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February 05, 2005

More Robertson MP3 project details

...he said he's putting up some of the money he made from MP3.com to launch a startup, MP3tunes, next week in San Diego. Unlike Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iTunes, Yahoo's (Nasdaq: YHOO) Musicmatch or most other services that sell downloadable songs, MP3tunes will use the popular music file format MP3 without any encrypted "digital rights management" features that restrict how the file is used.

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Robertson said he already has a database of 200,000 songs. But, at least for now, he's not disclosing which artists or record companies he has signed up for MP3tunes. He did say he hasn't snagged the major labels yet. "I think it takes time to win them over," he said.

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In addition to offering online music, Robertson said MP3tunes will sell a device called the "MP3 Beamer" that can be used to access a library of digital music from an Internet connection. The device will cost $330 or more, depending on the style.[ E-commerce Times]

So is it MP3Beamer, as it was originally referred to, or MP3 Beamer?

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