All Entries Tagged With: "RIAA"
Pardon Me, Mr. Goebbels
Wayne Rosso takes aim at ex-rock stars not selling records any more and who have the hide to blame the internet for their woes…
Radio Ga Ga
US record labels and terrestrial radio have been battling for years now about royalty payments. When satellite radio struck a deal with the record industry a few years ago to pay royalties to the owners of master recordings in addition to the performance royalties paid to music publishers, the clock started ticking. It was only [...]
Digital Music Trends Podcast
Episode 50: This week Andrea Leonelli interviews James Clarke, CEO of Musicmetric.com. In the news, the launch of the iPhone 4 is used as an opportunity to cap “unlimited” data plans both in the US and in the UK. An update on the Limewire case from the courts. An interesting piece on the rise and [...]
How That Limewire Fine Could Fix The UK’s Budget Deficit
Here’s a solution to the budget deficit: get LimeWire to pay it. That’s because a calculation by a lawyer acting for the US’s record label representative, the RIAA, is that LimeWire – found guilty earlier this year of knowingly abetting the infringement of copyright through its peer-to-peer service – owes the RIAA some restitution for [...]
Digital Music Trends Podcast
This week on the show an interview with Gregory Kris, CEO of Decibel.net, a company that focuses on gathering rich music metadata. Also in the news: Limewire loses big time in court against the RIAA in what may be a very significant ruling, Warner teams up with Myxer, the Echo Nest partners with Play.me. And [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Musicblogocide 2010: How Doing Right Can Come Off So Wrong
This past week has been an abomination in PR for Google, starting with privacy upheaval in terms of Google Buzz’s automatic stalking…err following feature that added people you frequently IM and email without consent. Then came news that Google blog service Blogger deleted six of the biggest music blogs on its service, including their entire [...]
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 I [...]
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?
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Billboard.biz- Echo Nest, 7digital Partner For New DIY Platform September 2, 2010
- Sonos Signs Up Spotify September 2, 2010
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- Apple, Google To Clash In Music Space By Christmas September 2, 2010
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- Newfield Wireless Announces Availability of TrueCall Tax Report September 1, 2010
- Cloud Industry Forum endorses new ASA powers September 1, 2010
Whilst Apple’s app store to date has so far been a resounding success, TMV asks what are the long-term prospects for app stores in general? As usual Apple was the first to innovate in this area. However, the fact it was the key innovator in this marketplace does not preclude...
This week on the show the third installment of my series on piracy and anti-piracy that started in Episode 53 with Ben Rush, the CEO of Audiolock .net and continued in Episode 54 with Alex Jacob, Communications Manager at the International federation of the Phonographic industry. Guests on the show...