Filed in archive Companies
by Marc on February 28, 2006
Soribada, a Korean P2P developer, will convert to an authorized paid service on April 1. The settlement includes a $8.75 million fine. Soribada launched in 2000 with a server-based architecture like...
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Filed in archive Companies
by Marc on February 27, 2006
Sprint, which launched the first U.S. mobile music store in October, has reached one million mobile music sales. Songs are $2.50 each and downloaded over the carrier's wireless network direct to...
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Filed in archive Innovation
by Marc on February 26, 2006
Yahoo! Music VP and GM David Goldberg spoke on the need for innovative digital music marketing and the problems with DRM at the iHollywood Forum Music 2.0 conference. He compared digital music...
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Filed in archive Analysis
by Marc on February 24, 2006
The good news: Research company Ipsos Insight reported that over half of US digital music downloaders have paid for the music. About 25 million downloaders have paid, 11 million in the past month....
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Filed in archive MP3 Players
by Marc on February 24, 2006
Buying or selling an iPod? Mpire Researcher has an excellent site where you can find the best prices on iPods and iPod accessories on eBay. The service collects a range of valuable information on the...
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Filed in archive Apple
by Marc on February 23, 2006
Apple licensed-music service iTunes broke one billion songs sold three years after opening. Alex Ostrovsky from West Bloomfield, Michigan bought the billionth song and won a 20-inch iMac, 10 iPods,...
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Filed in archive Companies
by Marc on February 22, 2006
Music lovers can take a pass on this article, because this is about sports. But the lesson here is the same. Don't artificially limit consumers. That's bad marketing and insulting. The ESPN...
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Filed in archive Events
by Marc on February 22, 2006
SXSW is providing 3GB of free band music and film trailers though Bit Torrent P2P for the public to check out the acts and videos prior to the event. The content includes 83 film trailers and 713...
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Filed in archive People
by Marc on February 21, 2006
For an alternative viewpoint, listen to Tony Brummel, foudcer and CEO of indie label Victory Records. "Apple/iTunes do not care about independent labels or, for that matter, the record industry....
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Digital backups are now illegal ... Or so RIAA now claims. There appears to be no end to their monopolistic zeal to control how you can use the media you buy. And they have the lobbying power to...
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Filed in archive Music
by Marc on February 20, 2006
Yes, Virginia, there is legally free music you can download that is in the public domain. At least until Disney passes a new law that extends the copyright duration to 1,000 years. Wikipedia has a...
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Filed in archive Technology
by Marc on February 19, 2006
P2POD is another home entertainment center like LamaBox and MuViBOXX, previously reported here. P2POD is offered by AHT International BV in Stellendam, the Netherlands. The device outputs to both...
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Filed in archive Technology
by Marc on February 19, 2006
Tinkerer Nathan True shows how to build your own Wireless Music Player. This truly is for hardcore programmers only with lots of time on their hands. True writes: It's a problem many of us are...
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Filed in archive Technology
by Marc on February 17, 2006
The Content Reference Group, led by Microsoft and Universal Music Group, is touting a smart DRM solution, using what they call a reference file, an intentionally nebulous term. I assume it's a...
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This digital entertainment analysis reminds us that half the world isn't online, which can present interesting opportunities. Robert X. Cringely, one of our favorite tech analysts, sees offline...
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Here is more DiaRIAA. David Berlind, executive editor at ZDNet, calls music industry-mandated DRM (Digital Rights Management) CRAP in this video. CRAP stands for Content, Restriction, annulment, and...
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Podcasting isn't just for your mp3 player. Phones now have sufficient storage and intelligence to handle subscribed audio and video content. Motorola and Yahoo! announced a service and software...
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Apple has serious competition and it comes from cell phone manufacturers. Seagate and cornice manufacture hard drives for cell phones that can store a person's entire music library. Why buy an...
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cingular has launched a music recognition service called MusicID with technology from Shazam Entertainment and Musicphone. It's available via text messaging or Java application From their press...
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Filed in archive Companies
by Marc on February 14, 2006
Motorola announced broad support for Microsoft technology at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona. Microsoft technologies to be incorporated into future phones include Windows DRM, Windows Media Audio...
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Filed in archive Consumer Rights
by Marc on February 13, 2006
Save the Music Foundation is the newest program to protect consumers against the recording industry's P2P lawsuits. The program is an extension of Nettwerk's Music's support in the...
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Filed in archive MP3 Players
by Marc on February 11, 2006
Just an update for iPod Nano owners. If anybody's Nano has problems coming out of sleep mode regardless of how full the battery is and nothing will work except plugging it into a computer. There...
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by Marc on February 11, 2006
Independent music retailer CD Baby posted sales of $10.3 million in 2005, a 37% increase over 2004. $3.1 million of that was in digital format. CD Baby sells CDs and high royalties of $6 to $12 per...
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