Seymour Stein, Vice-President at Warner Music Group and founder of Sire Records, from the Globe and Mail (via Coolfer).
“We blew it. The first major music labels were all phonograph manufacturers, but by the time the Beatles came along, most companies were no longer involved in the hardware. Had we remained in control of the hardware, we wouldn’t be hurting as much as we are now. And the iPod would be ours.”
What? The major labels controlling music hardware?
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The Faint's latest tour promoting the new album "Fasciination" allowed for a stop at the high profile Lux disco in downtown Lisbon, Portugal on December 4th. With a wide repertoire, spanning almost a decade of hit albums, The Faint smashed even the highest expectations, with non-stop electronic dance rhythms and faithful presentation of their studio quality tracks.
The U.S. Government sued Sony Music Entertainment on Wednesday, claiming that Sony accepted registrations on its Websites from under-13 users, without parental consent. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
The music company’s public relations representative has not commented, but the civil suit said Sony Music was in violation of the children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, which is enforced by the Federal Trade Comission. Furthermore, the lawsuit said documentation on Sony Music’s Website did not disclose how it collected and used registration information.
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Coldplay vocalist, Chris Martin, commented for the first time about Joe Satriani’s plagiarism accusations. The guitarist has sued the band, claiming that Coldplay’s single “Viva La Vida” is a song of his own from 2004, originally entitled “If I Could Fly“.
In an inteview with NME, Chris Martin expressed his state of mind, “I do feel a bit upset about it because I wrote the song. But, you know, these things happen.”
“Forgive me for having a Kanye West moment”, writes Trent Reznor on the Nine Inch Nails website, also announcing a pause in live performances with the band.
In the post, which already has a couple thousand comments, Trent Reznor criticizes the record industry. According to Reznor, the label impeded him from filming his latest tour in 3D.
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Joe Satriani commented, for the first time, on suing Coldplay for allegedly plagiarizing his song “If I could Fly”.
In an interview for Music Radar, Satriani clarifies that he only is taking the case to court because, at this point, Coldplay has ignored him.
Full article at Beatcrave.com...
The Grammy Awards nominations announcement on December 3rd this year was made into a fully-fledged TV production, supposedly to garner more sales for the music industry. However, reports from Nielsen Media Research show that the “Grammy Nominations Concert Live!” telecast on CBS was anything but the ratings chart topper expected.
Full article at Beatcrave.com...
Wikipedia administrators noticed a sudden surge in edits on December 4th from content filters of at least 6 major UK Internet Services. As of Sunday morning, British web surfers were unable to view the encyclopedia’s article on the mid-1970’s Scorpions album Virgin Killer. The album’s cover art was flagged as ‘child pornography’ by theInternet Watch Foundation, which is funded by the EU and the UK government, and has the support of many ISPs and online institutions in the UK.
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