UK Managers Forum Backs Flat Fee Unlimited Downloads As Answer To Piracy
The British music industry seems obsessed with battling piracy, but the various armies in the fight aren't close to agreeing on the same attack plan. The government is hoping that. Continue reading
You Tube Continues New Feature Roll Out
Nothing earth shattering this week, but worth noting from the YouTube blog: Personalized recommendations on the homepage: Recommendations for you aren't just for users with accounts anymore. Now everyone can. Continue reading
Metallica To Offer Single Track Live Downloads
Launched in March 2004, livemetallica.com has sold downloads of full live sets of Metallica’s concerts. 300,000 laters, the band has responded to fan demands to purchase single tracks from the. Continue reading
Movie Exec Gives “How To Be A Pirate” Lecture
Some major label execs make it too easy to to make fun of them – excessive bonuses and lifestyles as their businesses crumble, as well as, a lack of understanding. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: EU Tackles Licensing, Pirate Bay Sale Stalls & More
EU to tackle licensing of digital online music. – The European Union will propose changes to copyright rules this month that have prevented online music stores, including Apple's iTunes, from. Continue reading
Spotify Goes Offline
Beginning later today, Spotify Premium subscribers will be able to select their playlists and set them to be 'Available offline'. Those playlists will then be synced to the computer so. Continue reading
More On Changes At The Orchard
Staffers shared privately with Hypebot that CEO Greg Scholl's exit and yesterday's layoffs came as a complete surprise to most inside the company and were a big hit to moral.. Continue reading
Twitter Tests New Feature. Are You On The List?
Twitter is beta testing a new feature called Lists with limited number of users before a wider roll out. The motivation behind Lists is the realization that once you start. Continue reading
New Ad Supported Music Downoad Site FreeAllMusic.com Gets Seed Funding
PLUS A Q & A With CEO Richard Nailling Free All Media has secured seed funding to launch its FreeAllMusic.com ad supported free digital music service in late 2009. The. Continue reading
MySpace Music Shares Strong Stats, Adds Australia
MySpace Music shared some strong U.S. August stats yesterday. From Nielsen Netview – MySpace Music unique users have grown 169% since launch in September 2008 and 1472%, year-over-year The site. Continue reading
