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: MP3.com removes all Major Label Artist 


5-11-00 7:15 PM PST antiGUY
MP3.com has announced that they will be disabling access to major label artist on their web site. This announcement comes on the heals of a judgement by a U.S. Federal court last month that said that the company could be liable for violating copyrights by allowing their users access to MP3's from CD's they claim to own via the companies Instant Listening Service and Beam-it software. 

Robin Richard MP3.com President and COO released a statement on May 10th announcing this decision by the publicly owned California company.  Mp3.com hopes that this "good will" gesture will help them reach an acceptable licensing agreement with Major labels and convince the RIAA to drop their current lawsuit against them. 

Richards stated the following in Wednesdays press release.�We regret the need to take this step, which inconveniences more than 500,000 Myascap-doesnt-want-labels-to-promote-their-artists-go-with-bmi-next-time.com account holders, While we disagree with the court�s decision, we also want to demonstrate our good faith and strong desire to achieve an expeditious business resolution.�, 

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