News archive (2 / 2000)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 29 Feb 2000 4:42
Chinese government and Houston Interweb Design Inc. are joined forces to set up world's first legalized Chinese MP3 site. Site will be similiar to MP3.com and will offer Chinese music to public. China doesn't have any copyright laws that would make MP3s illegal, but spreading Chinese music needs an approval from Chinese government.
(read full story from businesswire)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 29 Feb 2000 4:20
Liquid Audio took a new step in consumer markets when it announced to open a "real world" consumer store chain called Liquid Kiosk. These small automats will be located in regular consumer stores and they will offer users to create their own CDs from Liquid Audio's music collection.
(read the full story from cnet)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 28 Feb 2000 3:12
As some people already have noticed, After Dawn has been through background development process during last week or two. During this time we've been improving our website to keep our service quality high. Since huge increase in our user base has happened in last few months, the service quality has been quite poor specially in rush hours.
But now these issues - and many more minor issues, thanks for all who have contributed bug reports and suggestions - are fixed and we focus on developing more new services to our users in near future.
And as always, all kind of a feedback is very welcome. Please use the Feedback -button in top of the page.
-Petteri Pyyny, webmaster
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 28 Feb 2000 2:58
Ericsson released its new cell phones in CTIA's Wireless 2000 -- a thing that makes these new phones noteworthy is the fact that they are the first ones to combine all the toys you want in one packet. Ericsson's latest cellphone series include among others a phone with EPOC OS and which can be extended to PDA/Cell Phone/MP3 Player device by buying an extension card that Ericsson will ship later on this year that adds MP3 playing capabilities to its phones.. Nice, now we just have to wait what Nokia will answer to that..
(article from yahoo)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 28 Feb 2000 2:45
Retro-times are here when Rome, a new MP3 player, is released. Rome is exactly the same size as C casette and with same shape too - for a good reason; it turns virtually any casette player into MP3 player.
(full story from wired)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 28 Feb 2000 2:26
One of the universities in U.S. finally announced that they WONT ban the usage of Napster in their networks. University of Southern California will announce this little bit relieving fact later on this week - hopefully other educational institutions will follow later...
(article from zdnet)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 28 Feb 2000 2:19
EMusic.com, one of the Internet's biggest music retailers, and Earjam.com, leading developer of music software solutions for Internet, have joined forces. Details of the new partnership agreement are not available yet, but big players like these two can come up with something dramatic...
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 28 Feb 2000 6:48
VideoLogic Systems announced that it has started shipping the VideoLogic Software DVD Player. Priced at mere £9.99 (about $15) it's the perfect solution for viewing DVDs on Windows based PC-systems.
Related links:
VideoLogic Press Release
VideoLogic's WebShop
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 27 Feb 2000 3:52
Wired asks in its big article from professionals, who really owns the music and who should make profit out of it...
This interesting article can be found from here.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 27 Feb 2000 8:39
Ok, it's time to publish last week's most downloaded softwares again. And, uh, as usual, the top list contains mostly DVD tools.. Here we go:
1. DVD-Rip Pack by Bytefaker (311)
2. DVDRIP v1.15 (303)
3. DoD Speed Ripper v1.1 (277)
4. DeCSS v1.21b (188)
5. Power Ripper v1.65 (155)
6. DVD Genie v3.31 (121)
7. PowerDVD v2.5 trial (93)
8. DVD2MPG Squeezer v1.16 (92)
9. WinAmp v2.60 Full (86)
10. CuteMX v1.0 beta 11 build 1 (85)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 25 Feb 2000 2:47
Aiwa released their first portable MP3 player called MMX-FX500. Very special about this player is the recording feature -- actually this is the first hardware based MP3 encoder available for consumer markets so far. It records audio in 128k MP3 format, which is rather good even that Real MP3 Freaks (tm) would love the idea to have higher bitrate available.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 25 Feb 2000 1:26
10,000,000th user has registered to MP3.com. Michael Robertson of MP3.com says, "More and more people are coming to our site to learn about and use all of the innovative music services we provide." MP3.com offers Beam-It technology, 50MBs of HDD space and many other features to its registered users.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 24 Feb 2000 6:25
The SanDisk corporation will provide its MultiMediaCard storage solutions for SK Global's Enco Deco MP3 players. Enco Deco works with one AA battery and its measures are 60 x 87 x 20mms.
