MP3.COM gets $11 Million 17
An anonymous reader wrote in to tell us that Sequoia Capital has invested 11 Million dollars into MP3.com.
The same company that help Apple, Cisco, Yahoo and Oracle
get there starts. What does this mean for the MP3
Industry? More respect?" Very interesting. Does Sequoia
Capital want to invest in any (cough) Geek 'zines while they're at
it? Anyway this is pretty sweet- I've been frequenting MP3.com
for awhile. Sites like that are really alpha testing the
future of the music industry. If they succeed, I'll
never need to leave my chair again. Well, maybe for food.
Remember Cisco... (Score:1)
Huh? (Score:1)
I'm sorry, but this is mp3.com. I'm looking for mp3 for a reason, and it certainly isn't cuz I think that RealAudio files are better quality. . .
** Martin
IPO of mp3.com (Score:1)
I've seen too many internet stocks jump up, and this is one area that stands to have a __LOT__ of growth in the future.
I'm not going to let another internet stock pass me up and go into the range of unaffordability before I can make it rich with stocks
Ben
More poor spelling/grammar on /. (Score:1)
More relevantly, this should give MP3.com a
huge boost! Good for them!
Now we need to educate ppl about what mp4 is... (Score:1)
Post some educated views here [public-enemy.com]
Lets make sure everyone knows what we are talking about...
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Mp3's Suck (Score:1)
First of all, thanks for BladeEnc. My life has never been the same since i found your excellent utility.
Next, when would the next linux version be out? (for i86) I've noticed that on your site, the most recent one is
Also, could bladeEnc be made to output mp3 streams while encoding to stdout? That would be nice.. and helpful for streaming ppl with fast machines.
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Why leave chair for food? (Score:1)
Now, how to get the beer. Maybe a fridge next to the computer. But to resupply it....
afniv
~afniv
"Man könnte froh sein, wenn die Luft so rein wäre wie das Bier"
"We could be happy if the air was as pure as the beer"
Now if they could only.. (Score:1)
Coming from an audio engineer point of view, mp3 is a sonic nightmare. I've talked with many engineers and alot of non-engineers about this, 99% of them agreed. The other 1% is clinically deaf in his right ear (dam car streos)and isn't an engineer.
Anytime you digitally strip anything from a full file, you're overall quality of the dynamic range diminishes, even if those frquencies cannot be heard by human ears. you can argue all you want, but my ears don't lie to me.
I personally like DVD audio, lots of room to store huge, phat songs, with a full rich dynamic range.
I guess for portablilty, mp3 makes sense, but I won't buy it. I love my music to sound good.
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More power to the MP3 industry (Score:1)
With the money available, MP3.com could even become a fully-fledged music company, giving the fair share of royalties to the artists that they deserve. No more record execs riding in limos from their signee's successes. Wouldn't that be the day.
I hate paying $17 CDN for a CD, knowing the artist gets very little. I'd prefer something like $1 per track, with 50% or more going to the artist. People say this money goes toward promotion of the album, but I think most good music can promote itself.
I wonder what the future holds...
Free Music (Score:1)
From music4free.com i've already purchaced 3 cds from groups around there.