San Diego - Michael Robertson, head of music storage locker service MP3tunes -- which is currently the target of a copyright suit from EMI -- said yesterday that a recent court ruling in favor of a similar video service from Cablevision "sets a sturdy legal precedence which MP3tunes can use to battle for the legality of our online music storage service." "The parallels to Cablevision are striking with the primary difference being they're video and we're music. Both are services storing your personal content and playing it back for you," Robertson wrote in a post on his blog. Robertson adds that the pending suit against his company is being heard by the same federal court that delivered the Cablevision ruling.

San Diego - MP3tunes, the digital music locker service started by MP3.com founder Michael Robertson, announced on Thursday that its service will be available on Reciva-powered Internet radio devices, allowing users to listen to both Web radio stations and their own music collections on the same device. Reciva's platform for Internet radio playback in multiple formats is used in products including the Tangent Quattro, Revo Pico Wi-Fi, OXX Digital Classic 600, and Grace Wireless Internet Radio. MP3tunes said access to its service will shortly be enabled on another 40 Reciva devices across the U.K. and Europe.

San Diego - MP3tunes, the online music locker service started by MP3.com founder Michael Robertson, on Thursday launched a new feature that lets users automatically move their digital music between their own computers. The AutoSync feature, now included with every MP3tunes Music Locker, will for instance let consumers buy MP3s from Amazon.com while at work, and have the new music available for listening on family computers when they get home. Major label EMI is currently suing MP3tunes, arguing it makes unauthorized copies of songs.

New York - Several labels and publishing units of major record label EMI on Friday filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Michael Robertson, the original founder of MP3.com and current head of music sites MP3tunes.com and Sideload.com, Reuters reported.

Fremont, Calif. - Logitech, a maker of PC peripherals and distributor of the Squeezebox, a standalone device that plays music streamed from the Internet, on Wednesday announced a partnership with MP3Tunes, provider of an online locker storage service for digital music. Under the deal, Squeezebox owners will be able to stream their own music collections to the device, after first uploading the music to an MP3Tunes Music Locker, which costs $39.95 per year for unlimited storage. 

Ann Arbor, Mich. - All Media Guide (AMG), a provider of informational databases on music, movies and games, said on Tuesday that MP3tunes will use AMG technology for music recognition and discovery on its Oboe online music locker service. Michigan-based AMG also provides editorial content, technologies and data to iTunes, Google, Yahoo and AOL.

San Diego - MP3tunes, the digital music firm started by MP3.com founder Michael Robertson, announced on Monday the launch of unlimited, free online music storage with its Oboe service. The Oboe music locker allows users to upload and stream their digital music collections from any Internet-connected computer, as well as some digital video recorders and mobile phones. San Diego-based MP3tunes also offers a premium version of Oboe for $39.95 per year, which includes support for a greater number of devices, unrestricted album cover art, and music files larger than 10MB.