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Tuesday July 17, 6:30 am Eastern Time

Press Release

SOURCE: MP3.com, Inc.

MP3.com Highlights Tech Tools and Toys Showcased at MP3 Summit
2001; Fourth Annual Conference Played Host to Some of the Industry's
Latest Devices

SAN DIEGO, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlighting some of the successes of the country's foremost conference relating to digital music technology, MP3.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: MPPP - news), today recognized MP3 Summit 2001 attendees and sponsors who displayed cutting-edge tech toys and tools at the two-day event.

With the theme ``Mobilizing Your Music,'' the Fourth Annual MP3 Summit was held in San Diego on July 12 and 13. A webcast of featured panels and speakers from the event is scheduled to be available for viewing by the public at www.mp3.com/summit beginning early next week. To read an overview of the panels held and products displayed at the MP3 Summit 2001, visit www.mp3.com/summit_news.

Acknowledged Products and Displays at the MP3 Summit 2001 are:

Best Car MP3 Player: The Visteon MACH MP3 Music System combines a state-of-the-art MP3 player with a traditional CD radio, allowing customers to play more than 10 hours of MP3 music files in their car without repeating tunes. Another in-car audio jukebox that received honorable mention is the NEO Car Jukebox, as it stores more than 9,000 songs, all with instant access.

Best MP3 Player Software: Premium Listener Service (PLuS(TM)) allows users to access and play more than 1 million songs on MP3.com (www.mp3.com), in addition to the music in individual My.MP3(TM) accounts without browsing web pages. PLuS is engineered to allow users to burn custom playlists to CDs in standard wave and MP3 formats, all with one click. Users can create personalized playlists with efficient drag-and-drop functionality. The Transfer2Device feature is designed to let users create playlists and load them to several supported MP3 players. PLuS also comes with an advanced search tool to enable easy music searches. To find out more, visit www.mp3.com/premiumlistener.

Best Show Display: Visteon housed its MP3 player in a bright red Mustang and showcased the exhibit in the middle of Price Center at the University of California, San Diego, attracting audio and car enthusiast alike.

(b)Best Overall Portable MP3 Player: Treo Digital Music Jukebox. MP3 Summit 2001 attendees found the Treo to be the smallest and lightest hard-drive based player, at only 8 ounces with batteries. The Treo is manufactured by Hy-Tek Mfg. and designed by e.Digital.(b)

Best MP3 CD Player: The Echo XE5-Keeper, with its CD burning capabilities, is easy to use, light and popular with today's digital music crowd.

People's Choice Player: The MP3 Listening Station tallied Summit attendees' opinions on players and the Rio 800 (www.mp3.com/rio800) emerged as the MP3 Summit 2001 winner.


New Technology Platforms Displayed: In addition to new products, new platforms were on display at the MP3 Summit 2001. The MP3 CD platform, the newest kid on the block, offers users the capability of storing approximately 10 hours of music on one disk, instead of one hour of music on a standard disk. QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless(TM) (BREW(TM)), an applications platform for wireless devices, also turned heads at the MP3 Summit 2001. The BREW platform benefits manufacturers by shortening their time to market and allowing them to differentiate their products easily with custom applications.

Delegates from around the world attended the Fourth Annual MP3 Summit. MP3 Summit 2001's sponsors included Visteon, QUALCOMM and others.

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About MP3.com

MP3.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: MPPP - news) has created a unique and robust technology infrastructure designed to facilitate the storage, management, promotion and delivery of digital music. As the Internet's premier Music Service Provider (MSP), the company is dedicated to providing consumers with access to music when they want it, where they want it, using any web-enabled device. The company's web site hosts what MP3.com believes is the largest collection of digital music available on the Internet, with more than 1 million songs and audio files posted from over 150,000 digital artists and record labels. Dedicated to growing the digital music space, the company's products and services include on-demand Subscription Music Channels, an innovative Business Music Services program, a Syndicated Radio program and others. Additionally, through the company's MSP technology initiative and its music InterOperating System, MP3.com is partnering with a variety of forward-looking businesses to expand its digital music strategy. MP3.com's common stock is listed for trading on the Nasdaq National Market under the ticker symbol MPPP. MP3.com, MP3 Summit, My.Mp3 and PLuS are trademarks or service marks of MP3.com, Inc. Other trademarks or service marks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. The company is based in San Diego, California. For more information on MP3.com, visit www.mp3.com.

Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements may include references to activities and events expected to occur in connection with MP3.com's MP3 Summit 2001, as well as any products, anticipated events or services described in connection therewith, herein, or any benefits expected therefrom. These statements involve a high degree of risk and uncertainty, are only predictions, and actual events or results may differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to differences include risks related to: MP3.com's litigation proceedings, including without limitation the inability to reach settlement with all parties to such proceedings; risks related to activities or events expected to occur in connection with MP3.com's MP3 Summit 2001, as well as the products and services described in connection therewith or herein; the consummation of the contemplated business combination with Vivendi Universal, including the risk that the required regulatory clearances or other closing conditions might not be timely obtained, or satisfied; MP3.com's new and uncertain business model; acceptance of MP3.com's products and services; MP3.com's limited operating history; and MP3.com's rapid growth, as well as other risks detailed from time to time in MP3.com's reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 and its most recent report on Form 10-Q.

For further information, please contact: Greg Wilfahrt, Director, Public Relations of MP3.com, [phone], [e-mail].

SOURCE: MP3.com, Inc.