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Start-ups let fans sell music online

August 16, 2005 Hoping that listeners can best market their favorite songs, companies let anyone be an iTunes. TAGS: song, fan, retailer, e-commerce, artist, music, start-up, store, Apple iTunes

Streaming music for smart phones

September 25, 2006 Internet radio service Mercora introduces an application that streams music libraries wirelessly. Images: Mercora's "M" TAGS: Mercora, Internet radio, Microsoft Zune, Ogg Vorbis, smart phone, subscriber, song, Apple Computer, music player, music, Yahoo! Inc., radio, CEO, Apple iTunes, MP3, Microsoft Corp.

Sprint dials into music

October 31, 2005 Sprint Nextel offers a music service that allows customers to wirelessly download songs to their cell phones. TAGS: Sprint Nextel, song, music download, Apple Computer, cell phone, music, memory card, Apple iTunes, Samsung Electronics, PC

XP and Vista to get new media player

April 17, 2006 Microsoft's Windows Media Player 11 is coming to Vista and to XP sooner. Is iPod connection ahead? TAGS: Windows Media, portable device, Microsoft Windows Vista, media player, Microsoft Windows Media Player, music player, song, Apple iTunes, music, Apple iPod, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, video

Pandora's music box inspires fans

July 20, 2006 Internet radio service gathers listeners as founder tours the U.S. meeting music lovers. Images: Listening in on Pandora TAGS: Tim Westergren, song, founder, town, music, artist, radio, CD

Amazon to offer DRM-free music downloads

May 16, 2007 Music store coming later in the year is set to sell tunes unencumbered by copyright protections and ready to play on any device. TAGS: EMI Group Plc., Amazon.com Inc., music download, digital-rights management, digital music, song, music, download, Apple Computer, MP3

MP3tunes throws music locker doors open

August 31, 2006 Company launches a free service designed to lure music fans--but it could have challenges ahead, analyst says. TAGS: MP3tunes, digital music, song, music, Apple Computer, Apple iTunes, PC

Syncing high-def music with digital generation

May 15, 2006 Tech companies offer music fans high-quality alternatives to lower quality files found in most digital downloads. TAGS: digital music, digital music player, song, music player, music, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, format, CD, Apple iPod, Microsoft Windows

Cingular to jump onto mobile-music bandwagon

November 2, 2006 Company prepares download service to compete with those from Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel. TAGS: Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel, mobile network, carrier, song, mobile operator, subscriber, music download, Verizon Wireless, Apple Computer, Verizon Communications, music, cell phone

Music pirates choose iPods over P2P

March 24, 2005 Consumers are finding ways outside of traditional peer-to-peer networks and paid services to swap songs, study shows. TAGS: P2P, online music, Kazaa, music, song, Apple Computer, broadband, MP3 player, MP3, Apple iPod, video

Goodbye songs, hello videos

October 28, 2005 CNET's Eliot Van Buskirk explains why music and video are currently undergoing another unholy intermingling. TAGS: artist, label, song, contract, album, music, form, video, situation, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod

Napster's 'rental' music service takes on iTunes

February 3, 2005 The company is putting $30 million in marketing behind a new Microsoft-backed portable subscription service. TAGS: Napster Inc., music subscription service, marketing campaign, Napster To Go, subscriber, RealNetworks Inc., subscription, digital music, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, music, song, MP3 player, MP3, Microsoft Corp., idea

RealNetworks moves Rhapsody to the Web

December 5, 2005 Along with first fruits of Microsoft deal, RealNetworks' core music subscription service gets an online makeover. TAGS: RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks Rhapsody, music subscription service, song, digital music, music, MSN, MP3, Microsoft Corp., link

Parsing Steve Jobs' alternative views of the future

February 14, 2007 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says Jobs' proposal for a DRM-free world is a clever gambit that puts the onus on the big music companies. TAGS: Steve Jobs, music company, digital-rights management, music, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod, Apple Computer, song

Legal reprieve for Russian MP3 site?

March 7, 2005 Moscow prosecutors decline to charge popular site AllofMP3, which offers songs for just pennies online. TAGS: Moscow, prosecutor, AllofMP3.com, spokeswoman, song, music, MP3

Apple, Amazon may hold future of DRM-free music

May 17, 2007 Sales of unprotected music at retailers could help determine whether record industry adopts open MP3s. TAGS: Amazon.com Inc., digital-rights management, copy protection, EMI Group Plc., Apple Computer, song, retailer, label, music, music player, CD, Apple iTunes, MP3

SpiralFrog inks music deal with Universal

August 29, 2006 Start-up to offer Universal songs for free, hopes to make money by showing ads to users as they download music. TAGS: SpiralFrog, Universal Music Group, EMI Group Plc., Vivendi Universal, music, song

Verizon plans to offer mobile music downloads

December 22, 2005 New service would allow subscribers to purchase, download songs "over-the-air" through their phones, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: Verizon V-Cast Music, Verizon Communications, Warner Music Group Corp., mobile phone, music download, song, Windows PC, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, U.S., music, handset, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

P2P radio morphing into free music search

June 7, 2005 Ambitious start-up adds Web gateway to free music service, tapping into Net search trends. TAGS: Mercora, P2P, on-demand, song, music, Internet search, radio, start-up

Microsoft sees DRM-free music in Zune's future

April 4, 2007 Software maker to add EMI's unprotected songs to its service. Also on tap: Zunes in pink and watermelon red.Photo: Zune coming up rosy TAGS: Microsoft Zune, EMI Group Plc., software company, song, digital-rights management, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp., music, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod, hard drive