Music Industry
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A front-row seat for media's meltdown
Insight newsmaker Big Champagne CEO Eric Garland, who tracks file sharing for media companies, says studios will fare better in the Digital Age and Hulu should not charge fees.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, downsizing, Mom, Hulu, Web sites, Web 2.0, TV, Music, Napster Inc.
Next up for Pirate Bay defendants: Italian trial?
News Having been found guilty of making copyright-protected files accessible for illegal file sharing, the four Pirate Bay men could face prosecution in Italy, lawyers in that country say.
Tags: Piracy, Lawsuits, Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, prosecutor, International Data Group, Internet Service, copyright law, Sweden, File-sharing
iLike talks download store with music labels
News Facebook mainstay wants to stop sending 50 million users to other sites to buy music, sources said, and is close to striking deals with three top labels.
Tags: Web 2.0, Music, Web services, Apple iTunes, Warner Music Group Corp., RealNetworks Inc., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, MTV, Imeem, Facebook
Web radio, music industry reach agreement on royalties
News After two years of negotiations, larger online radio stations agree to pay music industry 25 percent of revenue or a flat per-stream rate, whichever is greater.
Tags: Corporate law, Sales/revenue, Domain names, Web browsers, Music Industry, Internet radio, performance, broadcaster, revenue, blog
Pirate Bay acquisition still on track
News Apparently, much was made about legal boilerplate but Global Gaming is more "certain than ever" that a deal will get done.
Tags: Acquisitions, Legal, BitTorrent, Grokster Ltd., Investor, Swedish company, Music Industry, copyright violation, computer, founder
Music industry's new Internet problem
News Streaming music sites with freely accessible content are being used by growing number of listeners as substitute for buying music.
Tags: Music, MySpace, Song, Apple iTunes, Sales, Music Industry, Last.fm, Imeem, Saila-Ngita, online music
Verizon tests sending RIAA copyright notices
News U.S.'s No. 2 phone company, known for its reluctance to intervene in antipiracy cases, strikes an agreement to forward copyright notices on behalf of the music industry.
Tags: Piracy, Verizon Communications Inc., CBS Interactive Inc., Cox Communications Inc., Entertainment Company, RIAA, entertainment, antipiracy, Internet Service Provider, agreement
Apple to offer ready-made ringtones
News Company has obtained the licenses to sell pre-cut ringtones and may roll them out in time for September 9 press event, music industry sources said.
Tags: Cellular phones, MP3 players, Mobile commerce, E-commerce, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Sales, profit margin, research company, retail company
Studios snag Australian piracy victory
News In what is believed to be the first copyright case heard by a jury in Australia, a Sydney store owner is convicted of 15 offenses.
Tags: Piracy, Australia, disc, Sydney, movie, China, director, Piracy
It's official: MySpace to acquire iLike
News CEO Owen Van Natta said in a conference call that the News Corp.-owned social network has agreed to purchase the social music site, following rumors.
Tags: Web 2.0, Acquisitions, MySpace, News Corp., entertainment, social networking, Seattle, Facebook, network, tax
Jobs makes it clear he's back in charge at Apple
News At Wednesday's iPod event, Steve Jobs appears onstage for the first time since returning to work from medical leave.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Apple Inc., COO, Apple iTunes, job, marketing, leader, senior vice president, car, Steve Jobs
Labels pressure Global Gaming for Pirate Bay money
News Trade group says that if Global Gaming acquires The Pirate Bay, it has asked Swedish authorities to order the company to pay the music industry instead of Pirate Bay founders.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, computer, general counsel, copyright law, co-founder, Sweden, File-sharing, founder, record company
Music publishers: iTunes not paying fair share
News Music publishers and songwriters want Apple and other Web retailers to pay performance fees for music samples and video downloads. What's right here?
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Music, Apple Inc., TV, Apple iTunes, movie, performance, payment, music publisher, Income
Insiders question label deal for Pirate Bay bidder
News Just as the press began eying Global Gaming Factory with suspicion, it came up with funding, a potential record deal and potential buyers. How much of that was real?
Tags: Web 2.0, BitTorrent, EMI Group Plc., Grokster Ltd., Investor, Stock, entertainment, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sweden, Internet Cafe
Cisco and Warner Music extend Web partnership
News Warner Music Group uses Cisco's Eos software service to create 12 more fan sites as the companies look to create new online entertainment opportunities.
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Web services, Cisco Systems Inc., Warner Music Group Corp., entertainment, Eos, CEO, John Chambers, media company
