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Senate
Committee OKs Domain-Name
Seizure for Pirate Websites
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by : JohnEShowbiz |
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From
Wired: "The United States
inched a procedural step closer
Thursday to becoming the world’s
internet piracy policeman."
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more.
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Hell
Freezes Over As MySpace Fully
Surrenders To Facebook
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by : NewsPig |
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From
TechCrunch, "It was just
a couple of years ago that MySpace
wasn’t all that concerned
about the fast growing Facebook.
Fast forward two years and a handful
of CEO changes, and everything has
changed." Read
more.
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INFLUENCERS
: [video]
How Trends & Creativity Become
Creative
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by : NewsPig |
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"INFLUENCERS
is a short documentary that explores
what it means to be an influencer
and how trends and creativity become
contagious today in music, fashion
and entertainment." Watch
the video
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Ticketmaster/Live
Nation finds yet
another way to pick your pocket
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by : NewsPig |
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From
Jim DeRogatis, "In the
months before the two most reviled
companies in the concert world decided
to join forces in a mega-merger
that makes them the Death Star of
Live Music, giant national concert
promoters Live Nation toyed with
thumbing their noses at Ticketmaster’s
much-hated, consumer-gouging “convenience
fees” with a number of plans
that they tested in their mid-sized
House of Blues venues." Read
more.
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US
may disable all in-car mobile phones
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by : NewsPig |
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From
the Reg, "The US government
may require cars to include scrambling
tech that would disable mobile-phone
use by drivers, and perhaps passengers."
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more.
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Why
The Music Industry Isn’t Suing
Mashup Star ‘Girl Talk’
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by : NewsPig |
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From
PaidContent, "DJ Greg Gillis,
aka Girl Talk, is arguably the most
famous “mash up” musician
around, filling up sizable venues
with his high-energy live performances.
While plenty of musicians sample
from other artists, they also pay
those artists a license fee—something
Gillis doesn’t do." Read
more.
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What
is INDIE? A look into the World
of Independent Musicians [Video
Trailer]
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by : JaGoFF |
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"At a time when independent
artists in the music industry have
more power and control over their
careers than ever before, “What
is INDIE?” tries to determine
just what it really means to be
‘indie’." Watch
the video
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Few
see Web, Hollywood like Eric Garland
(Q&A)
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by : JohnEShowbiz |
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From
CNET: Big Champagne tracks the
legal and illegal consumption of
digital media online and sells the
data mostly to music labels and
film studios. Few people possess
such a clear view of how the digital
strategies employed by entertainment
companies are faring." Read
more.
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Ultra,
Winter Music Conference
announce separate dates
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by : JohnEShowbiz
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From
Miami Herald, One of the world's
major dance music weekends will
split in two next year." Read
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Ultra,
Winter Music Conference
announce separate dates
Posted
by : JohnEShowbiz
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From
Miami Herald, One of the world's
major dance music weekends will
split in two next year." Read
more. |
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3
Major Innovations That Made Large-Scale
Music Collaboration Possible Online
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by : JohnEShowbiz
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From
Hypebot: "Central to the
founding ideology of Indaba Music
is the notion of collaboration;
they strive to empower musicians
with the means to network and make
music together. Since 2007 the website
has grown to harbor over 500,000
musicians—from amateurs, who
make music for the love of the craft,
to Grammy Award winners, who've
created music on the professional
level" Read
more. |
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