MP3.com to offer music and videos for download

MP3.com used to be one of the most popular online destinations to download music from the internet.

However, the company faced massive copyright lawsuits and it had to pay millions of dollars to settle copyright infringement suits brought by the five major music labels and other members of the Recording Industry Association of America.

The web service is now again aiming to provide similar services by letting users download music and videos but this time they would be offering these downloads with the authorization of independent artists.

MP3.com was founded in 1997 by Michael Robertson and was later acquired by Vivendi Universal Music in 2001. CNet network owns it now and has been providing news and editorial content about music on it since quite sometime.