Music Industry News: Jammie Thomas In Court, Annual Zune Pass, Doug Morris, Spotify & More
- Losing Steam: Why Digital Track Sales Are Flat. (Huff)
- Stats don't support hype: Digital music is ailing. (cnet)
- BitTorrent Still Dominates Global Internet Traffic. (Torrentfreak)
- MOG’s figures not too strong, despite CEO’s optimism. (MusicAlly)
More Music Industry News & Commentary:
- BigChampagne's building a social music chart. (Fortune)
- The Doug Morris Farewell Tour. (waynerusso)
- Why Netflix Won (And Why Digital Music Start-Ups Can’t) (Pakman)
- Google’s Indian Music Service Not Quite A Prelude To A Subscription Offer. (PC)
- Microsoft has just launched a $150 annual Zune Pass to coincide with its Windows Phone 7 launch (effective in the US, UK, Spain, Italy, France).
- Jammie Thomas-Rasset and the RIAA are careening towards their third trial – that's right – on November 1st, after a judge denied a motion by Thomas for reconsideration on Constitutionality grounds.
- Ustream will soon allow users to create pay-per-view and ad-free broadcasts.
- Metric goes truly indie and reaches the mainstream anyway. (NJ)
- Want Spotify in the US and beyond? Now you can with Spotify Worldwide. (TNW)
- Universal Claiming Dancing Baby Video Not An Obvious Case Of Fair Use. (TechDirt)
- Sony Retiring Cassette Walkman in Japan: Sony retiring cassette Walkman in Japan but production to continue overseas. (AP)
- Is Zune dying, or more important than ever? (Cnet)
- The New Report Card. (TuneCore)
- Tin Ears Tuning In: Alex Ross’s Listen to This. (MM)
- Facebook touts encryption as solution to security flaw. (Ars)
- Pincus: In Five Years, Connections Will Be To Each Other, Not The Web; We’ll Be Dial Tones. (TechCrunch)