Vivendi Universal's acquisition of MP3.com is further evidence that online music's era of raucous, market-shaking experimentation is fading. Although its star was eclipsed by Napster in the last two ...

MP3.com agreed Tuesday to pay $53.4 million to Universal Music Group, resolving a copyright infringement case that has dogged it for nearly a year and securing a licensing agreement that permits it to ...

Having paid more than $190 million to settle copyright-infringement claims, Vivendi Universal subsidiary MP3.com on Friday sued the Palo Alto law firm that advised it on copyright matters. The ...

NEW YORK — After enduring months of costly court battles over its ill-advised digital music “locker” scheme, Netco MP3.com is going to court against its own attorneys, California-based copyright law ...

Tangled Web: A weekly column featuring intriguing online music-related issues & destinations. This Week: MP3.com's Game Soundtracks, Airtalents.com and Recess Records. By Billboard Staff IT’S IN THE ...

Last July music industry nemesis Michael Robertson guided MP3.com to a high-flying IPO, leaving record execs wondering what he'd do for an encore. The unwelcome answer came last week: without seeking ...

French media conglomerate Vivendi Universal acquired MP3.com on Sunday in the hopes it can use the company to promote its existing business. MP3.com will continue to operate as an independent website, ...

Another former favourite of online-music fans looks set for the scrapheap -- MP3.com appears to be on the brink of closure. News broke late last night that the company is to close its European arm in ...

Four out of five is a great average for a ballplayer; for a dot-com, it's potentially devastating. Last month Napster's compadre in goosing the recording industry, MP3.com, settled its copyright ...