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Three-strikes piracy deterrent not for S'pore
News Anti-piracy law won't be implemented in Singapore as existing laws are sufficient, and will also be difficult to implement, say industry watchers.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Regulations, environmental scan, Sledgehammer, Survey, Piracy, Music, Singapore, intellectual property, e-mail
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.
Talks break down; Warner Music pulls videos from YouTube
News Warner walks away from YouTube at a time when Google's video site is renegotiating licensing deals with the four top music labels.
Tags: Music, Search, Google Inc., Universal Music Group, EMI Group Plc., Warner Music Group Corp., Video, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Records
YouTube, Warner Music feud nearing an end
News Two companies have reached terms on most of the major issues and it appears Warner Music's videos will return to YouTube within weeks.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Music, Video, Universal Music Group, EMI Group Plc., Sony Pictures, Warner Music Group Corp., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, YouTube Inc., content company
Yahoo wins appeal of music-streaming case
News Yahoo's music services are not interactive enough to require it to pay the rights holders of songs additional royalty fees, a three-judge panel ruled in upholding an earlier verdict.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Music, CBS Corp., digital music, Internet radio, record company, Internet, radio, Thomson Reuters Corp.
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
Apple refining still clunky music-buying experience
News Apple's press event lacks the drama of the past but perhaps it's a sign that online music retail is growing up.
Tags: E-commerce, Mobile commerce, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Music, Video, Gartner Inc., digital music, Apple iPhone, agreement
Utopic world of free-for-all content
Blogs Hi, my name is Eileen Yu, and I'm a Barry Manilow fan. All right, there, I've said it. I'm a huge, big, out-of-this-...
Why tech should play like jazz
Blogs Al Jarreau, considered one of this generation's greatest jazz vocalists, was in town this week for a one-night concert a...
Stunned film, music sectors react to Veoh decision
News There's no disputing that a federal court's decision to offer safe-harbor protection for sites such as Veoh is a blow to the entertainment industry. But will it bring change?
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Music, Video, Web 2.0, Web sites, Viacom Inc., Universal Music Group, attorney, entertainment, YouTube Inc.
Universal Music, YouTube near deal on music video site
News Vevo would be the name of a new Web site jointly run by Universal Music Group and YouTube, according to sources.
Tags: Copyright, Music, Music Video, Universal Music Group, EMI Group Plc., Video, digital music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, MTV, Talks
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
YouTube unplugs music videos in UK
News In an unexpected move, 'premium' music videos on the Google-owned video-sharing site will no longer be accessible in the United Kingdom.
Tags: Music, Video, Copyright, Music Video, Apple iTunes, Google Inc., PRS, YouTube Inc., digital-rights management, U.K.
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
Facebook silences Project Playlist widgets
News The legal complaints that earlier saw the social music site's widgets pulled from MySpace have now cut off its presence on Facebook, too.
Tags: Music, Lawsuits, Patents, MySpace, RIAA, blogosphere, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Project Playlist, social networking, Facebook
