Thursday, November 5, 2009
Does Your Mom Edit Your Blog? Google Wants to Know.
Why did Google start labeling blogs as “blogs” in its search results? Eric Schmidt thinks it may have to do with your mother.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Sue or Sign: EMI Trades Lawsuit for Deal With Music Start-Up Grooveshark
Well look at that: EMI Music Group, which had been working on a licensing deal with music start-up Grooveshark but ended up suing it instead, now has a licensing deal with Grooveshark after all.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Welcome to the Jungle! Guns N’ Roses Accused of Stealing Songs for Pirated Album.
Musicians accuse other musicians of stealing their work all the time and I have no idea if this case has more or less merit than any other one. But I couldn’t resist relaying this story: Guns N’ Roses, which made a point of stringing up people who pirated the band’s last album, is now being accused of pirating songs on its last album.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Universal Music Gets Slapped in Court. What Does This Mean for Veoh–and YouTube?
Just how big a deal was a federal judge’s ruling Monday in the copyright-infringement fight between Veoh and Universal Music Group? Depends on who you ask, of course.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Big Music Label Foe LimeWire’s Newest Executive: A Big Music Label Veteran
What do you do when your job working for a big music label disappears? You go to work for a pirate-friendly file-sharing service that’s being sued by the big music labels.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Exclusive: Warner Music Group Gets Back Together–Very Cautiously–With Imeem
Just a few weeks after a very public breakup, Warner Music Group and Imeem are getting back together again. Warner, which told investors last month that it had written off the $16 million it had invested in the Web music start-up, plus another $4 million in debt, has made a new deal with the company and will get another slug of equity. The big difference–this time, Warner isn’t cutting Imeem a check.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Warner Music Videos Back on YouTube, if You Know Where to Look
A licensing dispute means Warner Music Group can’t promote a new album by one of its biggest acts on the world’s biggest video site. But you can still find Green Day videos on the site, if you know where to look. What gives?
Monday, November 24, 2008
Get Yer Free Britney Spears Here. Or on iMeem
Give the music industry credit–a decade after the original Napster, it’s now standard practice to let fans listen to an entire disc worth of new music, for free, before it ever gets to stores. The latest example: Britney Spears’s new album, “Circus,” which you can listen to at iMeem.com. Or at the bottom of this post, via a groovy embeddable player.
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