BMG and Universal said to form Internet venture

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Universal Music and BMG are expected to announce a joint venture between the two, the #1 and #2 record companies in the U.S. The venture is for Internet sites that will build off of sites that already exist and will be expanded with music sales and advertising. The #2 and #3 record companies, Warner Music and Sony Music, already have formed a joint online store called Total E. But the current leaders in selling music online are CDNow and Amazon.com.

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Company to launch an online music store with BMG

Joint ventures, Integrated Record Production/Distribution, Prerecorded records and tapes, Records & Tapes, Miscellaneous Store Retailers, MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL, Retail Trade NEC, Retail industry, Retail trade, Abstract, Music industry, Sound recordings, Bertelsmann Music Group Inc., Universal Music

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As patents multiply, Web sites find lawsuits are a click away

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Internet-based businesses are headed for a flurry of lawsuits as some businesses have been granted sole rights to software that already being used by many Internet concerns.

Legal issues & crime, Patents & copyrights, Interpretation and construction, Cases, Laws, regulations and rules, Internet, Copyrights, Patent law, Patents, Patent/copyright issue, LinkShare Corp.

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