Gateway Ads Urge ‘Rip, Burn, Respect’

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 28, 2003 - 9:04 PM EDT Mar. 28, 2003 - 9:04 PM EDT

Gateway is launching a high-profile ad campaign designed to advertise its digital-music services and educate consumers about what “rights an… Read more »

FullAudio Nabs All Labels for Relaunch

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 27, 2003 - 8:03 PM EDT Mar. 27, 2003 - 8:03 PM EDT

FullAudio launched a revamped version of its music subscription service Wednesday and said it finally had rights to distribute music from al… Read more »

Madonna Sells Her Single Online

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 26, 2003 - 9:04 PM EDT Mar. 26, 2003 - 9:04 PM EDT

In a significant move for music, Madonna is selling her new antiwar single, “American Life” on her Website, charging $1.49 for the download… Read more »

Music and the Net: Take Two

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 26, 2003 - 8:03 PM EDT Mar. 26, 2003 - 8:03 PM EDT

It’s not the easiest time to be selling music the old-fashioned way. An interview with Pamela Horovitz, president of the National Associatio… Read more »

Students on Pirating Music from the Web

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 21, 2003 - 7:04 PM EDT Mar. 21, 2003 - 7:04 PM EDT

A good story on what students think about downloading free music.. Read more »

Streamwaves Poised to Be Tops in Net Music

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 21, 2003 - 7:03 PM EDT Mar. 21, 2003 - 7:03 PM EDT

Streamwaves is one of the few services that is Macintosh-friendly. In fact, the company is luring Mac users with a 10 percent discount on mo… Read more »

Will Celebrity ISPs Work?

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 19, 2003 - 6:03 AM EDT Mar. 19, 2003 - 6:03 AM EDT

Not a very new idea: branded ISP have not gained much ground over the last five years or so. Celebrity branded ISPs such as the one launched… Read more »

Grokster Sees UK as Door to World P2P Music arena

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 18, 2003 - 2:03 PM EDT Mar. 18, 2003 - 2:03 PM EDT

The peer-to-peer music piracy battlefield is moving to the UK in the next few months as P2P network Grokster puts together plans to set up o… Read more »

T-Online introduces Digital Music Download

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 17, 2003 - 11:03 PM EDT Mar. 17, 2003 - 11:03 PM EDT

T-Online, with the support of record companies EMI and BMG, have launched a new music download service. The platform will provide users with… Read more »

Clear Channel Will Offer Data on P2P Music

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 15, 2003 - 3:03 AM EDT Mar. 15, 2003 - 3:03 AM EDT

Premiere Radio Networks, a unit of Clear Channel, will begin offering radio stations data about the popularity of songs on P2P networks. The… Read more »

Music Restrictions and Pricing

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 14, 2003 - 3:03 AM EDT Mar. 14, 2003 - 3:03 AM EDT

New research by Jupiter Research: nearly twice as many online consumers are willing to pay $17.99 for a CD that has unrestricted copy abili… Read more »

Mobile Music: The Sound of Silence?

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 13, 2003 - 4:03 PM EDT Mar. 13, 2003 - 4:03 PM EDT

Record label Sony Music Entertainment on Wednesday unveiled a new “mobile music” service for cell phones that’s missing something: tunes to… Read more »

Apple’s Chance to Get Online

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 13, 2003 - 3:04 PM EDT Mar. 13, 2003 - 3:04 PM EDT

Apple’s Chance to Get Online Music Right: The story presents a case for why Apple should break the mold among the online music services, by… Read more »

TerraTec Buys BeSonic Music Service:

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 10, 2003 - 9:03 PM EDT Mar. 10, 2003 - 9:03 PM EDT

TerraTec Buys BeSonic Music Service: TerraTec Electronic, the German based sound-card developer, has taken over the internet music service B… Read more »

Xingtone Loads MP3 Song Files Onto Cellphones

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 8, 2003 - 7:04 PM EDT Mar. 8, 2003 - 7:04 PM EDT

This company is bound to raise some eyebrows: Xingtone has developed technology to enable users to load digital songs onto cellphones for th… Read more »

BT online music service fails

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 8, 2003 - 12:03 AM EDT Mar. 8, 2003 - 12:03 AM EDT

BT online music service fails whistle test: Trust The Register to always have the last word: BT’s Dotmusic on Demand (DoD) digital music sub… Read more »

BT Group Turns to Music

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 7, 2003 - 5:04 PM EDT Mar. 7, 2003 - 5:04 PM EDT

BT Group Turns to Music Downloads to Grow Broadband : BT Group announced the commercial launch of a subscription-based music download servic… Read more »

Dutch Firm Opens New Front

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 7, 2003 - 5:03 PM EDT Mar. 7, 2003 - 5:03 PM EDT

Dutch Firm Opens New Front in Music File-Swapping: Dutch Internet company PGR BV, a privately held company that has its own new file-sharin… Read more »

Pressplay Searches for Ad Agency:

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 6, 2003 - 5:03 PM EDT Mar. 6, 2003 - 5:03 PM EDT

Pressplay Searches for Ad Agency: West Coast shops will be the focus of an agency search by Pressplay, the online music service. The resulti… Read more »

The Internet as Jukebox, at

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 6, 2003 - 4:04 PM EDT Mar. 6, 2003 - 4:04 PM EDT

The Internet as Jukebox, at a Price: A review of all the online music services in the market, the restrictions and the “freedom” they provid… Read more »

