EMI and UK file-sharing network offer back catalogue online
Written by steven on October 27, 2003 to Music Business.
LONDON - 
UK based file sharing network Wippit.com has signed a deal with EMI to legally offer its entire music back catalogue on-line. Subscription to the London based Wippit.com is available for annual fee of £30 per year or £3.99 per month. For this amount they can potentially, legally download about 100,000 songs from EMI’s vast back catalogue, which also includes Pink Floyd, Radiohead and of course Roxette.
Wippit said it was “delighted” with the deal, which will take effect from the middle of November. They added “We are determined to become the number one in the UK and Europe.”
Wippit already offers its 5,000 subscribers 60,000 tracks from 200 independent labels, including Richard Branson’s V2, Telstar, Domino and Grand Central.
Wippit now faces stiff competition from Apple’s iTunes which last week launched a Windows version of their rapidly growing Apple based download service. Wippit’s service is only available to users of Windows operating system.
Other articles with the same topic
- Billboard mentions Roxette (February 26, 2011)
- Citigroup takes control of EMI (February 1, 2011)
- Kobalt signs Roxette in North America (January 13, 2011)
- Record "The Look" and win $5,000 shopping spree (August 11, 2010)
- EMI Music triples full-year earnings (May 8, 2009)
11 comments
Vixzter said on October 27, 2003 20:07:
steven (sorry just quoting): ’From what I have read, govenments could soon have the powers to learn from ISPs, which users are file sharing with peer to peer networks.’
Sounds like spying to me, Big Brother is watching you!!!
The sooner they stamp out file sharing the sooner people find other ways to copy music, its just a sad fact of life unfortunately.
Before the internet there was the bootleg....when the internet came along it made bootlegging easier.....when they stamp out the file sharing by watching what you download.....ppls will go back to how the produced bootlegs in the first place.....and off we go again in ever decreasing circles.
steven said on October 27, 2003 23:09:
Hi Vixter - I think I read about the possible law changes on a technical forum. I can’t recall the timescales involved, but it did mention that the British Govenment were very keen to stamp it out and were considering a 6 months custodial sentence for those found guilty!
misdreavus said on November 7, 2003 11:39:
Oh, who cares, really? Nothing really happens if you download music, why pay for it?
Mari said on November 9, 2003 20:15:
Yeah, misdreavus, you are right. Who cares if I stole a car. Why buy cos it’s possible stole. And hey, when nobody cares, it’s okey if somebody stole your money,
steven said on October 27, 2003 18:18:
It would seem the cost of subscribing to such services is falling with each new competior in the market.
This can only be a postive step as new laws are shortly to be introduced in the UK and across many European countries to outlaw peer to peer file sharing.
From what I have read, govenments could soon have the powers to learn from ISPs, which users are file sharing with peer to peer networks.
I suspect a lot of users will think again for the sake of a £3.99 monthly subscription fee.