Music Industry News

Limewire Toasted: Begs RIAA for Mercy After Total Defeat

Source: Moses Supposes
June 23, 2010

By Moses Avalon

So, once again the RIAA, the trade organization investing millions in the rights of labels and their artists, has won yet another slam dunk victory in court against a major file-sharing profit machine, who was punch-drunk on venture capital and free love, free music, free something or other.

SlimeWire

LimeWire has totally lost in court. Not a single one of their motions survived and the judge in the case has told them, make a deal or be ...

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ASCAP Lawsuits Target 21 Venues in 13 States

Source: HypeBot
June 23, 2010

As is does periodically, ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) yesterday filed 21 separate lawsuits against nightclubs, bars and restaurants in 13 states claiming infringement. According to the performing rights society, each establishment refused to obtain a license or pay the fees owed, but continued to perform ASCAP members' music without permission.

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The Thorny Trail to Triumph: Painting and Planning a Visual Artist Visa

Source: Visa Views
June 23, 2010

Artwork by Carlos VegaToday I am listing in simple language what is needed to qualify for O-1 artist visa as a visual artist. We'll skip the “Einstein" requirement and move on to the alternative list. Remember, you must fulfill at least 3 categories. Here goes: 1. Awards, prizes and/or commendations granted by art organizations/fairs, etc.;2. List of galleries where you have shown your work, with proof of the shows (think ...

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So What: Local News, Notes and Links

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 23, 2010

Herein, we introduce a new occasional feature for StLJN - a quick wrap-up of links & short local news items of interest. (The title is from the Miles Davis song that leads off Kind of Blue. The notion of using said title was inspired by (read “stolen from") the weekly “Confirmation" feature of the Kansas City jazz blog Plastic Sax.)* Percussionist Bernard Long, Jr. will be the lead instructor for a six-week “Dynamic Drum Line" summer camp for ...

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The Loss of the Targeted Hang

Source: Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog
June 22, 2010

My last post bemoaned the disappearance of local places to buy horns. Another aspect of moving instrumental sales online was the demise of places where you could do what you might call a “targeted hang." That is, a place where musicians could indulge themselves with some serious checking in and screwing off, while convincing themselves they were actually getting something done-fixing a dicty spit valve, re-corking a pad, getting a dent banged out, or looking at horns you couldn't afford. ...

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Triadster to Crowdsource Artist Development, Marketing

Source: We All Make Music
June 22, 2010

What if a label could use crowdsourcing to figure out how to maximize an artist's appeal?

When it comes to the decline of the major labels, a lot of people are upset about what that may mean for the future of artist development. Because it was ultimately funded by profit-minded executives, you could argue that artist development is a mixed blessing, but it's pretty undisputable that the money for it is drying up across the board.

A new label thinks ...

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Limewire: They Still Just Don't Get It

Source: Michael Ricci
June 22, 2010

LimeWire wants parents to know that that stealing is OK as long as it's music.

By Moses Avalon

So, in one of my many news feeds I came across this open letter by an anonymous webmaster of LimeWire. In it he still maintains that what they did was not wrong and that his children will continue to use illegal P2P to get their music.

His children?!?! WTF?

I don't usually post responses on pages like this but as a parent ...

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Digital Music Sales to Outpace Physical by 2011

Source: We All Make Music
June 20, 2010

There's been a lot of talk about digital music sales outpacing those of physical recordings.  Now there's a well researched study that sheds some light on when that will actually happen.

PricewaterehouseCoopers Entertainment and Media Outlook for 2010-2014 projects that digital music sales will overtake physical in 2011.

There you have it. It's very likely that two years from now most music sales will be digital.

The report also predicts is that music sales will start to turn around in ...

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