Supreme Court To Here File Sharing Suit & Mark Cuban Backs Grokster With $$$
From DigitalMediaWire: "The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow in MGM Studios v. Grokster, the landmark file-sharing case that will likely determine once and for all whether developers. Continue reading
Motorola Goes Silent On iTunes Enabled Phone
The Associated Press reports for some reason Motorola abruptly changed course, "…just as it was going to unveil a new cell phone featuring the iTunes music download service from Apple". Continue reading
UPDATE: CLEAR CHANNEL RADIO’S NEW NET STRATEGY
There is an update on Clear Channel Radio’s internet plans in a Rueter’s story posted on the CNNMoney "…radio conglomerate Clear Channel Communications Inc. plans to transform video into the. Continue reading
Clear Channel Radio Ups Web Stakes With Free Live Concerts
The NY Daily News reports that Clear Channel Radio is hatching a plan to use there broadcast clout to drive fans to related internet by using exclusive live concerts. "Rob. Continue reading
Elvis Costello And Others @ SXSW Discuss The Last Days Of The Music Industry
In a report about SXSW and the future of the music business, WashingtonPost.com’s Robert McMillan writes in his Random Access column that "The Who declared that rock is dead, so. Continue reading
Got Pizza Music Cafes To Open Following Starbuck’s Hear Music Model
Blue Moon Group, a company whose subsidiaries include Blue Moon Records and Nebulous Records has announced plans to open three new Got Pizza Music Cafe locations in Chicago, and aims. Continue reading
iTunes AAC Format Hacked
Norwegian programmer Jon Johansen, aka "DVD Jon," who famously broke the anti-copying technology on DVD discs several years ago, has now released software that enables downloading of songs from Apple’s. Continue reading
SXSW Update
Hypebot’s spies at SXSW called this year’s confab one of the best ever with lots of great music. The HollywoodReporter.com wrote, "Seeing the Texas-bred act Los Super 7 seemed an. Continue reading
FIONA APPLE CD A HIT AND FANS CAN’T BUY IT
In yet another chapter in the continuing saga of dumb moves by label and artists that encourgae unauthorized downloading, Wired.com reports that "songs from Fiona Apple’s latest album are widely. Continue reading
Ring Tone Revenue To Hit $724 Million In 2009
(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) JupiterResearch, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation, released the results of its annual wireless forecast, "Wireless Market Forecast, 2004 to 2009," which forecasts mobile phone adoption in the U.S.. Continue reading
