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RECORD INDUSTRY NUGS FROM AROUND THE WEB...
SUBMIT
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DRM
sucks redux: Microsoft to nuke
MSN Music DRM keys
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From
ARS, "Customers who have
purchased music from Microsoft's
now-defunct MSN Music store are
now facing a decision they never
anticipated making: commit to which
computers (and OS) they want to
authorize forever, or give up access
to the music they paid for."
Read
more
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Study:
BitTorrent sees big growth,
LimeWire still #1 P2P app
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"Last
week, the Digital Music News Research
Group released its quarterly P2P
report." Read
more.
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Comcast,
Pando Partner for 'P2P Bill of Rights
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From
PCMag, "On the heels of
its arrangement with BitTorrent
, Comcast on Tuesday announced that
it would partner with Pando Networks
to create a P2P bill of rights for
file-sharing networks and Internet
service providers." Read
more.
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From
Bricks and Mortar to Digital Music
Master
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From
BusinessWeek, "As music
merchants struggle to adapt their
business models, one New York shop
is embracing the Web" Read
more.
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UK
music industry pines for the good
old
days, seeks an iPod tax
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From
CNET, "If one ever had
to come up with an award for "Clueless
Industry of the Millennium,"
the music industry would win by
a landslide. What with the US' RIAA
suing homeless people and now the
UK's Music Business Group attempting
to tax iPods, it's shocking that
these jokers get paid at all."
Read
more.
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Second
Life Slowly Turning into a Record
Store
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From
Wired, "Keiko Takamura
has figured out a way to sell her
music inside the Second Life virtual
world. Using a rough approximation
of an iPod that she calls the myPod,
Takamura allows Second Life citizens
to preview her music and buy songs
in the MP3 format using Linden dollars."
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more.
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No
One Likes The Music Labels. Who
Cares?
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From
Alley Insider, "Newsflash,
courtesy of PR agency Edelman: Young
people don't feel warmly about the
music industry, presumably because
they are harshing their mellow and
trying to stop them from pirating
music." Read
more.
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Other
Record Industry News From Around
The Web
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The
100 top Web apps for 2008
- Webware
Sonific
Calls It Quits, Citing Music Licensing
Issues
Blog
'influence' tracker BuzzLogic
to acquire Activeweave - News.com
Last.FM's
Free On-Demand Music Boosts CD
and Download Sales
Internet
radio firms say royalties limiting
choices
- Reclaim the Media
In
the US, 58% of music isn't paid
for
- The Guardian
MySpace
Charts manipulated by TuneBoom
Pro
(as used by major record labels)
- TechDigest
Music
industry spent $2.8M lobbying
federal government
- Money
Music
Biz Trying To Screw You?
- G4TV
This
Just In: Major Labels And MySpace
May
Not Have Indies' Best Interests
At Heart
- Idolator
Major-Label
Money Could Taint Music Blogs
- Wired
This song was brought to you by
- Guardian
'Judicial
scandal' in Pirate Bay case
- The Local
TV
shows bring in the money for the
music industry - Hollywood
Reporter
BitTorrent
site sues for IFPI compensation
over block - BetaNews
NBC
Wants iTunes To Spy On All The
Media You Own - Wired
Warner
urges Web fee for music downloads
- National Post
PluggedIn
features free High-definition
music videos from major labels
Mobile
Music Sales in Japan up 91%
- WirelessWatch
Blackballing
Hollywood - Columbia Trib
New
Music Platform - Gsign
How
Google Has Screwed Up the MySpace
Deal - Wired
Bands
take advantage of online opportunities
- SFGate
Amazon
Gains Share of Shrinking Paid
Music Market - NY Times
Surrge
Rocks the Music Industry -
PRWeb
Universal
invests in Buzznet - Variety
Trent
Reznor: Singlehandedly Fixing
the Music Industry? - CampusWorld
British
Copyright Industry's New Perverse
Copyright Theory - ZeroPaid
Music
Sponsorship Spending To Total
$1.04 Billion In 2008 - PR
Web
Atlantan
Jermaine Dupri to head P&G-Def
Jam hip-hop label - BizJournals
Pirate
Bay to sue music industry
- The Reg
Better
Bass: Skip the Subwoofer, Hack
Your Hearing? - Wired
Online
music sellers look beyond DRM
- Guardian
Forrester:
End of the Music Industry as We
Know It
Adobe's
CinemaDNG Hopes to Solve Video
Format Woes - Wired
Ringbacks
underline mobile, music biz divide
- Wahington Post
Universal
Music: it's illegal to throw away
the
promo CD we sent you without your
permission
The
Pirate Bay Launches Uncensored
Blogging Service - TorrentFreak
Album
Leaks and the Ever Changing Music
Industry - Just Press Play
Creativity
Explored, by Mapping Jazz Musicians'
Brains - Wired
Hip-Hop
Artist Refuses To Stand Against
The Pirate Bay - TorrentFreak
RIAA
Racketeering Lawsuit Revived;
Will it Survive?
