mp3.com
Home > Home Recording Forum > Talkin' Smack > mp3.com
Posted on Nov 14, 2003 12:19 pm
Johnny Hero
Member Since: Apr 26, 2002
CNET Networks, Inc announced today that it has acquired certain assets of MP3.com, Inc.
Please be advised that on Tuesday, December 2, 2003 at 12:00 PM PST the MP3.com website will no longer be accessible in its current form.
CNET Networks, Inc. plans to introduce a new MP3 music service in the near future. If you would like to receive email updates on this service, including an invitation to a special members-only preview, please sign up here.
MP3.com is not transferring your personal information to CNET Networks, Inc. or any other third party.
On behalf of all of us at MP3.com we thank you for your patronage and continued support. It has been a privilege to host one of the largest and most diverse collections of music in the world. MP3.com wishes to express its sincere thanks to each of you for making us your premier destination for music online.
Sincerely,
MP3.com
[ Back to Top ]
MinkusMazBane of All ExistenceMember
Since: Mar 27, 2003
Nov 14, 2003 12:30 pm extremely weak. i always wondered how long it would take for someone to decide to maximize the commercial value of the web address mp3.com rather than having it be a free service that contributes as much as it does to internet music. all the bands i know have a site on there. totally weak.
Nov 14, 2003 12:38 pm Yeah. My band was on there.
I'm gonna have to start looking for something else.
Maybe it's just one more reason we should transfer to dB's server...
Nov 14, 2003 12:43 pm Mp3.com hasn't been free for a very very long time. Mp3.com was taken over by Vivendi Universal (yep, major label) years ago, and has since denied most independent artists access to the majority of it's features, unless they paid.
C|Net may do Mp3.com justice, and bring it back to the independents. Or, they might just continue with Vivendi's path.
Mp3.com has really been dead for a long time.
W.
Nov 14, 2003 01:54 pm Ya, it's no surprise to me...mp3'com has been sucking wind for a while, this is soooo no surprise...also it makes more room for peeps like NoWhereRadio and on a lesser level HRC to enter the space a little more.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Nov 15, 2003 04:22 pm Ive been a member at mp3.com since it started and just got the email yesterday about CNET. And as dB said, it is really not a surprise. We have discussed their downfall several times. With the advent of some of the new sites catering to independant artist, (HRC being one as well as NWR) it really is no srprise at all. The limits they set several years ago made me stop putting my stuff up there. I found other outlets to get heard, or to have other bands stuff I produce get out there. If you look around, almost everyband that is trying has a web site with samples or even all there stuff up as mp3's. So the likes of mp3.com are fading fast.
And yes CNET is going to try and grab a piece of the single tracks downloads for sale market. I am sure that the release of the New Napster had alot to do with their decision. I was notified months ago of the new Napster launch coming and was a beta tester for their format. They are really aiming to be the top at that market. They are going to appeal to the digital media generation. You know the guys with their mp3 players tied around their neck 24/7.
Rumlbings are there might be a connection with a very well known record/electronics company helping put it all together. They are coming out as the hip new digital thing. Im sure youve all seen the commercials with Nappy out dancing and what not, and then ripping off his coat to reveal his new self.
It is amazing to think that the 2 guys who started the whole peir to peir thing are now going to be filthy rich because they found away to get the music to the masses without having to go out and by the whole CD if ther is only one track you truly want. The record company I refer to is also big into compilations of their old catalog so its really just another step for them to keep a small piece of what they allready have. So I guess everybody wins, as long as they leave the rest of us alone to put our music where we choose, and let the rest of the music makers in the world, put their muusic wherever they choose, and give it away if they choose. Without fear of being spanked by the record label for doing so.
nuff said,
thanx for the time,
Noize 2 U
Nov 15, 2003 07:21 pm Funny how those who become most popular seem to get labeled as the 'first' though...
NWR's been runnin with net music since 98, even though the name wasn't registered until 99. Back in the early 90's mp3.com didn't even exist, but net music did, and so did P2P.
Anyways, the big corporations are simply not seeing enough dollar signs in it, and are jumping off. I'm in it for the long haul, could care less about them green backs as long as I got food on my table.
W.
MinkusMazBane of All ExistenceMember
Since: Mar 27, 2003
Nov 15, 2003 09:50 pm what is obviously the big thing about mp3.com is the fact that you type in "www.mp3.com" (not a big stretch with people looking for music) and the ability to post your band's music up there. that plus some vigorous marketing and corporate cash gets a pretty healthy scene going on. sometimes they clearly made deals with labels to do some extra advertisement to push a certain band. it's like launch.com...
NWR is cool, but it's on a different plane than mp3.com and comparison really doesn't work at all. maybe it would if you got a billion investors and a marketing strategy (please don't).
the web address mp3.com is an incredibly valuable asset. it's far too important to be left in the hands of mere mortals. after all, we need to see advertisements for britney's new album at every possible opportunity, right? right?
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Nov 16, 2003 01:18 pm Yes it is to bad. But then again it will only benifit places like HRC and NWR as the independant artists will need a place to turn to for getting their tunes up and about. As I am certain tht CNET will no longer cater to the independant artist as mp3.com did.
Oh well, good luck Britney.
Nov 16, 2003 01:38 pm Minkus, agreed, the domain alone is worth thousands of dollars, IF they find a buyer)...it's a perfect domain name. They had a good idea back int he day I think, but got greedy and lost their vision. In doing so they probably made more money in the short term, but obviously not the long terms, cuz now theyare dying.
dotcom is a fickle business today. Places like NWR and HRC only survive because it is run more by passion and belief in something besides the almighty dollar. If Waldo and myself only had "making money" on our mind we prolly woulda both been shut down by now...I dunno about wlado for sure, but I know I don't make a whole lot per hour...but I believe in what I do, and I know Waldo well enough to know he has the same passion.
mp3.com lost that passion and their vision, and reaped what they have sown.
If you have no passion for what you do, you have nothing...
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Nov 16, 2003 09:05 pm (wipes tears from eyes)
I could not agree more. I know this site would not be here if not for the people who fuel it with as dB put it Passion. But it is also the belief that we are doing some good, and that goes along with the passion thing. Many of us spend or have spent man countless hours here doing, and sharing what we love to do. When I first joined mp3.com, I do believe they had that passion, but again as dB said it got lost with the hopes of the almighty dollar coming in. I for one know I would not still be doing this if it was for money. I give 10 times more studio time away then I charge for. Why, because I want someone else to have the chances I didnt get. Or I should say didnt get alot of. I truly have gotten back what I have given. Maybe sometimes it is just the words of thanx, or even just the look on a bands face when they finish their first demo, and they realize they can do somehting worth while. But moe often then not, it just knowing I gave something to them they might not have gotten otherwise.
I can also say, I have learned as much as I have shared here. I have met many wonderfull people here and that too is a reward in itself.
So as dB said, it is the passion for what we can give that keeps this place alive, and seeing the good that can come from it at least for me is a pretty good payback.
Peace, long live HRC!
Noize 2 U
