The leaking of a brand new, set to be hit album is now almost 100% inevitable. There is literally no way a record label can press so many discs in preperation for a retail release without one sneaky w…
ASCAP, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, is one of the groups that collects royalties when music tracks are played in public places, on the radio, the like. They have also mad…
With the current economic climate spelling doom and gloom for everyone around the world, it is no suprise to see EMI suffering huge losses this year, over £750million (1.2~billion USD). Physic…
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 Len…
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 f…
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 o…
