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H-U-G-E: Court Says MP3tunes Protected by DMCA...
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Cloud-based MP3tunes is solidly protected by DMCA safe harbor provisions, thanks to a federal court ruling issued today in Manhattan. That potentially sets the stage for a completely different cloud-based music environment, especially following the massive entrances by Amazon (Cloud Drive) and Google (Music Beta). The case, a long-running battle between MP3tunes founder Michael Robertson and EMI Group, was presided over by US District judge William Pauley. “What started out as a case of about 33,000 works has been reduced ...
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Judge Rules DMCA Protected MP3tunes from EMI Lawsuit, Roberston Guilty of Some Infringement
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(UPDATED) U.S. District Judge William Pauley for the Southern Distinct of New York has ruled that digital locker MP3tunes.com was protected by the DMCA's safe harbor provision when users stored illegally obtained songs there. The decision is a partial victory MP3.com and MP3tunes founder Michael Robertson, but plaintiff EMI did prevail on several fronts. Robertson was found liable for direct infringement for transferring some unlicensed songs. The judge also found that “users of MP3tunes unlawfully copied songs from unauthorized third-party ...
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SoundExchange Signals Rate Increase Fight Ahead. Digital Music Royalty Battle Reignites
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The battle over digital music royalties has begun again. The U.S. Copyright Royalty Judges have opened a new proceeding to set the statutory rates for 2013-2017 with a decision expected by the end of 2012. In recent weeks, Sirus XM has reportedly been talking to record labels and other rights holders about direct licensing. At the same time, in a move that could affect digital music providers beyond Sirius, SoundExchange has signaled they will push for much higher payments. “We ...
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Indie Label Says No to Apple's Icloud: "Copyrights Trampled", "An Insult"
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Chicago based indie label Numero has opted out of Apple's iTunes In The Cloud and in particular iTunes Music Match. “We feel that a great risk is being taken by Apple and the major labels that have accepted the terms of this new product wholesale with not a thought beyond the 150M those so-called “big four" will probably divide and pay to their top executives. By that, we mean that laws that protect compositions and copyrights for songs are, more ...
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From Pirates to Fans
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Piracy is a serious topic in the music industry of which we've all been long aware. Approaches have varied from heavy handed lawsuits that have eroded good will to direct discussions with pirates that require good will to succeed. Here is one indie software developer's experience with personal appeals to those who have pirated his software that is worth considering for musicians. Tyler Hall is an independent Mac software developer who maintains that the most successful responses to piracy will ...
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Aftra Union Demands Money for Artists from $105m Limewire Settlement
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The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, AFL-CIO—a national union of more than 70,000 professional recording artists, performers and broadcasters—praised the recent $105 million copyright infringement settlement against LimeWire, and said it will fight to make sure that the labels pay all artists fairly. “AFTRA is moving quickly and aggressively to ensure that the settlement monies are apportioned fairly and disbursed timely to ensure that all artists, including AFTRA members get their rightful share," according to said Randall Himes, ...
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Yep: The RIAA is Now Taking the Cloud to Court...
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If you want to share music, there are dozens of cloud-based lockers to choose from. Well, the RIAA just picked one to subpoena, the beginning of something litigious. The unlucky target is Palo Alto-based Box.net, a cloud-based storage and sharing site that suddenly finds itself in the RIAA's legal crosshairs. The company, which counts Mark Cuban among its investors, was once heralded as “the Facebook of Cloud Computing." But apparently, all the social (and secure) sharing is a bit too ...
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Tunesat Gets $6m from GE for Audio Fingerprinting
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TuneSat, an audio fingerprinting technology that enables rightsholders to track music usage on TV and the net it has raised $6 million in a funding round led by General Electric Pension Trust. Gracenote founder and former CEO Scott Jones together with several existing TuneSat investors, also participated in the round. Jones and Carlos Monfiglio of GE Asset Management will join TuneSat's Board of Directors. TuneSat will use the new equity capital to expand the global reach of its content monitoring ...
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