- Wired
MTV
Uses P2P Data for Playlist Selection
- TorrentFreak
Reznor:
Radiohead offering was insincere,
industry is inept
- ARS
As
Labels Demand Higher Royalties,
Radio...
Musicians
still waiting on a YouTube payday
- News.com
Band
or Brand? KRS-One, DJ Premier
and Smirnoff Vodka - Wired
NIN:
New Album Pulls In $1.6M In First
Week
- Billboard
RIAA
tells Ars: We're not hypocrites
- ARS Tech
Music Industry Proposes a Piracy
Surcharge on ISPs - Wired
P2P
Meltdown - Slyck
Hello
from Nine Inch Nails - Pirate
Bay
Nine
Inch Nails releases Ghosts I-IV
under a Creative Commons license
Spitzer
Scandal Turns Spotlight to Music
Startup - NY Times
Ghosts
I-IV is available in multiple
digital and physical formats
- NIN
REM
Debuting Album On Facebook App
iLike - AlleyInsider
MySpace
talks to labels over music service
- FT
Indie
Act Seeks Backup Brand - AD
Age
SXSW
Interactive: Pirate vs. Consumer
- SFBG
Study:
More Teens Not Buying CDs
- ZeroPaid
NIN
Confirms Uploads to Public and
Private Torrent Sites
EFF
to take RIAA on in court over
"making available" claim
New
YouTube Developer Tools Turn Any
Website Into a Video Sharing Hub
Internet
radio firms say royalties limiting
choices - Boston
RIAA
plays both sides of the street
in music royalty debate
Grooveshark
Helps Elliot Spitzer’s Mistress
Sell Her Mp3s
New
DRM-Free P2P Music Store Pays
Labels, Uploaders
Rocker
Lou Reed takes aim at new technology
- News.com
RIAA
Keeps Settlement Money, Artists
May Sue - TorrentFreak
Digital
Music: Buying More and Spending
Less - Slyck
White
House IPO czar bill clears first
hurdle - Hollywood Report
Blunt
label boss sues over album
- BBC
Lawsuit
Could Force RIAA to Reveal Secret
- Wired
Apple's
iTunes Store Has Sold 4 Billion
Tracks—But Is It Profitable?
Pirate
Bay to Hollywood: Open your Own
Torrent Site - TorrentFreak
War
against Web tops music biz "screw-ups"
list
Andersen
attorney on RIAA suit: "They
can't run now" - ARS
File
‘sharing’ or ‘stealing’?
- LA
Times
MiniNova
hits 4 Billion Downloads
- Slyck
Facebook
sees first dip in UK
- The Guardian
Reviewing
the RIAA's "Reefer Madness"
for the digital age
- ARS
Music
downloads to surpass CD sales
by 2012, Forrester study says
Industry
Insider: The Problem with Soundscan
- Guitar
Jam Daily
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Mininova
Want
to tap into the power of Bit Torrent?
Mininova is a torrent that welcomes
original content creators and publishers
to upload your content and have it distributed
to the masses. The only catch is that
you have to apply and be approved. Good
luck and go get 'em.
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Amie
St.
The folks at
Amie St. have struck on the golden idea
of selling indie music at prices that
are dictated by the marketplace. DRM FREE
of course. Highly Recommended for artist
and listener alike.
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Links
to further educate yourself
Does
Chatter Matter?
The Impact of User-Generated
Content on Music Sales [PDF]
Berklee
Music Blogs
RAIN
FOM
Policy Summit 2006
Chicago
Music Commission
Music
Business Radio
Indie
Night School
Moses
Avalon
FOM
Policy Summit 2005
FOM
Report: "A Quantitive History
of Ownership Consolidation
in the Radio Industry"
National
Conference
for Media Reform 2005
National
Conference
for Media Reform 2003
Future
of Music
The
John Lennon
Educational Tour Bus
Creative
Commons
Recording
Artist Coalition
Music
Industry Law
Anti-Industry
Just
Plain Folks
Digital
Consumer
Electronic
Freedom Foundation
PopCult
Media
Illegal
Art
Webcaster
Alliance
OpenP2P
P2P United
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BitTorrent
Developers Introduce Comcast Busting Encryption
- Wired
Copyright this - LA Times
Bands'
sales are feeling the 'Guitar Hero' effect
- USA Today
MySpace's
Nutty "Hulu For Music" Plan
- AlleyInsider
Imeem
Acquires Snocap - TechCrunch
ASCAP
sees increase in royalty receipts amid industry downturn
Up
Close: RCRD LBL Co-Founder And CEO Peter Rojas
- FMQB
Musicians
sue Universal Music for lost royalties
- Reuters
'Net
neutrality' bill introduced
- MSNBC
Canadian DMCA On Hold? - Michael Geist
Business
coalition opposes harsh copyright reform - CBA
YouTorrent
Interview - Slyck
HD-DVD
Death Made Official. Downloads To Kill Blu-Ray Next.
