Digital deal nudging music into living rooms
October 15, 2007
Reuters - For Real Networks' Rhapsody digital
music service, there's no place like home.
Hitachi: Hard drives are getting better
October 15, 2007
AP - Multimedia stockpilers need not worry about laptops, digital video recorders or portable music players hitting a storage capacity ceiling any time soon.
Snocap cuts staff
October 12, 2007
AP - Snocap Inc., which developed technology for buying music downloads on MySpace.com, said Friday it has cut its work force by nearly half so it can focus on a strategy to sell the company.
Billboard album reviews: Radiohead, R.E.M
October 12, 2007
Reuters - What a revelation to wake up one
morning and download a new Radiohead album that had only been
announced 10 days earlier.
Legal downloads rise by 80 percent in Britain
October 12, 2007
Reuters - Legal digital downloads of music and
video in Britain rose by 80.6 percent during the past year to
112 million pounds, researchers said on Friday.
Universal Rousing an iTunes Rebellion
October 12, 2007
PC World - The head of Universal Music Group is enlisting the support of other major record labels to launch a new music subscription service that will try to loosen Apple Inc.'s grip on the online music market, according to a news report Friday.
Universal rousing an iTunes rebellion, report says
October 12, 2007
InfoWorld - The head of Universal Music Group is enlisting the support of other major record labels to launch a new music subscription service that will try to loosen Apple's grip on the online music market, according to a news report Friday.
Spears label files Web piracy suit
October 11, 2007
Reuters - Britney Spears' music label filed a
copyright infringement suit on Thursday, accusing the popular
Internet gossip site PerezHilton.com of posting unauthorized
recordings from her forthcoming album.
Tickets play a big role in Madonna deal
October 11, 2007
AP - Madonna’s deal to abandon Warner Music for concert promoter Live Nation signals more than just a tectonic shift in the music distribution business: It shows how far Live Nation is willing to go to break the hammerlock Barry Diller’s Ticketmaster has on online concert and sporting ticket sales.
US files WTO complaint against China for limits on films, music
October 11, 2007
AFP - The United States filed its fourth WTO complaint against China, alleging that Beijing unfairly restricts imports of films, music books and other copyright-protected goods.
