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Grooveshark Faces $736 Million In Damages As Trial Resumes Today

The UMG vs. Grooveshark trial resumes in New York today. With the judge ruling last week that the company is liable for up to $736 million in damages, the jury is. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/27/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Associated Press, copyright, Corpus Christi, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Grooveshark, Joint and several liability, lawsuit, New York, Texas, United States district court, Universal Music Group

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Grooveshark Universal Music Fines Could Top $736M, Judge Rules

Grooveshark has always seemed to have nine lives. Despite multiple lawsuits, app takedowns and a whole lot of bad press, Grooveshark has continued to deliver free streaming music to a. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/24/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., Corpus Christi, lawsuit, New York, record label, Selena, Texas, United States district court, Universal Music Group, Yolanda Saldívar

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Bono Joins New $3 Billion TPG Investment Fund As Special Advisor

Just as U2 heads out on a major tour, frontman Bono is adding to his resume as special advisor to a major new tech investment fund; and this isn't the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/10/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Adam Levine, Andrew Bowden, Damages, David Bonderman, Fort Worth, George H. W. Bush, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Texas, TPG Capital, United States district court, White House Press Secretary

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Rdio Names Warner/Chappell Music Exec Iain Morris As VP Global Music Publishing

Music streaming service Rdio has named Iain Morris as Vice President of Global Music Publishing. Prior to joining Rdio, Morris was Head of Digital, EMEA at Warner/Chappell Music Publishing.

Bruce Houghton on 04/07/2015 in Songwriting & Music Publishing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, BuzzFeed, Copyright registration, Happy Birthday to You, Mildred J. Hill, United States district court, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Music Group, Warner/Chappell Music, YouTube

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Music Publishing News Roundup 2.25.2015: BMI, Pandora, Snapchat, YouTube & More

BMI, Pandora, Snapchat and Freeplay Music vs. YouTube are featured in this week's music publishing news roundup.

Bob Baker on 02/24/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Bernard Madoff, Butner, Google, Irving Picard, Microsoft, North Carolina, Performance rights organisation, Plea, Ponzi scheme, United States district court, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

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Apple Trial Day 1: iTunes Knowingly Deleted MP3s From User’s iPods

A trial that may seem like its just rehashing ancient history is promising to reveal the behind the scenes story of Apple's rise to music industry domination. Day 1 of the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/04/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple Inc., California, Center for Public Integrity, Class Action, IPod, iTunes, Musicmatch Jukebox, Oakland, RealNetworks, Steve Jobs, United States district court

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