3 1 form-3.txt FORM 3 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Vivendi Universal, S.A. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 42, avenue de Friedland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) 75380 Paris, Cedex 08, France -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/20/01 ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) Not Applicable (foreign entity) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MP3.com, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: MPPP) ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [X] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [X] Form Filed by One Reporting Person [_] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ================================================================================

* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over) Page 1 of 2 FORM 3 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================

Explanation of Responses: (1) Vivendi Universal, a societe anonyme organized under the laws of France ("Vivendi Universal"), is party to a stockholder agreement dated as of May 20, 2001 with certain stockholders of MP3.com, Inc. (the "Stockholder Agreement"). Pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement, Vivendi Universal has shared voting power with respect to 34,947,112 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of MP3.com, Inc. ("MP3.com Common Stock"), that are subject to the Stockholder Agreement (the "Shares"). As a result, Vivendi Universal may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares. Vivendi Universal is also the holder of warrants to purchase 3,000,000 shares of MP3.com Common Stock, and as a result may be deemed to beneficially own the underlying shares of MP3.com Common Stock. ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. VIVENDI UNIVERSAL, S.A. by /s/ George E. Bushnell III, Esq. May 30, 2001 ----------------------------------- ------------- Name: George E. Bushnell III, Esq. Title: Vice President and Corporate Counsel **Signature of Reporting Person Page 2 of 2

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