He’s Baaaaaack! – Hans Pandeya

Last week CNET reporter Greg Sandoval decided to mosey on down to the Digital Music Forum East in Manhattan to cruise around for a news story. Evidently there wasn’t a lot of hard breaking news, but sure enough Sandoval was able to find the one diamond in the rough. This is what he reported:

NEW YORK–Hans [...]

Pigs Fly – Music Biz Disses Shysters

Shy’ster n. 1. A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way. – Webster’s Dictionary
Last October I wrote about the German firm DigiRights Solutions (DRS) that was pushing a scheme that would turn busting file sharers into a profit center for content owners. Naturally [...]

EMI Crashes £1.75 Billion Into The Red

EMI, the music group behind artists ranging from Pink Floyd to Katy Perry and country and western band Lady Antebellum, crashed £1.75bn into the red last year, according to figures released by the company on Friday 5th February.
The loss is one of the biggest black holes ever seen in a private equity-backed business and threatens [...]

More RIAA Trial Troubles, How To Settle With A Rebel

Cassandra Callais looks at the ongoing Thomas-Rasset case and ponders – how can the industry deal with serial rebels?

The Russians Are Back

A few years ago the hugely popular AllofMP3.com, a Moscow-based service that undercut iTunes by enormous margins, was the bane of the major record labels. Not only did they undercut iTunes by massive margins, but you could also buy the entire Beatles catalog for about a buck an album. As a result, AllofMP3 became the [...]

ISPs, RIAA and FCC in the US: Acronyms and Anarchy

Cassandra Callais examines the general disarray concerning the ISPs, Labels, and various government agencies!

Bringing Home The Bacon

My favorite news story of the week broke last Friday. A 26-year-old kid named Allan Ellis was cleared of conspiracy to defraud the music industry—whatever that means. A jury of 12 unanimously voted a “not guilty” verdict after a 2-week trial at the Teesside Crown Court in the UK.
There were a lot of colorful accusations [...]

Ten For 2010. Yep, It’s Prediction Time.

This post was co-written by Chris McLellan and Cassandra Callais, both of whom predict that annoying blog prediction posts will implode as a format in the year 2019.

As we begin a brand new decade TMV peers into its crystal ball to see what the future holds for the music industry. Last year saw us score [...]

imeem executives walk away with golden handshakes whilst leaving artists high and dry

Jakomi Mathews does some digging and finds out that seinor Imeem executives walked away with between $7 – $9 million in earnouts, despite leaving artists high and dry…

My Christmas Wish List

As I sit here at the end of an eventful year, it feels like we’ve made a lot of progress in digital music, but we have such a long way to go. My wish is that the gains we’ve made are the basis for the digital music landscape we’ve all dreamed of.
Digital services and devices [...]