Market research company, the NPD Group, said that Apple Mac laptops have grown to garner 17% of reseller retail sales. Apple ranks third behind only HP and Toshiba, and ahead of Dell, Gateway, and...

Hollywood has longed resented Apple's distribution power. iTunes is so dominant that Apple has been able to set pricing and terms. The entertainment industry is fighting back by supporting other...

Universal Music Group jumped past rival EMI and juggernaut Apple to sell digital music without DRM (Digital Rights Management) to consumers. The files will be in open MP3 format that can be used on...

Rolling Stone published an in-depth feature on The Record Industry's Decline. Now that a new generation of executives is driving the record companies, they can admit what everyone else has known...

If the music biz thinks its declining business will get easier, it's dead wrong. To the contrary, it's a harbinger for the rest of the digital entertainment sector. That's the conclusion...

What are the prospects for the P2P industry and music and video distribution now that the legal issues have been decided by the Supreme Court? As I've previously written, the ongoing litigation...

It makes sense. Music without restrictions should be more popular. But is that what really happens? Yes, so far. EMI says that sales for music without DRM is significantly better than sales with it...

Adult entertainment DVD sales and rentals dropped for the first time to $3.6 billion in 2006 from $4.2 billion in 2005, according to industry trade magazine AVN. From the sales drop to the rise in...

Leading online music store eMusic with has driven song prices down as low as 25¢ if you max out their song bundles. eMusic offers over two million tracks, all in open MP3 format. But many labels...

This article is part of a series on the changing music business. 1. Weakly Album Sales 2. It's Not About the Album 3. Album Sales Are Like US Box Office 4. EMI Sale: The Continuing Destruction of...

This article is part of a series on the changing music business. 1. Weakly Album Sales 2. It's Not About the Album 3. Album Sales Are Like US Box Office 4. EMI Sale: The Continuing Destruction of...

This article is part of a series on the changing music business. 1. Weakly Album Sales 2. It's Not About the Album 3. Album Sales Are Like US Box Office 4. EMI Sale: The Continuing Destruction of...

Open wireless Internet like WiFi represents a huge threat to RIAA. It's virtually impossible to track and identify WiFi users. Wireless users typically share the same IP address. The Internet...

This article is part of a series reviewing the AnywhereCD bundled CD+MP3 album store. 1. Anywhere(CD) But Here (Warner Music). 2. Anywhere(CD) But Singles. 3. Anywhere(CD) is Better Than Nowhere. 4....

A federal judge ruled that online music services from companies like Apple, RealNetworks, and Yahoo do no have to pay a performance fee when a customer downloads a digital song. The music...

Is a music download a public performance? That defies logic. But songwriters through the three major music performing rights clearinghouses - ASCAP, BMI and SESAC - would have it so. ASCAP filed suit...

The music business is changing. Digital downloads have empowered consumers who have turned their back on CDs and albums. Industry sales have stagnated. Successful record labels will have to...

A band's MUSIC should not be a brand. With that clarification, I refer readers to Bob Lefsetz's commentary below. A band's BUSINESS however better be a brand. The corporate manager and...

Bob Lefsetz reader Thomas Wironen writes that music is a service, not a product, and P2P is both the problem and solution. I agreed and have long written on this. My only clarification is on the...

Eliot Van Buskirk argues that technology and competition may finally kill DRM. The most compelling reason is "The labels want Apple's dominance to end, and MP3 looks like the only way to...