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The founder of doomed CD/MP3 bundler AnywhereCD on his attempts to make deals with music's biggest guns: "I met with all of the major labels (Universal, EMI, Sony, and Warner Music) and they seemed open minded to new ideas. One had a cautious 'wait and see' type of attitude. Another wanted millions of dollars up front. One insanely asked me if I would embed the purchaser's credit card number in the song files they bought. (I pointed out as politely as I could that no one would shop at Barnes and Noble if they printed your credit card number on every page of every book you bought. And, um, oh yeah, I'd be breaking a variety of federal and state laws!)" [MichaelRobertson.com]

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AnywhereCD On The Express Track To Nowheresville

AnywhereCD—the music service that tried to bundle together CDs and DRM-free MP3s of albums put out by Warner Music Group—will shut down when its contract with WMG expires on Sept. 30, socalTech reports. AnywhereCD's launch was mired by the fact that it didn't quite have the right to sell WMG's wares as MP3s; the two companies reached a settlement that put the Sept. 30 cap on AnywhereCD's days of distribution. The CDs that are left in AnywhereCD's warehouse are priced to move at $7, although the money you might be saving doesn't quite make slogging through the site's badly designed database quite worth it unless you have a really really boring day gig.

AnywhereCD [Official site]
AnywhereCD To Shut Down [socalTech via PaidContent]

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How AnywhereCD Went Nowhere Fast

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Last week, we wrote about the curious case of AnywhereCD, which quietly started selling DRM-free music from the Warner Music Group—only to be quickly hit with a cease and desist order from the MP3-hostile label. Wired's Listening Post posted an interview with AnywhereCD's founder, Michael Robertson, in which he explained what went down, and why his company decided to go the MP3 route without, apparently, letting WMG know about its plans: More »