UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                                 (Rule 13d-101)

                                (Amendment No.16)

  INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(A) AND
               AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a)

                               Liquid Audio, Inc.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                          Common Stock, $.001 par value
                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                  53631T102000
                                  ------------
                                 (CUSIP Number)


                              Mr. James Mitarotonda
                        c/o Barington Capital Group, L.P.
                         888 Seventh Avenue, 17th Floor
                              New York, N.Y. 10019
                                 (212) 974-5700
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                     (Name, Address and Telephone Number of
                      Person Authorized to Receive Notices
                               and Communications)


                                 October 2, 2002
                                 ---------------
                      (Date of Event which Requires Filing
                               of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f), or 13d-1(g), check the following
box: |_|.



                                  Introduction

      This Amendment No. 16 amends and supplements the Schedule 13D, dated
September 28, 2001, as amended to date (the "Schedule 13D"), filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission by MM Companies, Inc., formerly known as
musicmaker.com, Inc. ("MM Companies"), Jewelcor Management, Inc., Barington
Companies Equity Partners, L.P., Ramius Securities, LLC and Domrose Sons
Partnership with respect to the common stock, $.001 par value, of Liquid
Audio, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company").


      Item 4 of the Schedule 13D, "Purpose of Transaction," is amended by adding
the following:

            On October 2, 2002, MM Companies sent a letter to the Board of
Directors of the Company. In such letter, among other things, MM Companies
demanded that the Board of Directors of the Company seat the Company's new
directors elected at the Company's 2002 annual meeting of stockholders and
convene a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company. A copy of such
letter is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.25.

            On October 3, 2002 MM Companies issued a press release, a copy of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.26.

      Item 7 of the Schedule 13D, "Material to be Filed as Exhibits," is amended
by adding the following:

      99.25 Letter dated October 2, 2002 from MM Companies to the Board of
            Directors of the Company.

      99.26 Press release of MM Companies dated October 3, 2002.




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                                   SIGNATURES

             After reasonable inquiry and to the best knowledge and belief of
the undersigned, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this
Statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: October 3, 2002

                                       MM COMPANIES, INC.


                                       By  /s/ James A. Mitarotonda
                                          -----------------------------
                                        Name:   James A. Mitarotonda
                                        Title:  President and Chief Executive
                                                Officer

                                       JEWELCOR MANAGEMENT, INC.


                                       By /s/ Richard L. Huffsmith
                                          ------------------------------
                                        Name:   Richard L. Huffsmith
                                        Title:  Vice President/General Counsel

                                       BARINGTON COMPANIES EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.

                                       By: Barington Companies Investors,
                                           LLC, its general partner

                                       By /s/ James A. Mitarotonda
                                         -------------------------------
                                        Name:   James A. Mitarotonda
                                        Title:  President and Chief Executive
                                                Officer

                                       RAMIUS SECURITIES, LLC

                                       By:  Ramius Capital Group, LLC, its
                                            managing member

                                       By /s/ Marran Ogilvie
                                          ------------------------------
                                       Name:    Marran Ogilvie
                                       Title:   Authorized Signatory

                                       DOMROSE SONS PARTNERSHIP


                                       By /s/ James A. Mitarotonda
                                          ------------------------------
                                        Name:   James A. Mitarotonda
                                        Title:  Partner


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