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RECORD INDUSTRY NUGS FROM AROUND THE WEB...
SUBMIT
NEWS
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RIAA
doubles settlement cost
for students fighting subpoenas
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by : JohnEShowbiz |
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From
ARS, "Ars has learned that
the RIAA's legal campaign against
students is now built on escalating
penalties; if you force the RIAA
legal team into action, then end
up settling, you could end up paying
more than that initial $3,000. A
lot more." Read
more.
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Pandora
Cries Poverty
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by : NewsPig |
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From
NY Post, "In the latest
sign of escalating tensions, Pandora
has hired Washington DC-based lobbying
firm Parry, Romani, DeConcini &
Symms in a bid to gain traction
on Capitol Hill. The goal is to
push a a proposed bill that would
nullify industry Webcasting rates
set last spring by the Copyright
Royalty Board." Read
more.
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Q&A:
Jermaine Dupri On The Future Of
Music
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by : NewsPig |
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From
Forbes, "The setup that
comes from a record company is still
the biggest setup. If somebody independent
showed a real rollout, then I think
that it would definitely pose a
problem." Read
more.
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Copyright
law could result in police state:
critics
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by : NewsPig |
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From
CBC, "The federal government
has introduced a controversial bill
it says balances the rights of copyright
holders and consumers — but
it opens millions of Canadians to
huge lawsuits, prompting critics
to warn it will create a "police
state." Read
more.
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Will
flash memory cards emerge as the
next CD?
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by : NewsPig |
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From
Mercury News, "Within two
years, Harari predicts, this new
breed of flash albums will supplant
CDs. And within three to five years,
he says, flash cards will also supplant
DVDs, in part to better serve handhelds."
Read
more.
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Copyright
law could result in police state:
critics
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by : NewsPig |
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From
CBC, "The federal government
has introduced a controversial bill
it says balances the rights of copyright
holders and consumers — but
it opens millions of Canadians to
huge lawsuits, prompting critics
to warn it will create a "police
state." Read
more.
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Videos
feel the pinch of belt tightening
in the music industry
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by : JaGoFF |
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From
Owen Sound, "Belt-tightening
across the music business has slashed
video budgets drastically, while
TV's youngest viewers are migrating
to the Internet to find new music
through MySpace and YouTube, note
many in the business." Read
more.
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German
court: P2P lawsuits are unconstitutional
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by : JaGoFF |
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From
P2P Blog, "A German court
has recently found that the evidence
used in the country's tens of thousands
of file sharing lawsuits is obtained
in an unconstitutional way."
Read
more.
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Redesign
A First Step In
Bringing Order To The MySpace Chaos
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by : NewsPig |
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From
TechCrunch, "Los Angeles
based social network MySpace, which
has 115 million monthly visitors
worldwide (Comscore, April 2008),
will be launching a redesign of
its site next week. The first phase
of the project, internally called
“MySpace 2.0,” will
launch on Wednesday June 18."
Read
more.
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MP3
at 10
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by : NewsPig |
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From
Canada, "Device revolutionized
how and where music is played, and
the music industry itself"
Read
more.
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UPDATE:
Chicago's
Promoter Ordinance
" Why the Event Promoters Ordinance
should be rejected"
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by : JohnEShowbiz |
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Law
Professor, Henry
H. Perritt, Jr has written a
fantastic white paper entitled,
"Why the Event Promoters Ordinace
Should be Rejected" in
response to the ridiculousness of
a proposed Chicago "Promoter
Ordinance", Among his findings?
Well for one he finds it to be "UNCONSTITUTIONAL"
on many levels. For those of you
in the dark, Jim DeRogatis had the
right take on it when he called
it "a law that will pretty
much drop a bomb on Chicago’s
independent music community, if
not nuke it entirely". From
our view, this is NOT an understatement.
The entire nation's creative community
is effected by this. In the city
that helped to foster gospel, blues,
soul, rnb, house, industrial, etc...
this is completely unaccecptable.
PBS/Chicago
ran a piece on the issue last
week, if you need to catch
up.
