Music Industry Wants

17. September 2009 | 20:39

GREED: Music Industry Wants Royalties on 30-Second Previews and TV Downloads

There’s a new dustup in the long and rocky transition to digital music publishing. This time the industry has its sights on collecting performance fees for downloads of music, film and TV as well as licensing fees for the 30-second song samples Apple uses to let iTunes customers preview tracks. CNet reports that the two major agencies in charge of collecting royalties in the U.S., ASCAP and BMI … (News Source: Mashable - 18:06:51)

Music Industry Wants Royalties From iTunes 30 Second Samples [Bad Ideas]

Dear music industry: go fuck yourself. Music royalty groups ASCAP and BMI are harassing online music stores such as iTunes to pay performance fees not only for the songs that they sell, but for the… (News Source: Gizmodo - 16:09:18)

Japanese RIAA wants server-side music DRM for mobile phones

Imagine the outrage that would occur if everyone’s iPhones and BlackBerrys wouldn’t let them play music until each song was authenticated on a DRM server as a legit purchase? Such a scenario could play out in Japan if the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has its way-the organization is pushing for an agreement with music sites that could result in every phone checking with the … (News Source: Ars Technica - 16:45:17)

UK Music claims unity on filesharing

But the industry remains divided on whether it wants filesharers to have their web access suspended The music industry claims to have reached a unified position on illegal filesharing but it remains unclear whether it will maintain its demands for persistent filesharers to be suspended from the internet. In a statement ahead of a 29 September deadline for comments in the government’s illegal … (News Source: Guardian Unlimited - 17:42:12)

Filesharing crackdown divides UK music industry

LONDON, Sept 14 - A growing rift is developing in the music industry over proposals by business secretary Lord Mandelson to crack down on persistent filesharers by suspending their broadband connections. The row has pitted big names such as Billy Bragg and Annie Lennox against record labels and the Musicians’ Union ahead of an approaching government deadline for comments in its illegal … (News Source: The Malaysian Insider - 03:13:15)

Industry tracking group says netbooks are killing PC sales

The netbook industry is now a seemingly unstoppable force in the world of consumer electronics. The diminutive, low power sipping netbooks have sold by the millions, and more and more consumers are flocking to them, attracted by the netbook’s low price and the realization that they don’t need a more expensive laptop to perform their […] (News Source: Geek.com - 08:48:58)

Online Theft Costs the Photo Industry up to $10 Billion

In contrast to illegal film and music downloads, file sharing of copyrighted images goes largely unchallenged (PRWeb Sep 17, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Vivozoom/microstock_images/prweb2898414.htm (News Source: PRWeb - 15:35:21)

UK’s premier pop music college sets up shop in Oklahoma to show the USA how to get students into jobs

Its name has long had musical associations, but the state of Oklahoma is better known for its cowboys than its boy bands. Not for much longer. Unlikely as it may seem, Oklahoma City is the newest outpost of the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) - a largely unsung British educational success story that, since 1995, has been quietly training up and securing deals for the next generation of pop … (News Source: Independent - 23:20:17)

Hungry like the Wolf

Since Beirut-born, Montreal-based musician, producer and heartthrob Karl Wolf stepped out from behind the scenes and into the limelight, the music scene has been forced to bite the bullet. “If someone is trying to make it (in the music industry) just know where you want to go,” said Wolf.[…] (News Source: Cornwall Standard Freeholder - 12:16:21)

gearpipe.org Connects with Retailers, Donates Percentage of Your Purchase to Music Education Charities

gearpipe.org, a website that helps musicians donate a percentage of their musical instrument and accessory purchases to music education charities, has been launched. (News Source: Harmony Central - 20:09:31)

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