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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.
THE ROLE PLAYED BY SEARCH ENGINES IN ENABLING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Jakomi Mathews gives his opinion on the BPI’s recent copyright complaint against Google.
Michael Jackson, and The Media
For over 40 years, Michael Jackson dominated every medium in which his music was featured. From his early days in the Jackson 5, throughout his solo career and right up to his death, he was front and center across radio, television and, later, online.
Hello Echo Closes Down Leaving Artists in the Lurch
Thanks to MusicAlly TMV learned yesterday that the Echomusic platform, touted as a dynamic integration of website, email-list, merchandise sales and fan connection tools is being closed down by its parent company Ticketmaster. TMV drills down and analyses the implications of this for artists, labels and other competing platforms.
Event Report: AIM Music Connected 2009 (London)
Yesterday TMV attended the annual AIM Music Connected event in London. The event was full to the brim for the whole day and there was good networking for all who used the opportunity to do so. TMV managed to get some juicy quotes from the keynote and panel sessions of the day, all of which [...]
Qtrax Relaunching? What About all the Lawsuits it is Facing? TMV Drills Down on Qtrax
Interestingly according to both Billboard, The Financial Times and a Qtrax press release the subsidiary of Brilliant Technologies company has re-launched in the United States. TMV finds this intriguing, especially considering the total failure of the company’s “jump-the-gun” launch at Midem in January 2008. Coming a week after ad-funded model SpiralFrog’s demise and reports of [...]
TMV Interview with Eric Nicoli, Ex-CEO & Chairman – EMI Music Group
TMV managed to get a very in-depth and frank video interview with Eric Nicoli, whilst we were at Midem in 2009. Eric mentions his hot tip music-wise, as a band called Honey Ryder who were just added to the Radio 2 Playlist last week for their 3rd single due out in early May. Eric talks [...]
Variable Pricing – What It Should Really Mean
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner at TAG Strategic has provided TMV with another post and this time he focuses on the issue of Variable Pricing and what it should entail. In TMV’s view this is an issue that should have forced Apple come to the table many years ago. Yesterday, I was quoted in the Los [...]
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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...
