>From ZDNet UK Wed, 03 May 2000:
Will you pay to hear classical music over the Net? MP3.com, recently
the target of the recording industry, is looking for customers and
partners MP3.com, last week ruled liable in a multibillion-dollar
copyright infringement lawsuit, on Tuesday launched what it called
the first online subscription music channel and the future of the
music business. MyMP3.com's Classical Music Channel will make 3,400
tracks by big-name artists available to subscribers for $9.99 per
month.
The channel features Luciano Pavarotti, Yehudi Menuhin and the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra, among others, performing works by composers
including Mozart, Beethoven and Bach.
New classical CDs will be added monthly, and additional channels are
on the horizon. And that's only the beginning, said an MP3.com
spokesman.
Read the rest of this report at:
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/17/ns-15131.html
[The following is from MP3.com's newsletter. -Dave]
Instant Access to Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and More!
MP3.com has launched its new Classical Music Channel featuring
the most comprehensive collection of classical performances on the
web--over 3,400 recordings from more than 350 albums totaling over
350 hours of listening. The collection includes the likes of Luciano
Pavarotti, Sir Yehudi Menuhin and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
performing the works of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and many more of the
world's great classical composers. Click here for subscription
details.
http://click.mp3.com/c/c_cAal/n_539964000/u_www/channels?cp=classical_text
James Kearney
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