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MP3.com faces the music

In an unusual case that pits proponents of the MP3 downloading technology against one another, PlayMedia adds MP3.com to its lawsuit against Nullsoft--just days after MP3.com files to go public.

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In an unusual case that pits proponents of the MP3 downloading technology against one another, PlayMedia adds MP3.com to its lawsuit against Nullsoft--just days after MP3.com files to go public.

"PlayMedia is compelled by obvious business imperatives...to defend any and all of its valuable intellectual property, regardless of whom the alleged infringer may be."

- Brian Litman, PlayMedia CEO

 
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