In January, Apple and the music industry seemed to be on good terms. With the removal of copyright protection software (DRM), and the renegotiation of pricing on iTunes, the scenario was heartening. But now, discussion over the specific timing of these changes has sparked renewed antagonism between the two giants. Read more...
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2.2.09
Apple Strong-Arms Music Industry
31.1.09
Spotify gets ‘Restricted’ by Major Labels
Spotify posted on their blog that their music catalogue will be reduced in quantity and some tracks will be removed for certain countries. The free streaming music service is being bullied by the major labels to restrict their distribution and although Spotify is compiling, they are not happy about it. From the blog:
Continue reading...“These restrictions are a legacy from when most music was sold on tapes and CDs and they have continued over into streaming music, our hope is that one day restrictions like this will disappear for good.”
28.1.09
Nokia 5800 Xpress Music Competes with iPod
The Nokia 5800 is literally changing the market. Since its European launch in October 2008, the Finnish manufacturer announced over 1 million units shipped, showing that mobile phones might soon be replacing popular mp3 players, like the iPod, for music listener’s needs. Continue reading...
21.1.09
Subscription-Based Unlimited Music on Cell Phones
‘Come With Music’ (CWM) is Nokia’s newest foray into the music business. At this year’s MIDEM, the world’s largest music industry trade fair, Nokia advertised that handset users who subscribe to CWM will have unlimited access to millions of tracks for download. Continue reading...
Isle Of Man to get unlimited legal music Downloads
Citizens of the self-governing Isle of Man might be able to legally download unlimited music from the Internet. The Isle Of Man Government e-Business Division has announced that they are trying to reach an agreement with the major labels that would introduce a compulsory blanket license for music downloads. Read more...
20.1.09
RIAA, ISP’s Lead Music Providers, IFPI
The Recording Industry Association of America drops a “John Doe” case, Internet Service Providers are also the top music providers, and the International Federation of Phonographic Industry report reveals more about Internet piracy. All in today’s Tech Round Up! Continue reading...
16.1.09
Rock Band Wii, Warner Music, Wikipedia
Rock Band Wii gets its own music store, how Warner Music killed Facebook music, and Wikipedia gets ready for a digital media explosion, all in today’s Round Up! Continue reading...
15.1.09
User-Created Youtube Videos get Muted
As previously reported by Mashable, YouTube has started muting videos that utilize unauthorized copyrighted music, which encompasses most user-created videos. Affected clips have an official notice underneath declaring unauthorized content, here is the clip pictured. However, the Youtube official blog states that they are giving users the option to mute their own videos, rather than automatically taking them down. Continue reading...
Music Label Partners with Torrent Site
Open Your Eyes Records is working with What.cd, a site that distributes torrent files, to use peer-to-peer technology as their method of distribution. A bizarre twist for music industry rationale, this may prove to be a new way to deal with file-sharing sites, while taking advantage of their powerful distribution. Continue reading...
14.1.09
Guitar Hero III first game to reach $1 billion in sales
Publisher Activision has made over $1 billion with a single title, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, becoming the first video game ever to reach that mark in sales. A year after Activision announced that the entire franchise Guitar Hero had surpassed $1 billion, yet another record is set by the video-game industry. Continue reading...
13.1.09
New Software Predicts the Next Hits
The newest software from Diagnos, dubbed Hitlab, can calculate if your song is a hit or not! Comparing 78 variables, like chord progressions and vocal timbre, with the top Billboard hits of the past six years, the algorithm gives tracks what they call a Dynamic Hit Score. Hitlab founder, Tomas Gauthier, says top-scoring tracks are also the top-selling ones on Apple’s iTunes music store 70% to 80% of the time. Continue reading...iTunes Plus Arrives Without Copy-Protection
Apple has launched iTunes Plus, highlights include tracks without copy-protection, high quality 256 kbps AAC encoding and cross-platform support. Read more...
10.1.09
TV’s Will Get Internet, 3-D and Power-Saving
At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Thursday, Jan. 8, several television manufacturers announced that some of their models will show video from Internet streaming services. Two other new features were shown for the top-tier TV models: improved handling of fast-moving scenes and a reduction of power use. Read more...
8.1.09
Norwegian Beatles Podcasts Yanked
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) has removed 212 Beatles podcasts, due to a rights agreement violation with music-label trade group IFPI. Each podcast, from the radio series “Our Daily Beatles”, aired in 2007, featured a different song from the Beatles repertoire, and the series would have effectively given the entire collection away for free.
The NRK had announced on Tuesday that they would make the entire series available for download by the end of the month, and 14 episodes even made it online. However, complications arose after it was revealed in NRK’s rights agreement that the IFPI only allows podcasts from shows broadcasted in the previous four weeks.
3.1.09
Album Sales Drop in 2008
In 2008, album sales went down in contrast to the digital business, which showed growth but also slowed in comparison to last year.
Reuters reports that total album sales fell 14 percent to 428.4 million units during the 52-week period ended December 28. This follows the downward trend for the industry in the since 2000. This year, the industry as a whole faced an economic recession. Although digital downloads have gained ground over the years, digital track sales rose 27 percent to a record 1.07 billion units, but the growth was slower than the 45 percent jump in 2007.
But what do they expect people to do when times are tough?Read more...
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