French Ready To Nab 50,000 Infringements Every Day
Is The U.S. Next? Recent French vows to stop illegal file sharing have new teeth with the anti-piracy outfit Trident Media Guard being chosen to track and report illegal file-sharers. Continue reading
Spotify Payments To Artists Grow 8X
Reports coming from Swedish performing rights groups show that Spotify's payments to artists appear to be growing exponentially. Swedish songwriters association STIM spokesperson Susanne Bodin confirmed an "eightfold increase" in. Continue reading
Eminem Taps Fallen ShamWow Informercial Star To Promote “Recovery” Release
This whole “Recovery” thing seems to be working for Eminem and perhaps he’s hoping a second chance and a little 12 steppin’ will also help fallen infomercial star Vince “Sham. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: VEVO iPhone App, Ticket Slump, Facebook Fans & More
VEVO’s Location-Aware iPhone App Debuts in July (Mashable) High prices hit ticket sales. – Paul McCartney among stars suffering from dip in live music sales as experts say prohibitive prices. Continue reading
REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review
(UPDATED) Andrew Dansby asks, “Is the live album dead?” Hypebot assumes stewardship of MusicThinkTank.com. Labels tell Google to stop linking to Pirate Bay. Pandora is poised to be the Kleenex. Continue reading
10 Years Later, GarageBand.com Closes
After more than ten years of operation, the online music community Garageband.com has announced that on July 15th they are shutting down. Users can register for an account on the social. Continue reading
Sound Exchange Distributes Record $54.8M
SoundExchange announced that it will distribute $54.8 million to artists and right holders for the second quarter of 2010. It's a record for the non-profit performance rights organization appointed by. Continue reading
PRS’ Will Page Weighs In On Too Much Debate
(UPDATE 2) In response to my recent essays on music choice, Will Page, Chief Economist at UK performing rights society PRS for Music, sent over this video from a few. Continue reading
Friendly Music: Add Legal Songs To Online Video
Friendly Music, an online store that allows users to buy copy-protected songs for use in online videos for $1.99 a piece, has launched. The fee enables video creators to non-commercial,. Continue reading
RouteNote Launches Cheaper Digital Distribution
Through August 31 of this year, UK based RouteNote is running a launch promotion for their Premium digital music distribution platform. Instead of paying a yearly fee and keeping 100% of revenues,. Continue reading