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US Supreme Courts says music downloads are not public performances

When it comes to the online world and music you got to admit the music industry trade groups like RIAA and ASCAP are tenacious, stupid but tenacious. Recently ASCAP has been trying to convince the courts that streaming ... continue

The truth record companies don’t want to hear – pirates are biggest iTunes customers

When it comes to demonizing no-one holds a candle to the record labels and their constant assertion that pirates are the worst scum on the planet and they are costing the industry boatloads of money. This attitude has been laughed ... continue

Russian born businessman snaps up Warner Music

According to a post just showing up on The Register says that Warner Music has been bought for a price of $3.3 billion. The man behind the surprise deal is U.S. businesses man Len Blavatnik who through his ... continue

Bon Jovi: Steve Jobs “Killed” The Music Business

Steve Jobs "killed" the music business, at least that's what Jon Bon Jovi thinks. The musician recently spoke with The Times Sunday Magazine and said that the move to digital music, lead by iTunes, all but ended ... continue

Too Little, Too Late: Universal To Make CD’s Cheaper Than Digital Music

In a last ditch attempt to arrest the terminal decline in CD sales, Universal Music has decided to make CD's cheaper than digital downloads. According to AllThingsD The world’s biggest music label is pushing a plan to sell all ... continue

Good news: Universals’ copyright suit against Veoh given the arse

Universal Music Group's (UMG) copyright suit against online video provider Veoh has been dismissed, establishing a precedent that may help similar companies in the online video space. According to a media release from Veoh, the Summary Judgment ruling ... continue

Virgin’s solution to piracy not sitting well with all record companies

Well color me surprised but not all of the record companies are happy with UK ISP Virgin Media’s planned subscription service for downloading music. The UK company believes that consumers want to be ... continue

Play illegal music on cellphone and find it shut down

Word is beginning to trickle out of Japan that the country’s government and music companies are trying to get a pioneering system in place that is designed to stop unauthorized copying of music on ... continue

The farce of musicians actually getting paid

Name any trade group that claims to represent songwriters and/or musicians and they well all tell you how they are all about making sure that the musicians are getting their fair share of money ... continue

Lawyer says it’s stupid to expect DRM’d goods to work forever

In some ways you have to admire the audacity and amount of hot air that lawyers for the entertainment industry can expel. Nowhere though is this type of verbal buffoonery more apparent than the ... continue

Yet another band says thank you for pirating our song

Just last week I posted about the second largest aquarium in the world and how cool it was. Well it turns out that the song by Barcelona used in the video had been pirated. ... continue

Is there finally light at the end of the dark music industry tunnel?

The music industry in general likes to paint all young music listeners as nothing more than downloading pirates out to destroy the music business as we know it. They have been labeled as the ... continue

Study finds CD’s still popular. In related news, they still make CD’s

A British study by a music industry consulting firm has claimed that CD's are still the most popular way to consume music. According to the Music Ally Speakerbox survey 73% of people were still happy purchasing CDs rather ... continue

Piracy down, streaming up in the UK

Where are your lawsuits now, music industry? Piracy was down by roughly a third in the UK in 2008, but streaming was way up in the same period. Savvy UK teenagers are using sites like Pandora, YouTube, Grooveshark ... continue

Musicians could teach the music industry a lesson or two

While there is a lot of discussion going on in the music industry and their related trade groups on how best to keep screwing the consumer there are musicians that seem to have no ... continue

Surprise, the RIAA has a blog and yes it’s boring and biased

When one things of the Recording Industry Association of America, otherwise known among other names as the RIAA, is well known for questionable legal actions and suing old women and single mothers. The last ... continue

Music industry now wants to be paid public performance royalties for ringtones

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is pushing to receive royalties for ringtones played in public. ASCAP claims that ringtones that sounds in public constitutes a public performance, a categorization that is beyond the purchased ... continue

Court case could force one strike and you’re out on downloaders in Australia

The copyright case against Australia's second largest ISP iiNet went to court today with an interesting twist: the entertainment industry wants iiNet to disconnect customers accused of illegal downloading as soon as they are notified. The action against ... continue

Fail: Last.fm to charge for access outside US, UK and Germany

Popular CBS owned online music service Last.fm has announced that it will cease providing free access to users outside of the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. Instead, users outside these countries will have to pay ... continue

Virgin Megastores Closing All U.S. Locations

Virgin Megastores will close all of its U.S. locations this summer. The music chain will remain in business in other parts of the world as well as online. Virgin Megastores Closing There are currently six Virgin Megastores locations still ... continue

Heroes: British music stars come out in support of fans over music downloads

The days of the music industry being able to justify their actions as being in defense of artists may be coming to an end. 140 of Britain's biggest rock and pop stars have joined to form the Featured ... continue

YouTube blocking music videos in the UK after royalty negotiations break down

YouTube is blocking most music videos on the site from UK viewers after royalty negotiations broke down. YouTube said in a blog post that it would block premium music videos in the UK until it can agree to ... continue