Let’s Hear it Again: A

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 6, 2003 - 4:03 PM EDT Mar. 6, 2003 - 4:03 PM EDT

Let’s Hear it Again: A new website, HearItAgain.net, has been launched tthat will allow music fans an opportunity to order digital downloads… Read more »

Digital Music Debate May Rest

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 5, 2003 - 6:03 PM EDT Mar. 5, 2003 - 6:03 PM EDT

Digital Music Debate May Rest on the Platform: A report on the Digital Music Forum held in NYC yesterday. “Cable and satellite network opera… Read more »

Full Audio to Rebrand and

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 5, 2003 - 4:03 PM EDT Mar. 5, 2003 - 4:03 PM EDT

Full Audio to Rebrand and Relaunch with MusicNow: FullAudio is fine-tuning plans for a revamped–and renamed–service that adds unlimited te… Read more »

Apple Preparing Digital Music Service:

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 5, 2003 - 12:03 AM EDT Mar. 5, 2003 - 12:03 AM EDT

Apple Preparing Digital Music Service: Apple Computer is preparing an online music-buying service for Macintosh and iPod users and is close… Read more »

Band Generates Funds for Album

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 4, 2003 - 4:04 PM EDT Mar. 4, 2003 - 4:04 PM EDT

Band Generates Funds for Album Through Website: More and more artists are starting their own fan club subscription services online. The stor… Read more »

Primer on Digital Music Subscription

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 3, 2003 - 5:03 PM EDT Mar. 3, 2003 - 5:03 PM EDT

Primer on Digital Music Subscription Sites: Here’s a quick comparison on the various subscription music alternatives in the market. Read more »

E-Music Sites Settle on Prices.

By Rafat Ali

Mar. 3, 2003 - 5:03 PM EDT Mar. 3, 2003 - 5:03 PM EDT

E-Music Sites Settle on Prices. It’s a Start: After years of confusion, most of the big record labels have coalesced around a set of prices… Read more »

Why File-Sharing Advocats Resist: “For

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 28, 2003 - 5:03 PM EDT Feb. 28, 2003 - 5:03 PM EDT

Why File-Sharing Advocats Resist: “For the middlemen, the future is not quite so bleak. If fans who once spent $15 a month on CDs start spen… Read more »

Sony Backs Rival MusicNet: Sony

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 28, 2003 - 5:02 PM EDT Feb. 28, 2003 - 5:02 PM EDT

Sony Backs Rival MusicNet: Sony Music, co-owner of the Pressplay online music service, has provided funding to rival service MusicNet. This… Read more »

Ministry of Sound Adds Paid

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 28, 2003 - 12:02 AM EDT Feb. 28, 2003 - 12:02 AM EDT

Ministry of Sound Adds Paid Downloads to Site: Ministry of Sound is relaunching its website to offer users music and video downloads from to… Read more »

Listening to Woodstock: A story

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 27, 2003 - 8:02 PM EDT Feb. 27, 2003 - 8:02 PM EDT

Listening to Woodstock: A story on a new digital media software company, Woodstock Systems, which has just releasec its Woodstock Personal D… Read more »

AOL Offering Music Catalog for

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 26, 2003 - 4:02 PM EDT Feb. 26, 2003 - 4:02 PM EDT

AOL Offering Music Catalog for Downloads: America Online will introduce a service today that lets users download and listen to a large catal… Read more »

Huge Growth for Webcasters: Year-over-year

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 22, 2003 - 2:02 AM EDT Feb. 22, 2003 - 2:02 AM EDT

Huge Growth for Webcasters: Year-over-year growth for webcasters has been remarkable over the last two years, according to new research from… Read more »

Music Industry Faces New Threats

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 21, 2003 - 4:03 PM EDT Feb. 21, 2003 - 4:03 PM EDT

Music Industry Faces New Threats On Web: A Dutch man is about to go into business as an enabler of Internet peer-to-peer services. He wants… Read more »

Napster Rising From the Grave:

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 21, 2003 - 2:03 AM EDT Feb. 21, 2003 - 2:03 AM EDT

Napster Rising From the Grave: Napster, whose assets were bought out by Roxio, will go through a resurrection. The company likely will launc… Read more »

Online Music: Closer to the

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 20, 2003 - 6:02 PM EDT Feb. 20, 2003 - 6:02 PM EDT

Online Music: Closer to the Right Note: Rafe Needleman highlight two new music technology companies offer products that are almost compellin… Read more »

Ericsson and Sony Music Germany

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 20, 2003 - 5:02 PM EDT Feb. 20, 2003 - 5:02 PM EDT

Ericsson and Sony Music Germany Launch Wireless Music Content Service: Ericsson and Sony Music Germany will collaborate on a new digital mob… Read more »

FullAudio Sees Market Moving Away

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 18, 2003 - 12:03 AM EDT Feb. 18, 2003 - 12:03 AM EDT

FullAudio Sees Market Moving Away from “Napster” Model: FullAudio predicts that older adults both male and female will soon become digital m… Read more »

Music sites make new pleas

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 14, 2003 - 6:03 PM EDT Feb. 14, 2003 - 6:03 PM EDT

Music sites make new pleas to pirates: AOL expected to launch premium music service next month; starting tomorrow, Pressplay will debut an o… Read more »

How to Save the Music

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 13, 2003 - 7:03 PM EDT Feb. 13, 2003 - 7:03 PM EDT

How to Save the Music Industry: Abandon current online efforts and buy Kazaa. Read more »

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