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THE ROLE PLAYED BY SEARCH ENGINES IN ENABLING COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Jakomi Mathews gives his opinion on the BPI’s recent copyright complaint against Google.
Exclusive Interview: Fred McIntyre, VP Product, CBS Interactive
In this interview Chris McLellan discusses strategy with Fred McIntyre, VP of Product at CBS Interactive and new man in charge at Last.Fm
“The Google Tax”: Can Cultural Pluralism Be Saved By The Advertising Algorithm?
This past week has been focusing on France, one of the most controversial and aggressive governments in terms of music piracy. First, the Three-Strikes HADOPI Law that was supposed to come to fruition on 1st January was reported to experience setbacks in terms of the country’s privacy watchdog. The Commission nationale de l’informatique et des [...]
Can You Harness The Power Of Free In Your Business
Fraser Neilson examines the power of Free and how it can be harnessed to work for the music business.
Myspace sets sights on TV
The social phenomenon that has taken our laptops, phones, and PCs by storm may soon be pervading our precious televisions as well. MySpace has officially launched its TV widget on The Widget Channel application framework co-developed by Intel and Yahoo! allowing users to interact with MySpace directly from their television sets. The release was made [...]
Are ISPs thieves of music in the digital realm?
Following on from Paul McGuinness’s speech at the music matters conference in Hong Kong last week where ISPs were likened to “Shoplifters” I would like to take this opportunity to examine the issues at stake. It is crystal clear that without the illegal sharing of music and other rich media content on the internet, there would be little driving the ever-increasing consumer demand for faster broadband speeds, which ISPs profit from. In the UK the government has warned both industries that if they cannot come to mutual agreement it will legislate. Despite this threat the ISPs have remained steadfastly against coming to the table. Why?







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...


