More Music Industry News: Cost Of Fighting P2P, LyricWiki,, Fanzines, iTunes Pricing & More
Music piracy costs money; does fighting it cost more? The major music labels say that they stand to lose £200 million this year in the UK alone thanks to Internet. Continue reading
Lily Allen Drops Out Of Piracy Debate
Poor little Lily. Just days after using her blog to chastise her own fans for downloading songs without paying for them, Ms. Allen has decided that people are just too. Continue reading
Robo.to Adds Microvideos To Social Networking
Startup Robo.to enables users to add quick 4 second videos to their social networking. Microvideos can be uploaded from a mobile phone camera or webcam and spread on Facebook, Twitter,. Continue reading
Lawsuit Claims Guitar Center, NAMM Fixed Prices
A nationwide class-action lawsuit has been filed against Guitar Center and the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) claiming the two conspired to fix retail pricing on guitars, allowing the. Continue reading
Seth Godin: Win The Fight, Lose The Customer
Does it really matter if you're right? Given the choice between acknowledging that your customer is upset or proving to her that she is wrong, which will you choose? You. Continue reading
Georgia Tech Edison Fund Invests In Band Metrics
Music analytics firm Band Metrics has received an investment from the Georgia Tech Edison Fund, an early-stage technology fund managed by the Advanced Technology Development Center. The amount of the. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: Apple vs. Palm, FAC Fights, Lily, We7, Skyline Music & More
Apple gets a green light to block Palm from iTunes (NY Times) Divisions are emerging within the UK's Future Artist Coalition just prior today's urgent meeting on filesharing. (Billboard) Lily. Continue reading
RIAA Chief Says The Music Industry Has 5 Reasons for Optimism
Now that the RIAA is tiring of suing individual filesharers, its head Mitch Bainwol needs a new soapbox to stand on. Apparently he's decided that what's needed is a record. Continue reading
The Music Industry Pays The Price Of Negativity
It's Time For A New Conversation New calls for three strikes laws and P2P taxes in the UK have spawned strong reactions from high profile artists including Lily Allen, James. Continue reading
