Universal Music Group, Warner Brothers Music Group, EMI Group, BMG Entertainment, and Sony Music Entertainment sued MP3.com for copyright infringement. MP3.com withdrew the original service in April after the five major record labels filed lawsuits against it in January. Subscribe to IDG.net's free daily newsletter for IT leadersĬonsumers who had previously opened a My.MP3.com account will be able to access music with their old password, the company said. Questions about computers? Let IDG.net's editors help you The subscription service carries less advertising than the free account and offers more functions, such as the ability to buy CDs online, MP3.com said in a statement.Īnother front in the digital-music battle The free service is funded by on-screen advertising and allows users to register 25 CDs, while subscribers who pay $49.95 per year can register up to 500 CDs. In its new incarnation, My.MP3.com will still offer a limited, free version of the service, but there is now a subscription-based version too.
It does this by streaming the songs from the company's database of 750,000 audio files - as long as users first prove they own the CDs by registering them with the service. My.MP3.com lets users listen to their CD collections from any computer with an Internet connection. The service was suspended in April following legal challenges to its operations. (IDG) - Music storage and streaming service My.MP3.com is running again, its operator MP3.com announced on Tuesday. My.MP3.com returns for free or for a fee From.
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