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Virgin to unveil online music service
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Virgin to announce online music service
News Virgin Entertainment Group Thursday will launch an online service dubbed Virgin JamCast that delivers music without the wait normally associated with downloading over traditional dial-up modems.
Napster to add copy protection
News While the world waits for final details from the court on Napster's short-term fate, the company and the record industry outline competing versions of the music-swapping service's future.
Apple could split device sales with music labels
News As part of a deal to offer devices featuring preprogrammed music, the company would have to agree to share sales revenue, says a source close to the deal.
Tags: Music, Cost control, Negotiation, Apple Inc., Universal Music Group, Sales, Source, device manufacturer, phone, Apple iPod
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.
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
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
Sources: YouTube, not Warner Music, pulled videos
News Warner made "11th-hour" demand during contract negotiations and received its answer from YouTube when the company began yanking the label's videos, say sources.
Tags: Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group Corp., Video, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., record company, revenue, blog
Pirate Bay: In search of an unbiased judge
News The judge tapped to investigate whether the judge in the high-profile Pirate Bay case in Sweden was biased, has been removed for potential bias. Now, the judge replacing her could face the same fate.
Tags: Piracy, Lawsuits, Verdict, Universal Music Group, EMI Group Plc., Warner Music Group Corp., Internet provider, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, copyright law, Sweden
Teen Muziic founder: Shawn Fanning is my hero
News David Nelson, who is 15, will face enormous hurdles if his new music service, Muziic, is to become a hit. But he's betting YouTube is smart enough to recognize a good thing.
Tags: Music, Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, Site, Google Inc., Napster Inc., Video, Terms Of Service, Shawn Fanning
Virgin launches music Web site with a twist
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AOL hits new membership milestone
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Sony seeks musician domain names for life
News A controversial provision in Sony Music contracts is effectively asking artists to sign away control of their official Web sites for life.
Can AOL Time Warner be Net music titan?
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Napster offers recording industry US$1b
News In a bid to prevent a possible court-ordered shutdown, Napster executives on Tuesday offered record companies $1 billion over five years for the right to allow copyrighted music to be traded on the popular file-swapping network.
