More Music Industry News: RIAA Can’t Stop BitTorrent, Spotify Thinks Big, Scholl To NBC & More
RIAA and MPAA Can’t Stop BitTorrent, Study Finds – For years RIAA and MPAA members have hired companies to attack popular BitTorrent swarms in an attempt to interfere with their downloads. According to a recently published paper by New York University researchers, these attacks are highly ineffective. At best, they slow downloads for a few minutes, something most users don’t even notice. (TorrentFreak)- Spotify’s Ek Thinks Big: Packaged Service Promises ‘A Trillion Transactions’ – Ek communicated his desire to “package” music with mobile tariffs,
ISP bundles, cable plans and with devices including TVs – a broad
long-term vision that’s often overlooked amid the current Spotify hype. (paidContent) “The key for us is getting music in to people’s existing billing habits,” he told Screen Digest’s Future of Online Media Distribution seminar. - Greg Scholl, the president and CEO of independent digital music distributor
The Orchard until he resigned a week ago, has been named president of local
media platforms for NBC Universal, PaidContent reported. (DMW) Congrats Greg! - Rumor: Apple To Switch On Sleeping FM Radio in iPhone, iPod Touch (Wired)
- Sony Premieres New 'Club Dates' Series of Music Concerts in Digital Cinema Theaters. (press release)
- Concert Vault: Free live recordings from Wolfgang's Vault on the iPhone. (CNet)
- Music Attorney Steve Gordon interviews Nettwerk's Terry McBride. (audio)
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Hilarious. I find it ironic that while they are attempting to stop all of the p2p networks, their artists are going out and making thousands of dollars in the digital age. Maybe they should stop trying to slow down progress and help move it forward. That is a simple formula, common sense, and their only opportunity to succeed.