Tuesday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Chinese Lawsuits, Napster Chile, Yahoo Feedback & Much More
> Universal, Sony BMG Hong Kong and Warner Music
Hong Kong have launched new legal actions demanding that China’s most popular search engine Baidu remove links to illegal downloads. they say infringe
on their copyrights, according to an International Federation of the Phonographic
Industry said in a statement Monday.
- Don’t miss our ongoing series on the Music Industry In China: Part 1 – Piracy & Retail, Part 2 – Inide & Major Labels, and Part 3 – Media & Marketing with more to come.
> Napster and Ericsson have launched a joint mobile music service in Chile.
> Jupiter Research’s David Card shares his take on Yahoo sending its music subscribers to Rhapsody. Here’s mine.
> What will define Web 3.0? Personalization? (ReadWriteWeb)
> "Want Better Music? Don’t stiff the songwriters." (Wired’s Listening Post)
> How might the proposed Yahoo! merger with Microsoft effect ad-supported music? (Ad Supported Music Central)
- How do you think a merger might effect the music industry? I’m thinking about writing a commentary and would love your thoughts.
