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Date: 1999-01-16

Frisches Venture-Kapital für MP3


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updating 99.1.11/1

Frisches Venture-Kapital für MP3

Sequoia Capital, das mit sehr frühem Einstieg bei Cisco & Yahoo
eine gute Nase für erfolgversprechende Investitionen im IT Bereich
bewiesen hat, setzt mit idealab! zusammen 11 Millionen Dollar auf
einen Sieg des Open/Source/Formats MP3.


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By Sue Zeidler
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Z Company, parent of the controversial
music Web site MP3.com, has attracted an $11 million investment
from venture capital groups Sequoia Capital and idealab!, a
spokesman for MP3.com said Friday

Under a deal expected to be formally announced on Monday, Z
Company will change its name to MP3.com Inc., look to boost its
management staff and technological capabilities, and primarily focus
on the MP3 Web site (http://www.mp3.com), the spokesman said.

Officials for Sequoia, which has backed such well-known companies
like Cisco Systems and Yahoo! Inc. were not immediately available
to comment.
...
MP3.com has more than 10,000 songs from about 4,000 artists
available in the MP3 audio format, a new compression formula that
allows fans to download free, CD-quality songs quickly. Music
companies have argued the MP3 format, which is not confined to the
MP3.com Web site, is used to make pirated copies of CDs.
...
The spokesman said the company will look to hire talent from the
music industry in order to foster relationships within that domain.

``This should send shock waves through the music industry, who still
think of MP3 as a hobby movement,'' MP3.com Chief Executive
Michael Robertson said Friday in an e-mail message.
...
Last month, major music companies and technology firms formed a
coalition to create a standard by late 1999 to ensure that royalties
are paid for music delivered online.
...
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