Compilações: músicos pedem quatro mil milhões de euros às editoras

As grandes editoras enfrentam um processo de indemnizações no Canadá por compilações que envolvem 300 mil faixas. Continuar...

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EMI Launches the First Major Label Blog

The first major label blog, The In Sound From Way Out, has been launched. EMI Australia has a smartly designed blog that promotes EMI signed artists and includes audio and video streams, tour dates and links to sites with mp3 downloads. It’s such a good idea, that it’s surprising how none of the other major labels have started their own blogs to promote their wares yet. This is 2009, how archaic can they possibly be? Continue reading...

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EMI Music and Project Playlist Strike Deal

EMI Music and Project Playlist have reached an agreement to add the label’s catalog to the music-sharing service, ending EMI’s involvement in a multi-party lawsuit for copyright infringement filed against Project Playlist. Sony BMG signed a similar deal in December, and Owen Van Natta, the chief executive of Playlist said:

“This partnership will provide us with a wide-ranging selection of content to satisfy our users? appetites to share and purchase music.”

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EMI’s Head of Digital Music Leaves After 11 Months

EMI Music’s head of digital music, Douglas Merrill, is leaving the company only 11 months after the decision to trade his previous position as Google’s chief information officer to join the music label in April 2008. Continue reading...

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EMI Files Suit Against Music Search Engine Seeqpod

EMI and Capitol Records are suing music search engine SeeqPod for copyright infringement in New York. Seeqpod doesn’t host tracks, but provides a search index and player for them, and despite the lawsuit, says that it will continue business as usual. Read more...

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Beatles Still Offline, EMI Loses Money, DJ Hero, Lala

Why the Beatles haven’t made their catalogue available online, EMI reports massive losses for the first half of 2008, DJ Hero is confirmed by Guitar Hero publisher Activision and new online music service Lala combines iTunes with social networking features. Check out the round up: Continue reading...

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EMI set to release Ben Harper on Vinyl

EMI Music is continuing with their vinyl campaign, with a planned release of Ben Harper’s Virgin Records catalog on February 24th. Nine albums have been restored, with Harper’s supervision, for the limited edition, 180 gram vinyl format. Read more...

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