According to FutureMusic.com Amazon "will launch a digital music service in the near future featuring individual songs for download, as well as a subscription service. Amazon has had licensing discussions. Continue reading

Remember how we all scratched our heads as Shania Twain had huge hits on country radio that sounded a whole like rock songs?  She was even produced and essentially re-invented. Continue reading

Panel Report:The Artists Strike Back – Will DRM & Anti-Piracy Initiatives Destroy Digital Music?Ken Hertz, Senior Partner, Goldring Hertz & Lichtenstein LLPAlbhy Galuten, Vice President, Digital Media Technology Strategy, Sony. Continue reading

From Digital Music News: Several developments emerged this week in the mobile music sector. Sprint Nextel inked a deal with RealNetworks to feature Rhapsody stations on its deck. And Cingular. Continue reading

From Kurt Hansan and his online RAIN newsletter, "…Seth Godin – famous for his books "Permission Marketing," "Unleashing the Ideavirus," and "Purple Cow" – delivered the keynote speech this morning. Continue reading

Billionaire Mark Cuban wrote a commentary on the music industry back in July that has been making the rounds and mentioned previously here in Hypebot.  His comments have been quoted. Continue reading

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We’ll be back at Digtal Hollywood today. Watch for updates later in the day. Page down for yesterday’s coverage.

Alternative rockers Switchfoot are so upset over new anti-piracy digital rights management technology (DRM) on their new Sony CD that they’ve been informing fans of various schemes to by-pass it. Continue reading