Author Archive for Wayne Rosso
Wayne provides biting, hard edged, entertaining, humorous, sometime satiric but always provocative commentary on current events and trends in the music industry.
THE FOOL ON THE HILL
Wayne Rosso provides a dynamic overview of the recently released Fred Goodman book focusing on Edgar Bronfman Jr and Warner Music
Three Strikes and You’re Out. But Then Again, Maybe Not.
Is France’s three-strike anti-piracy law really going to be effective? Wayne Rosso thinks not.
NEXT UP FOR THE PENALTY KICK—ROGER FAXON!
Wayne Rosso looks at the rate EMI goes through CEOs and comes out feeling positive in respect of new man on the job, Roger Faxon.
WHO’S MINDING THE STORE?
Wayne Rosso examines similarities between the YouTube vs. Viacom judgement and that of Grokster
Oil and Music
I’m just back from a week of meetings in London and the big topic of conversation, aside of the World Cup of course, was what I thought of the BP oil spill. Obviously it is a horrendous disaster, said I, but I began to feel that the Brits, though sympathetic to the situation, were a [...]
TRYING TO GET A BITE OF THE APPLE
Wayne Rosso analyses possible outcomes in terms of the recent investigation into Apple’s sales practices by the US Department of Justice
That Damned Iceberg
The annual NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) Convention took place last weekend in Chicago. The convention, once the most important event in the music industry, is a pathetic shadow of its former self. Back in the day, for machers like Walter Yetnikoff, Tommy Mottola, Doug Morris and Mo Ostin, attendance was required. Huge stars [...]
The Flip Side: Is Winning Really Winning?
Last week the music industry scored a decisive win in their long battle with LimeWire. It was certainly not surprising. The RIAA lawsuit was a slam-dunk from the very beginning. There was absolutely no way that LimeWire could slip through any kind of loophole. Wasn’t going to happen. Judge Kimba Wood’s ruling was interesting, and [...]
EXCLUSIVE: YouTuber CLAIMS SUMNER REDSTONE GUILTY OF INFRINGEMENT
Wayne Rosso provides some exclusive news on the YouTube/Viacom lawsuit. Some serious allegations here…
Sour Lime
The RIAA is finally about to extract its pound of flesh from LimeWire and its owner, hedge fund operator Mark Gorton. And rightly so. I remember back in the day, when we were winning the Grokster case in the lower courts, trying to talk sense to many of the other p2p operators. I had established [...]
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Billboard.biz- Google Rolls Location-Based Mobile Display Ads July 29, 2010
- Business Matters: Rolling Stones, Ustream, DMX and more July 29, 2010
- Dimensional Completes Acquisition of The Orchard July 29, 2010
- Sources: Spotify Reboots U.S. Label Negotiations July 29, 2010
- Business Matters: Lucian Grainge, Live Nation, Les Savy Fav and more July 28, 2010
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- Nuance Unveils Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 11, Simply Smarter Speech Recognition July 29, 2010
- Business Owners Need Understanding of Internet Marketing to Engage With Customers July 29, 2010
- Brits trust the web more than their friends July 29, 2010
- Google Crowned "King of Malware" – Has Two Times More Malware than Bing, Yahoo! and Twitter Combined July 28, 2010
- StrongMail Acquires Marketing Services Firms and Creates Email and Social CRM Agency Powerhouse "ThreadMarketing" July 28, 2010
Apple’s iTunes Store gave labels much-needed succour after its launch in 2003, slowing down big losses by replicating physical’s per-track purchase paradigm in digital. But now, even after many such services have abandoned copy locks, growth in downloads has largely flatlined, or even worse. The new promised land lays in...
In the second instalment of his series on piracy and anti-piracy, Andrea Leonelli interviews Alex Jacob, Communications Manager at the International Federation of the Phonographic industry – better known as the IFPI. Also, the debate organised by Music Ally on Cloud music services, which included some very interesting guests. PRS...