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Music Industry Proposes a Piracy Surcharge on ISPs
In recent months, some of the major labels have warmed to a pitch by Jim Griffin, one of the idea's chief proponents, to seek an extra fee on broadband connections and to use the money to compensate rights holders for music that's shared online.
Penn Says- Intellectual Property | Crackle - Stream On
Just listen to what Penn has to say...
Music exec: "Music 1.0 is dead."
Five hundred top members of the music business gathered today in New York to hear that "music 1.0 is dead."
Copyright board reaffirms music royalty hike
The Copyright Board of Canada has ruled that Canadian musicians whose music is played on the radio should be paid at the same rates as in 2005.
A few days ago I had the opportunity to meet briefly with Ty Roberts, CTO of Gracenote, a company which you may have not heard of, but which has already helped you thousands of times play and identify your music collection titles and artists on your computer and personal digital media device.
Singers and musicians should earn royalty fees for 95 years — almost double the current 50-year limit, a European Union official said Thursday as he promised to draft new copyright protection rules.
FT.com / Home UK / UK - Music companies launch new Baidu lawsuit
International record companies have stepped up their attack on Baidu.com, with a new lawsuit accusing the Chinese internet search market leader of blatantly violating copyright by offering links to pirated music.
Google Aims to Crack China With Music Push - WSJ.com
Now, Google is preparing a counterstrike, according to people close to the situation. The U.S. search giant is in the late planning stages of a joint venture with a Chinese online music company that would permit it to provide free -- licensed -- music downloads in China.
this portion of moby.com, 'film music', is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short.
Ludacris Accused of Stealing Track by Music Producers
The line of rapper forced to engage in legal battle is getting longer as Ludacris has become the latest one hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit, filed by a trio of Pennsylvania-based producers called the Boogiii Men.
Silicon Valley's hippy values 'killing music industry' | News | Guardian Unlimited Music
U2's manager yesterday called on artists to join him in forcing the "hippy" technology and internet executives he blames for the collapse of the music industry to help save it.
Last.fm – the Blog · Free the Music
As of today, you can play full-length tracks and entire albums for free on the Last.fm website.
95\% of music downloads are illegal - web - Technology - smh.com.au
An increase in legitimate music sales over the past year did not come close to offsetting the billions of dollars being lost to music piracy, with illegal downloads outnumbering the legal ones sold online by a factor of 20 to 1.
Songza feels so wrongza from shift control
Beyond the service being really stupid cool, its interface is so basic that I was able to get my mom to search for her fav Vietnamese pop songs.
The Year The Industry Broke - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
Make no mistake about it, 2007 was a b-a-a-a-d year for the industry. According to Nielsen SoundScan, album sales were down 15 percent from 2006
'Grandma Got Run Over' show leads to lawsuit - CNN.com
A feud involving the man who sang "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" could wind up in court, just in time for Christmas.
Facebook: We’re More Annoying than MySpace
“For legal reasons, Facebook can only authorize you to upload music to your page if you verify that you formally represent Uncle Seth. Please upload a picture of legal documentation (such as a photo id card) that identifies you as Jay Moonah.”
Some people find it hard to understand my man Jay-Z's decision not to let iTunes break up his American Gangster album and sell it as single tracks. They say he's fighting the future and losing out on sales from fans who only want to download singles. But I say it was a stand somebody had to take in the music industry. Jay is speaking for all of us.
» Is the Digital Music Revolution a Return to the 1930s? :: Puddlegum ::
In many respects, the current state of music resembles the 1930s and 1940s… returning to EPs and singles, fewer LPs, and a growth in live entertainment.
Clickster Offers Supposedly Legal MP3 Downloads
We’ve seen a fair share of MP3 search engines, but what makes Clickster interesting is their claim that their way of downloading MP3s is perfectly legal and free.
However, after lengthy discussions with very knowledgeable lawyers and supporters, I became painfully aware of the fact that I, a normal college student, has neither the energy nor the money necessary to deal with this issue in any other way than to agree with the cease and desist, and take down the entire site. I cannot apologize enough to all IMSLP contributors, who have done so much for IMSLP in the last two years.
Following in the footsteps of Radiohead's overwhelming successful release of In Rainbows through direct web distribution, Trent Reznor and Saul Williams are taking a similar approach with the release of The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!
MySpace in ad-supported music deal with Sony BMG - Yahoo! News
MySpace, the world's largest social networking site, said on Tuesday it has signed a music video licensing deal with Sony BMG Music Entertainment supported by sharing advertising revenue.
LawFont.com » Australian copyright industry to start suing the consumers?
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting the news that Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI), the music industry’s copyright enforcement arm, is threatening that they may have to start suing individuals for copyright infringement,
Silicon Alley Insider: Radiohead: 1.3 Mil Downloads! (But Big Music Not Dead)
Reports are trickling in on the initial results of Radiohead's pay-what-you-like-for-our-music experiment: We hear the current totals are 1.3 million downloads since "In Rainbows" went on "sale" Wednesday.
Nine Inch Nails Joins List of Artists Dumping their Record Labels
there's an interesting post up on NIN's website that announces its intent to leave the record labels behind, and forge a "...direct relationship with the audience" as they see "fit and appropriate."
Madonna dumps label in 134m deal - Music - Entertainment - smh.com.au
Pop star Madonna is close to leaving her long-time Warner Bros Records label for a wide-ranging US120 million (134 million) deal with concert promotion firm Live Nation, a source familiar with the talks said on Wednesday.
More Bands and Musicians Giving Away Free Downloads
Bands Jamiroquai and Oasis may be following Radiohead’s lead to let fans download new music from the band’s latest album for free,
Snocap Drops 60 Of Staff And On The Market: Looking Good For The Deadpool
B2B digital music distributor company Snocap, the spawn of Napster founder Shawn Fanning, looks like its warming up for a Deadpool entry with confirmation by CNet that the company has let go of 60 of its staff and is on the market.
An Album That Costs What You Want It To - News - Readers' Comments - New York Times Blog
The members of Radiohead, the respected British rock act, said that the band would sell its new album, at least initially, exclusively as a digital download and allow fans to decide how much to pay for it, if anything.
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