Cingular Readies Music Service

Cingular Wireless is set to announce an full-featured music service that will feature content and subscriptions from Napster, Yahoo, and eMusic. Cingular has delivered several lackluster iTunes-enabled phones, though Sprint and Verizon Wireless have both delivered far more comprehensive music offerings. But those ventures have focused heavily on over-the-air (OTA) downloads, a format that has received a mediocre at best response from...

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Court Officially Orders Danish ISP To Block Russia’s AllofMP3.com

A court in Denmark has ordered Swedish telecom operator Tele2 AB to block its Internet service subscribers from connecting to a Russian Web site accused by recording companies of selling their music illegally. The ruling stemmed from a lawsuit filed in Copenhagen City Court in July by the Danish arm of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, a trade group for the recording industry. “This judgment is one more...

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