(full article here)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 23 Feb 2000 3:09
Muze and Musicmatch joined forces by adding Muze's artist database information available for Musicmatch Jukebox's next version. With this ability, users get full information in separate window about the artist currently playing in Musicmatch Jukebox. Information includes full discography, links to music clips, album covers, artist biography, etc..
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 23 Feb 2000 3:00
MP3.com offers a free CD full of software, music, videos and other neat stuff found from the Internet. CD, called 'Life out of Bounds' is available for registered users only.
Get the CD
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 23 Feb 2000 12:12
Tha Video Capturing Source describes the processes for converting DVD Video to both MPEG-1 VCD, and MPEG-4 Video stream. The page also includes links to most of the software needed.
Check out the guides here.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 22 Feb 2000 5:16
Our newsletter mail server had some problems related to scheduled routines. We are terribly sorry about all the 'spamming' this has caused to our subscribers.
We are working to solve the problem as soon as possible. Unfortunately the mail server is beyond our control.
-webmaster
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 22 Feb 2000 3:36
U.S. last years music sales jumped 6.3% - CD sales increased over 10%. And all this even RIAA complained all year how MP3s and music piracy will kill the CD sales...
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 22 Feb 2000 3:27
Edo & Erik have put up an XVideoCD Guide. XVCD discs are similar to SVCDs, and they also play on standalone players. The difference to SVCD is that an MPEG-1 stream is used instead of MPEG-2.
Read the full guide here.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 22 Feb 2000 3:24
EMI jumps into digital audio markets by making a partnership deal with SuperTracks. SuperTracks starts offering EMI's tracks in Internet soon. All terms of the partnership are not yet disclosed.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 21 Feb 2000 6:02
We've opened our WAP version of After Dawn for public, so if you have some of these cool little WAP phones, just go to URL https://www.afterdawn.com/wap/ and read your MP3 and DVD news wirelessly.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 21 Feb 2000 5:53
OtsJuke DJ has developed a software that allows people to play two different tracks from one CD at the same time, so you can mix, fade, etc. tracks just like pro DJs. Free demo software is available at their website
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 21 Feb 2000 5:44
Now when we all have thousands of Internet radio stations available for our desktop computer, wouldn't it be cool to have all these stations available to your car too? Well, it will be possible in 2002 according to this article.
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 20 Feb 2000 11:14
Last week's top downloads list is again dominated by DVD software with WinAmp at sixth place thanks to the new release.
1. DVD-Rip Pack by Bytefaker (667)
2. DVDRIP v1.15 (601)
3. DoD Speed Ripper v1.1 (463)
4. DeCSS v1.21b (442)
5. Power Ripper v1.65 (406)
6. WinAmp v2.60 Full (222)
7. PowerDVD v2.5 trial (213)
8. DVD Genie v3.29 (183)
9. Alternate CDFS.VXD (141)
10. DVD2MPG Squeezer v1.16 (102)
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 19 Feb 2000 2:21
DVD Digest tech-support zone has put up a rather good VOB conversion do-it-your-self guide. The guide contains information for VOB to MPEG-1 (VideoCD) conversion and for VOB to MPEG-4/MP3 (DiVX) conversion. Both processes are described in step-by-step manner, with no prior knowledge about MPEG-1, MPEG-4 or VOBs required.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 18 Feb 2000 2:34
AltaVista introduced its MP3 search engine two weeks ago and in last week they got over 1 million MP3 searches a week.
mp3.altavista.com
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 18 Feb 2000 2:15
MP3.com starts to offer music videos and live concerts on its website. Material comes from LiveMusicChannel.com which made an agreement with MP3.com for spreading part of its content through MP3.com. MP3.com will have "featured video" available on its website and links to other videos in LiveMusicChannel.com.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 17 Feb 2000 6:40
Students of those American universities who banned use of Napster in their campus areas are furious. They've formed a website called Students Against University Censorship where they collect names for a petition that will be send to all universities that banned use of Napster. Students say that if they pay for the tuition fees that are used to fund the university's network, maybe they should also be able to use that network as they want.
