying its critics.
Posted by Jim Hu
- Fri Jan 11 2008 DRM deathwatch: Sony to sell MP3s on Amazon
A few days after I criticized Sony for its strange Platinum Music Pass plan, the company comes around and offers DRM-free MP3s for sale through Amazon.
Posted by Matt Rosoff
- Tue Sep 25 2007 Amazon launches beta version of DRM-free music store
The online retail giant finally unveils its long-awaited music store. In a double punch to Apple, it's DRM-free--and cheaper.
Posted by Caroline McCarthy
- Thu Aug 31 2006 Microsoft releases latest version of WMP 11
Windows Media Player 11 will allow families to move songs or movies from one home device to another.
Posted by Greg Sandoval
- Mon Jun 21 1999 Listen.com looks for the right note
Like everything else on the Web, the proliferation of downloadable music has become a bewildering mass--and sometimes mess--to sort through.
Posted by Beth Lipton Krigel