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Some of you may remember that MP3.com was a dot-com era company allowing people to upload CDs<\/span> they owned and then stream this music to various devices. It was a service ahead of its time and in fact Webot<\/span> <\/a>does something similar but it keeps the files on the user’s computer.<\/p>\n Fast forward eight years and Michael Robertson the man behind MP3.com is behind MP3Tunes.com, a company supplying a service which does almost the same thing as MP3.com.<\/p>\n Amazingly, MP3.com was sued <\/a>into nonexistence by the RIAA, and now the RIAA is after MP3Tunes. Same person, different company, same or similar lawsuit.<\/p>\n While I understand why the RIAA doesn’t want a vast library of music on the Internet I also see why Michael Robertson’s attempt to allow us to store our music online is good for consumers. As Michael states<\/a>, his company is personally defending the rights of all Internet users to back up their music.<\/p>\n I feel for the record labels… I really do. The thing is, record execs seem to always make the wrong move when it comes to the digital era and music.<\/p>\n They seem to have a sue first, ask questions later mentality that has hurt them. The classic![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/uploads\/mp3tunes.jpg\")
example is suing Napster into oblivion and subsequently sending illegal file sharing users to dozens of competitive services which is far more difficult to police.<\/p>\n