Media Mentions, 2001-2002

• eCFO Magazine
  April 17, 2001
  [Co-Founder Adam Powell is pictured on the cover].
  "But some observers believe Angry Coffee's Percolator model holds the most promise. Why? Because it directly involves the movie studios. A Percolator user will be licensed by a studio to store a movie in his or her computer. Each time the movie is downloaded, that host will receive a commission paid by the studio that owns the film. Meanwhile, the person downloading the film--the other peer--will pay a fee to the studio by using a credit card. Obviously, the fee paid to the storer of the movie will be less than the fee paid by the downloader. "We have a sustainable revenue model that is long term and able to make a significant profit for the studios," interim CFO Choy claims....

  Back at Angry Coffee, Adam Powell wonders about the process, as well. For now, he's got his hands full steering clear of the Hollywood legal juggernaut. "We want to do this by the book," Powell says. He pauses, as if contemplating the sword of Damocles that seems to be hanging above the heads of all the new-media revolutionaries. "It's a chess game," he says. "And believe me, you have to make moves very carefully or your king will get put to checkmate."
  
  

• C|Net
  April 16, 2001
  "Although Ryan said the company is confident that the feature has stayed on the right side of the law, analysts such as McNealy predict that this version of Listen.com's software may have a lifespan measured in days or hours.

  Other services that have plugged into file-swapping networks, such as Angry Coffee and Bertelsmann-owned Snoopstar's peer-to-peer search engines, have been taken offline. The Recording Industry Association of America has pressured most commercial file-swapping companies to remove or limit their services, and none of the big consumer portals has yet dared to add any kind of file-swapping search engine. "
  
  

• The Sunday Times (London)
  April 15, 2001
  "For the best guide to online music players, plus exhaustive tutorials, visit www.angrycoffee.com."
  
  
• C|Net
  April 4, 2001
  "EMI has stepped out in front of its peers in making overtures to new technologies before. Last year, they were the first to make some public overtures to peer-to-peer file swapping services, teaming with Aimster and Angry Coffee to promote the newest album by Radiohead. The label stopped short of providing actual music to be traded over those services, however."
  
  
• Silicon Alley Reporter's Digital Music Weekly
  March 14, 2001
  "Who: AngryCoffee and Creeper Lagoon

  What: AngryCoffee works with DreamWorks to give away a free MP3 of "Wrecking Ball," the first single from the band's major label debut.

  Bottom Line: Following last fall's Radiohead promotion, this promo for talented up-and-comers Creeper Lagoon is another score for AngryCoffee. Also smart for DreamWorks to realize the promotional value of giving away a track the way consumers want it - free and unencrypted."
  
  

• LA Times
  March 5, 2001 issue
  "That new version, which is backed by the Bertelsmann media conglomerate, faces competition from a growing number of companies that, in addition to Wippit and the others, includes such companies as Flycode and Angry Coffee. The companies are trying to leapfrog Napster by not only getting the right licenses but also providing advanced features."
  
  
• Webnoize
  March 2, 2001
  "Small Tech Companies Work to Speed Download Process: As companies line up for the commercial, peer-to-peer music file land rush, two small software developers are ready to offer technologies for..."
  
  
• C|Net
  February 26, 2001
  "Like the eventual Snoopstar software, Gnumm searched other peer-to-peer networks for files. Downloading the software would allow people to search Napster and Gnutella at the same time, for example."

  "For its short life, Snoopstar did much the same thing, searching networks running the Napster and its open-source protocols, Gnutella and Imesh. Similar search engines have been hosted in the past by companies such as MP3Board.com, Angry Coffee and ZeroPaid.com."
  
  

• Variety
  February 20, 2001
  "Soundbreak's content, which included a proprietary media player that showcased deejays Netcasting live music and doing interviews, appeared on sites Bored.com, AngryCoffee.com and StreamSearch.com."
  
  
• C|Net
  February 13, 2001
  "Such claims aside, sites that cater to music and other forms of content swapping can expect intense scrutiny from organizations representing content owners. Legal pressures from the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America have already contributed to the closures of several file-swapping services, including those operated by AngryCoffee, Scour and CuteMX."
  
  
• Business 2.0
  February 6, 2001
  "Increased ease of use and brand recognition make Gnutella the front runner to garner most of that herd. However, Freenet-based applications "will rule all" in the digital music space if you ask Rob Lord, a former product manager at Nullsoft, the America Online (AOL, info) subsidiary through which Gnutella co-creator Justin Frankel released the first version of the software last March. Given the copyright furor over Napster-like products, AOL has cut ties with Gnutella and muzzled Frankel. This division has fragmented the Gnutella community, says Adam Powell, CEO and co-founder of Angry Coffee, a San Francisco-based Internet audio resource center and online community of musicians. Powell says his firm is sitting on a finished Napster-like application, and is currently in talks "with a major, internationally held corporation" to deploy the software."