- Wired
EU
commissioner: Let’s extend music copyrights to
95 years.
Ars: 50 years is plenty
Tagoo
Emerging as the Russian Napster? - Wired
White
House objects to plan for .gov P2P security - News.com
Music
industry: 'Make file sharing legal'
- Local
Blog,
social network buzz correlates to better album sales
- ARS
Mininova
Launches Music Torrent Streaming - TorrentFreak
Rob
Zombie on The Record Industry: “overstuffed, overpaid
dinosaurs"
The
life and crimes of the music biz
- Guardian
Timbaland
releases first 'mobile only' album
- Times
Ailing
music biz calls for overhaul
- Variety
House
approves MPAA-backed college antipiracy rules
- News.com
Comcast tweaks Terms of Service in wake of throttling
uproar - ARS
Visions
of an online music cartel? - News.com
Back
in the groove - FT
Record
labels can't win for losing - Globe and Mail
PRO-IP
Act is dangerous and unnecessary, say industry groups
- ARS
Google
saves the music industry? - LA Times
Want
Better Music? Don't Stiff the Songwriters
- Wired
RIAA
boss: Move copyright filtering from ISPs to users’
PCs - ARS
Aretha the latest to go Indie
- Variety
Pirated
by iTunes, Artist Turns to BitTorrent
- TorrentFreak
Major
labels 'face DoJ antitrust probe'
- The Reg
Verizon
Rejects Hollywood’s Call to Aid Piracy Fight
- NY Times
Share
files with Twitter via Twittershare
- P2PBlog
Artists' best interests? RIAA presses for lower royalties
- ARS Tech
Music
websites are fighting to be free - USA Today
Fight
for control at SXSW - Austin360
Copy
a CD, owe $1.5 million under "gluttonous"
PRO-IP Act
- ARS
Court
delivers a blow to record cos on internet piracy
- The Times
Copyright
Royalty Board to Determine New Mechanical Royalty Rate
NY
Daily News, EMI To Offer Free Downloads To Readers
- PaidContent
Judge
accuses RIAA of ‘gamesmanship’
- P2PNet
Norwegian
Broadcasting (NRK) makes popular series available DRM-free
via BitTorrent - NRKBeta
Torrentz
Introduces Verified Torrents More New Features
- TorrentFreak
Facebook
Apps Dying, MySpace Opening to Them -
Softpedia
P2P users blast Comcast in FCC proceeding - ARS
Tech
TechSpin:
The Downloading Battle Heats Up - Red Herring
Chicago,
the Next Austin - The Reader
Qtrax
jumped gun on online deal, labels say - LA Times
MPAA
‘300% error’ continues to multiply -
P2PNet
SeeqPod
IPhone Button Allows Instant Access to Free Music
- Wired
Debating
copyright reform: time for compulsory licenses?
- ARSTech
MPAA
Admits Mistake on Downloading Study
_AP
Electronic
Arts to Offer 'Battlefield Heroes' As Free Download
- ZeroPaid
New
Online Music Community Web Site
AT&T,
P2P Filtering, and the Consumer
- Slyck
Troubling "Digital Theft Prevention" Requirements
Remain in Higher Education Bill
- EFF
Proposed
EU ISP filtering and copyright extension shot down
- ARSTech
Indie
filmmakers, '3D is now open' - News.com
Rebranding
the RIAA - The Reg
'Rock
Band' pumps up music sales - USAToday
Thanks
to YouTube, Professors Are Finding New Audiences -
Chronicle
How
Pirates Will Change The Entertainment Industry
- TorrentFreak
Sundancers
are Web-conscious - News.com
A
Bit Torrent for Cars?
- ZeroPaid
AT&T,
P2P Filtering, and the Consumer
- Slyck
From
MySpace to YourSpace - NYTimes
Software
Morphs Rapper Prodigy Into Global Cipher
- Wired
"I
Wouldn't Steal": European Greens advocate file-swapping
- ARSTech
RIAA wiped off the net - The Reg
Filmmakers
on the cutting edge - News.com
U2 3D Brings Hyperreal Arena Rock to the Multiplex
- Wired
Canadian
Privacy Commissioner: Just say no to intrusive DRM
- ARSTech
YouTube
film contest winner revels in Web's possibility
- News.com
Rebranding
the RIAA - The Reg
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