Students against university censorship
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 17 Feb 2000 4:50
MP3.com is pulling out of its planned acquisition of Web event planner SeeUthere.com, citing the unavailability of pooling of interest accounting for the merger.
Instead, MP3.com will take a "major stake" in the company for an undisclosed price. SeeUthere is expecting to raise up to $30 million from current and new investors in the coming months, the company said.
The companies will work together in a "strategic relationship" as a result of this deal.
(news from cnet.com)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 17 Feb 2000 6:35
Our PalmVII application got 5 cows from Tucows, world's largest software distribution site. Five cows means the best possible rating available in Tucows. Same rating is also available in Palm.net portal site.
Tucows: PQA/Entertainment
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 17 Feb 2000 6:14
Yesterday we launched our PalmVII wireless version of After Dawn where you can read latest MP3 and DVD news with your PDA. As most of PalmVII users know, these so called PQA applications require installation -- you can find Dawn.pqa file here. Install it and get news to your handheld whenever you want, (almost) wherever you are (in U.S.).
Notice, PalmVII and related Palm.net service only works in U.S. metro areas at the moment, please visit Palm.net for coverage maps.
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 17 Feb 2000 1:17
Lucasfilm has responded to questions regarding the DVD release of Star Wars movies. In a nut shell what they are saying is that "We are all busy working with Episode II. There's no time to focus on a DVD release." It's odd, though, that they do have the time to release the movies on VHS world wide, and even on Laserdisc in Japan.
Related stories:
Lucasfilm Responds to the Star Wars on DVD Campaign
Star Wars on DVD Campaign
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 16 Feb 2000 1:20
[ m A d ] DVD has put up a DVD to MPEG4 guide which describes the process of converting DVD Video to high quality MPEG4 stream.
Read the guide here!
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 16 Feb 2000 12:45
Valley Media and Amplified.com, two music distributors, announced that they will be merging. With the merger the two companies are looking to hasten the adoption of digital downloading as a means of commercial distribution. Valley Media is a distributor of CDs, casettes, videos and DVDs to more than 200 retailers nation wide. Amplified.com supplies digital music tracks to many of the same retailers' Web sites.
Related stories:
Read more at Cnet news
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 15 Feb 2000 4:07
WiredPlanet just recently launched a network radio station called Radio Epitaph that (obvious :-) plays tracks from Epitaph Record's artists, including Offspring and Bad Religion.
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 15 Feb 2000 1:41
Napigator is a new Napster server navigator. You can use it to see a listing of all available Napster servers, and select your favourite one from the list. Napigator has up to the minute server listings, real time server statistics, ping times to the servers from your computer, and a nice interface. And of course it's also free!
Get it now!
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 15 Feb 2000 1:17
MP3.com has introduced a tool that lets clients make money by bringing new consumers to MP3.com's My.MP3.com service.
With the new Bucks to Beam-It program, MP3.com lets anyone start their own business-to-business operation by adding the My.MP3.com banner or text link to their Web sites. When a new consumer enters My.MP3.com via that link, activates her account, and starts beaming in her CDs, the affiliate member will be rewarded $1.00.
Related links:
MP3.com's Affiliate Program
Bucks to Beam-It Referral Program
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 14 Feb 2000 7:43
MAJOR software release in MP3 world -- latest version of WinAMP is here, number 2.60. Changes since last version (2.50) are here:
-improved MJuice and Audiosoft support
-SHOUTcast bookmarking
-jump to any track you want in GIGANTIC playlist
-new installation tool
-tons of cosmetic bug fixes
Download it from this link, now!
