Music Industry Back In Slump
From The Hollywood Reporter: "…At the beginning of this year, industry observers were saying that U.S. album sales appeared to have bottomed out. Indeed, 2004 started auspiciously, and sales for. Continue reading
Jazzfest Swings To New Media
From the New Orleans Times Picayune: "When Jimmy Buffett performed at the Mahalia Jackson Theatre of the Performing Arts on Wednesday night, the New Orleans audience wasn’t the only one. Continue reading
US Supreme Court To Hear P2P Case
The Supreme Court said on Friday that it will hear a case deciding whether file sharing services like Grokster and StreamCast Networks can be held liable for the copyright infringement. Continue reading
Three Net Companies Join Forces To Break Indy Acts
Many Music 2.0 convention attendees recently attended a live concert performance by Geoff Byrd, an indie artist sponsored by MSN, Garageband, and Live365. The three net companies have joined together. Continue reading
New Service TrakHeadz.com Distributes Promo Tracks To DJ’s Digitally
From Music Dish Network By The G-Man For all the hype surrounding digital distribution, nearly all initiatives have revolved around the distribution of music directly to fans for pay or. Continue reading
FTC P2P Workshop Make Little Progress
"As the Federal Trade Commission’s two-day workshop exploring peer-to-peer technology ended Thursday, both sides in the debate expressed a willingness to work together but found little common ground." "The FTC. Continue reading
Net Radio On Your Cell Phone Getting Closer
In the kind of technological advance that we have been predicting that will lead internet radio on your cell phone ComputerWeekly.com reports that Cingular Wireless plans to offer 3G mobile. Continue reading
Shawn Fanning’s Snocap Launches Paid P2P Clearinghouse
From The Hollywood Reporter: "…Shawn Fanning, known as a founder of Napster, publicly unveiled his legal peer-to-peer management platform called Snocap. Fanning described it as a music registry that would. Continue reading
New CARP Legislation Becomes Law
From another great article from Kurt Hanson’s RAIN newsletter written by Kurt and Paul Maloney; "President Bush on Tuesday signed into law H.R. 1417, the measure which does away with. Continue reading
XM On Your Cell Phone
FMQB Reports: XM Satellite Radio CEO Hugh Panero told Reuters that he believes cell phones and satellite radio will converge within the next five years. And with ringtones, ringbacks and. Continue reading
