Internet media company CNET Networks announced Friday that it is acquiring the assets of online music distributor MP3.com. San Francisco-based CNET Networks said it has signed a definitive agreement ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PARIS -- Vivendi Universal SA agreed to acquire the music Web portal MP3.com Inc. for $372 million (423 million euros) in cash and stock in the latest example of the music majors' attempt to harness ...

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, ...

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 ...

Chrysalis Records and teen pop outfit Hanson have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against Vivendi Universal's online subsidiary MP3.com, Billboard Bulletin reports. The suits, which were filed… ...