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Other
Record Industry News From Around
The Web
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A
History of Copy Protection
- NextGen
Independents
Day: The Rise And Rise Of Independent
Music
The
Canadian DMCA - The Actual Text
- Music - Sony Rootkit Legalized
Judge
rejects music industry's promo
CD copyright claim - NetworkWorld
Copyright
bill expected to target downloading
- The Star
Atlantic
Sues Stone Temple Pilots' Weiland,
Kretz - Billboard
Warfield:
'This Bill Is Not Fair' -
RadioInk
Metallica
really wants you to dislike them
- CNET
Live
Nation's Leaders Battle Over Strategy
- WSJ
A
Bad Idea That Would Make a Worse
Law - Stereophile
Bands
Favoring Web Over Major Labels
Raid
at Detroit art gallery sows the
seeds of rebellion
- Freep
Are
musicians above working for ad
revenue?
- POPWallet
Warner
Has Lost Its Senses In Last.FM
Split
- Mashable
Secret
super-copyright treaty MEMO leaked
- BoingBoing
Coming
soon: Movies on flash memory cards
- News
Not
Music To Ears: Mobile chip piracy
rings -
Economic Times
MPAA
wants to stop DVRs from recording
some movies
- ARS
Royalty
Battle Royale Round
- -Crawdaddy
Inside
the music industry's piracy battle-
NZHerald
The vinyl war begins - MLive
Labels
Eye Variable Pricing for Digital
Downloads - PCMag
Cue
the starving artists! - Copyrightwatch
MPAA
gives two printers take-down notices
- CrunchGear
Study:
Radio Generates Billions In Music
Sales - FMQB
David
Pogue and the Economics of Free
- The Atlantic
Talent
Versus Promotion....who Wins?
Part 2 - Melodika
XM,
EMI settle portable radio lawsuit
Billy
Bragg on downloading and artists'
rights
Virgin
warns illegal downloaders: stop
or face prosecution - Independent
EMI
hires Second Life CTO to save
record industry - InfoAge
Exploring
the music industry's other alternatives
- CNET
Mainstream
Media Way Behind on DRM and DMCA
- TechDirt
The
Music Industry Gets Desperate
& Bets On Napster
- Synthtopia
Is
‘pay to play’ ever
a good idea? - NewMusicStratagies
Apple
playing catch-up on iPhone music,
says analyst - MacWorld
Top
10 Issues Facing Music 2.0
- Hypebot
The
Pirate Bay hit by $100m action
- WebUser
Senate
Votes to Reverse FCC Decision
Allowing Media Consolidation
Matt
Mason on The Pirate's Dilemma
The New Indie Music Gatekeepers?
- Bob Baker
Why
We Go to Concerts but Don't Buy
CDs - Portfolio
Music
Industry Gurus' Five Point Plan
to Save their Business
- Wired
Free
downloads pay off for musicians
- XRRF
RIAA
big fans of Limewire
- XRRF
Bands
Should Give Away Their Music With
Every Concert Ticket Sold
Despite
verdict, experts say paying for
music is passé
- Star Tribune
The
New Music Business, Part Two
- Exclaim
News
Corporation reportedly courts
US rapper with $300m offer
Andersen gets highest-ever attorney
fees award against RIAA -
ARS
Georgia
Boosts Incentives for Entertainment
Industry - DawsonTimes
Music
industry research warns of shrinking
download market - IDG
Legal
downloads fail to revive record
sales - Telegraph
CBS
Acquiring CNET For $1.8 Billion;
44.6 Percent Premium
GNR
Guitarist Bumblefoot To Make New
Song Available For Free
Best-Selling
Author Turns Piracy into Profit
- Aarthialal
P2P
Distribution Case Studies
- Clickz
Elude
your ISP's BitTorrent blockade
- PCWorld
Will
We Ever Pay for an Album Again?
- ABC
News
Music industry fights wireless
plan - BizJournals
If
music DRM is dead, the RIAA expects
its resurrection
- ARS
Dancing
to the digital tune
- Telegraph
RIAA
Encourages ISPs to Work
With Music Industry to Address
Digital Theft -
RWOnline
Imeem
Unseats Yahoo: Top U.S. Music-Streaming
Site
- Wired
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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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