BtiTorrent Adds Windows DRM. Warner Music Group’s Kaplan Says NO!
Even as the industry is moving towards mp3’s and less DRM, BitTorent Inc. (flush with new venture dollars and the purchase of UTorrent) is surprisingly working it into their system.. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Friday December 8th, 2006
> Apparently former Columbia Records President Will Botwin will join Coran Capshaw’s Red Light empire, overseeing both the ATO label and management companies based in the N.Y.C. Reach him @. Continue reading
Could FreedomMP3’s Slightly Restricted MP3’s Be The Answer?
PassAlong’s new FreedomMP3 technology enables seller created rules-based systems that allow consumers to transfer music to other PCs and play songs on portable players including iPods and MP3-enabled cell phones. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: eMusic’s CEO Reacts To Major Label MP3 Experiments
HYPEBOT: Do you believe the Norah Jones mp3 download is an isolated experiment or that EMI and other majors will embrace mp3’s in the near future? DAVID PAKMAN: I believe. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Thursday November 7th, 2006
> Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. expects mobile music and videos to outstrip Apple’s iTunes as the premier source for digital music and videos. Bronfman also hopes that. Continue reading
EMI Adds Norah Jones & More To MP3 Experiment
Unrestricted mp3’s of new EMI singles from Norah Jones and Christian rockers Relient K are now being sold via Yahoo! Music. Last It week we broke the news of EMI’s. Continue reading
Zune Slips To #5 As Player Wars Heat Up
Zune slipped to 5th place in the race for portable player sales in the all important shopping week after Thanksgiving. It’s not good news for Microsoft and comes after deep. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Wednesday’s December 6th, 2006
> IODA digital distribution has added Dave Mathews owned ATO, Koch, Barnaby, Ecstatic Piece and blues label Blind Pig to it’s growing label roster. (press release) > Veteran Philadelphia area. Continue reading
Azureus Leads BitTorrent In Broadly Competitive Field
The controversial official BitTorrent application was found on only 2.76% of desktop computers worldwide in October while BitTorent client Azureus could be found on 3.2% . The rest of the. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Business Briefing For Tuesday December 4th, 2006
> WMG‘s head Edgar Bronfman Jr. admits his seven kids download music illegally. (video and transcript via Reuters Second Life) Please, please send the RIAA police to his house. Pretty. Continue reading
Windows Media, iTunes and Limewire Remain Music Apps Of Choice
Windows Media Player hit a global installation level of 67.5% in October up from 64.1% a year ago and iTunes was on 26.3% of desktops up from 19.7% last year.. Continue reading