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 13 Feb 2000 6:24
Sonique's decoding engine has been built from the scratch again and is called as A4 which will replace the existing Stardust engine currently used in their solid release. We wont put this 1.50beta available yet, since it's a beta and we highly recommend you to use the stable version instead if you're not a beta freak. Anyway, for beta lovers, go to this link
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 13 Feb 2000 6:00
Here it is again, last week's top downloads chart:
1. DVD-Rip Pack by Bytefaker (708)
2. DVDRIP v1.15 (706)
3. DeCSS v1.21b (489)
4. DoD Speed Ripper v1.1 (488)
5. Power Ripper v1.65 (462)
6. DVD Genie v3.29 (221)
7. PowerDVD v2.5 trial (191)
8. Alternate CDFS.VXD (186)
9. CuteMX v1.0 beta 8 build 6 (136)
10. WinDVD 2000 Trial Version (77)
And again - DVD ripping tools are the most popular items in our software archive..
Btw. I hope that you all join into our newsletter (use mainpage's inputfield or the "Sign In" button in top of the page to join) because we're going to add list of latest software updates to our newsletter pretty soon -- in this way you'll be informed when anything new comes up.
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 13 Feb 2000 2:13
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To take advantage of the discount enter the following coupon code at checkout:
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To take advantage of the 50% discount (maximum discount of $30.00) enter the following code at checkout:
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Some products are out of stock at the moment, but will be restocked during the week. No worries!
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 12 Feb 2000 2:22
First program has been released that converts MP3 audio files into VQF format. VQF is format that provides smaller files with better sound quality. This program is first pre-beta so don't expect very much from it, but give it a try.
MP3-2-VQF Converter
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 12 Feb 2000 2:17
MP3.com is going to held an MP3 Summit 2000 in June, located in San Diego, California. For first 750 people the registration fee is $75 and for rest it's $250.
MP3 Summit 2000
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 12 Feb 2000 5:31
It seems to be that the attacks that hackers have been doing all week to major websites here in U.S. are effecting also to our performance, specially to our data transfers from U.S. to Europe. This is a situation that we just can't handle in any way, since even FBI can't do anything for it... We've been having almost 35% decrease in user sessions within last 3 days.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 12 Feb 2000 5:10
We're currently in big problems, because very large amount of European users are unable to access After Dawn -- we have no idea about the reasons, but I've asked our ISP to solve the problem as soon as possible (our number of daily users has dropped over 25% in last 3 days).
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 11 Feb 2000 4:24
EMusic.com, world's largest digital music reseller, launched today it's MP3 "Eargear" promotion. During the promotion, Emusic will give free Logitech SoundMan® X2 computer speakers and Jensen digital audio headphones to customers who purchase downloadable music from EMusic.com. First time customers who purchase at least one track worth of 99c will get Jensen JM15 digital headphones, value $14.95, for free. And customer who purchase digital downloads for $25 worth or more will get Logitech SoundMan X2 speakers, worth of $99.95, for free.
(article from yahoo)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 11 Feb 2000 4:14
ChangeMusic Network annouced that it had made an exclusive partnership deal with The Orchard, the largest supplier of independent music to Internet music retail stores. Based on the contract, artists who'll sign up for ChangeMusic will have an opportunity to join also to The Orchard who supplies artists' recordings for largest net retailers, including Amazon and Buy.com.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 11 Feb 2000 3:44
Viacom, owner of various cable channels, including MTV and VH1, is preparing to launch an IPO for MTVi Group Inc. This division is the author behind www.mtv.com, www.vh1.com and all other music related websites of Viacom (including SonicNet).
(article from yahoo)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 10 Feb 2000 2:18
United Internet Technologies (UIT) and Liquid Audio, Inc. Wednesday announced they have teamed up to offer digital downloads to UIT customers.
UIT will include Liquid Audio's Liquid Player software and links to Internet music with UIT's proprietary software released on CD-ROMs. UIT Internet-enabled video technology allows users to view full-motion video while online, providing a broadband-style experience with a conventional dial-up connection. Past UIT partnerships include NBC and World Championship Wresting.
With both software products resident on a UIT CD, users can access broadband-style video from UIT-enabled Web sites and use the Liquid Player to sample or purchase music from Liquid Audio's extensive catalog.
(full article from this link)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 10 Feb 2000 1:39
Microsoft is introducing a new addition to its Windows Media format that allows Pay-Per-View (or -Listen or -Download, whatever) tracks and videos be played with it.
Microsoft's goal is to offer easy solution for websites to offer commercial content for their users without the fear of piracy. But how are customers gonna take this one, that's an another problem...
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 09 Feb 2000 5:21
RIAA announced today a press release by its CEO, Hilary Rosen.
"The claims in the lawsuit are ridiculous. This is a transparent attempt on the part of MP3.com to silence criticism of its infringing tactics. It won’t work. Our record is clear in distinguishing legitimate uses of MP3 technology from piracy. The lawsuit against MP3.com has nothing to do with MP3 technology. It has to do with MP3.com, the company, taking music they don’t own and haven’t licensed to offer new services to make money for themselves. And there is nothing illegal in my saying so."
RIAA's full press release
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 09 Feb 2000 4:40
The Star Wars On DVD on-line petition is going rather well. As of February 9th, the petition is up to 15,514 signatures.
If you haven't signed the petition yet, you can do so at the following URL:
http://www.dvdfile.com/interactive/guestbook/addguest.html".
Please do ask your friends to participate, too!
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 08 Feb 2000 11:55
We opened a DVD store and for a promotion gift we give all users 50% off up to $30!
This offer and store is valid only inside U.S.
Go to our DVD store now by clicking this URL:
http://afterdawn.vstoredvds.com/
and remember this code, you'll get the 50% off with this code only:
28820SPQR
(limited to one time per one customer)
Editor's note: The offer has now expired.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 08 Feb 2000 11:22
MP3.com filed a countersuit against RIAA, who filed a suit against MP3.com's My.MP3.com few weeks ago saying that it violates copyright laws of U.S.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 08 Feb 2000 9:18
Sorry for all the people who have ordered our newsletter -- it has caused some major crap during last few days; sent too many times (should be every 3rd day) and sent same news again and again.
This is because of our dear beloved ISP who has set up our scheduled tasks. I will try to change this situation as soon as possible, so this should'n happen never again (never say never...).
-webmaster
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 07 Feb 2000 12:13
Quote from InMatrix:
It appears that the multi-hash techniques previously discussed may not have been implemented due to some other issues (however, they may be restored in later service packs). If you DO have a region free drive, then the following is true :
When you install clean Win2k Pro you have region 1 set and 1 change left...After one change - that's it... locked.
However, load REGEDT32 and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft. You should see a strange looking key (e.g =jjl) as the first entry... Delete the entire key. Reboot machine and.... you're back to region 1 with 1 change left.... Works every time...try it and see."
This may or may not work, and if it does, it's only with unlocked drives. Use this information at your own peril.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 07 Feb 2000 9:25
Kerbango Inc. has unveiled the first "standalone" Internet radio. The Kerbango Internet Radio looks like a fashionable AM/FM radio and it provides all the features that normal radios have. Using a built-in version of RealNetworks' RealPlayer G2, the Kerbango Internet Radio makes it easy for users to find and tune-in to all of the radio stations around the world that are broadcasting over the Internet. The Kerbango radio can be used anywhere, only a power outlet and an Internet connection are required, (Just like everything else out there). "Just as the emergence of FM dramatically changed radio in the 1960s, it is once again being transformed as traditional radio stations and Internet-only stations go online to reach new audiences around the world," said CEO of Kerbango, Jon Fitch.
(full article from this link)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 07 Feb 2000 9:16
MJuice announced that Real Networks will support MJuice's secure MP3 downloads in their player. This will add a huge amount of potential users to MJuice's secure format -- Real has over 23 million users currently.
(article from Wired)
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 06 Feb 2000 3:06
AudioDreams.com has been re-opened. AudioDreams merged appx. 1 year ago with EatSleepMusic.com, but now they're running on their own domain again -- you'll find MP3 news, free MP3 downloads and much more from there.
AudioDreams.com
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 06 Feb 2000 9:38
TheMPAA.org is a site dedicated to providing people with answers on how to back up their DVD media, and provide help related to DVD.
Check it out!
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 06 Feb 2000 7:01
Here are the results for last week's most downloaded programs:
1. DVD-Rip Pack by Bytefaker (720)
2. DVDRIP v1.15 (680)
3. DoD Speed Ripper v1.1 (446)
4. DeCSS v1.21b (445)
5. Power Ripper v1.65 (429)
6. DVD Genie v3.28 (222)
7. PowerDVD v2.5 trial (196)
8. Alternate CDFS.VXD (174)
9. CuteMX v1.0 beta 8 build 6 (135)
10. WinAmp v2.5e Full (72)
Once again DVD software seems to be the most popular part of the software archive..
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 04 Feb 2000 7:07
Listen.com has announced that BMG Entertainment, EMI Recorded Music, the Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group have all invested in the downloadable music company.
"These investments in Listen.com are also another significant sign that the entire music industry will be moving aggressively online this year," said Rob Reid, CEO of Music.com.
(article from internetnews.com)
Written by Jari Ketola
@ 03 Feb 2000 12:34
Sigma Designs announced that it will add Linux support to its new REALmagic NetStream 2000 card and EM8400 progressive MPEG-2/DVD decoder chip.
The NetStream 2000 card is the first MPEG-2/DVD playback product to support the Linux operating system.
Read the press release from Sigma Designs
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 03 Feb 2000 12:28
Latest version of RaveMP MP3 player is RaveMP 2300 and it's special feature is absolutely the fact that it uses IoMega's Click! discs. So there's finally some real use for these $10 / 40MB discs.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 03 Feb 2000 12:06
Napster - world's most popular MP3 searching and sharing tool - causes some major problems to many schools and universities, because their students use all the bandwidth with the Napster. Now they've announced that they'll start trying to find different kind of solutions how to prevent this situation -- Napster employees will meet university officials, student representatives and other related persons.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 03 Feb 2000 11:42
There's an interesting article available through this link about author of Napster software, 19 years old Shawn Flanning. Go and read it!
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 03 Feb 2000 7:05
MP3.com's much-argued new service that opened few weeks ago, My.MP3.com, has a program called Beam-It - and this program wasn't available for Linux users earlier, but now that issue is fixed too. So, now all Linux/Windows/Mac users can use MP3.com's service -- even that RIAA would hope something else..
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 02 Feb 2000 9:56
EMusic.com, one of the biggest digital media retailers, offers an affiliate contract that gives 10% of the sold material to website owners. This sounds very nice specially for (us) those who have their own little MP3 sites, but no resources to become one of the "big ones" like Emusic and MP3.com.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 01 Feb 2000 5:17
Myplay.com wants smaller MP3 sites that distribute legal content to join to their affiliate program. Myplay offers an opportunity for users to move tracks to their "locker" that is physically in Myplay's servers, instead of downloading hours for just few tracks with their modems. Myplay gives $1.50 for all new users that join to their members.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 01 Feb 2000 1:18
EMusic.com just signed distribution contracts with Justice Records and Miles of Music Distribution. Justice Records is mainly focused on country music and Miles of Music is mainly for bands that play Americana and Alternative Country music.
Written by Petteri Pyyny
@ 01 Feb 2000 11:21
We made a few changes to our discussion boards today and hopefully everybody like the new ideas. Changed features:
-no need to create an account or to log in - you can now post "anonymous" messages, but if you wish to receive email notifications or show your nickname, you still have to create a profile to our site (recommended)
-we will add later in this week discussion topics for most of the software topics/groups where users can send questions and add comments/reviews about different programs
We hope that you will get attached to our discussion board -- for now, it has been totally dead.
Discussion board