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Two-Thirds of All Albums Purchased in the US Are Still CDs...
The flat, clunky, physical CD isn't going anywhere, at least not in 2012. According to year-2011 breakdowns just shared by Nielsen Soundscan, more than two-thirds of all albums purchased in the US were physical CDs. Out of a total of 330.6 million albums sold during the year—across all configurations—a healthy 223.5 million were discs, or 67.6 ...
Why Labels Hate the Idea of Simplifying Copyrights...
Copyright simplification could have monumental implications for the music industry, not just for startups, but also for preservationists, producers, artists, and fans. The only problem is that some of the most powerful companies in this space absolutely hate the idea. The latest example involves copyrights surrounding recordings, which enter this byzantine and confusing terrain if the ...
Believe It, or Not: Major Labels Say Sales Improved in 2011...
Everyone loves a good fairytale for the holidays, so here's another one. Ahead of the official count, major labels are now claiming a slim 1 percent album sales increase over last year, based on preliminary stats from Nielsen Soundscan. The 'bottom' is being powered by heavy-sellers like Adele, Michael Buble, Justin Bieber, Jason Aldean, and Drake, ...
If You Hated Radio in 2011, then You'll Really Hate Radio in 2012...
Can't get enough of repetitive playlists and huge commercial breaks? Then there's good news: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to leave its ownership rules around terrestrial radio stations unchanged in 2012, while proposing to loosen cross-media ownership restrictions between newspapers, TV stations and radio. Which means less people owning more stuff, and lots more Maroon ...
A Letter to Congress, from the Guys That Invented the Internet...
The following open letter was recently sent to members of US Congress, with an urgent warning to vote against SOPA. It comes from 83 engineers and innovators responsible for creating the internet, including TCP/IP creator and “father of the internet" Vint Cerf and Paul Vixie, author of the widely-used DNS server software BIND. We wrote and ...
The Guy Who Hacked Gene Simmons' Website Faces 15 Years in Prison...
The memo is out: major content owners are deathly serious about enforcing their property, and they want to make examples. That may include 24-year-old Kevin Poe, who has been linked to a recent denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on GeneSimmons.com by the FBI. The Connecticut-based Poe has been charged with two federal counts of conspiracy and unauthorized impairment ...
Rightsflow Acquired by Google...
The deal is sealed, and it looks like the initial focus is YouTube. That's according to initial details tipped by Rightsflow president & CEO Patrick Sullivan this morning, who seemed enthused by the development. With the ink dried, Google now has a shiny, new royalty backend processing company that will solve a lot of compensation headaches. ...
The RIAA Says Suing Individuals Was an Effective Strategy...
The RIAA ended its mass-lawsuits against individuals years ago, though the group is now pointing to a successful strategy. In fact, the group now claims that it 'largely succeeded' in containing the piracy problem and fostering a legitimate marketplace. In response to a critical article in the Tennessean regarding the RIAA's multi-million dollar lobbying tab and ...
What's Selling This Christmas? Christmas Music, That's What....
If you want to sell music this Christmas, try making it about Christmas. During the most recent sales week in the US, more than one-third of chart-topping albums were Christmas-themed, a ratio that could increase heading into the 25th. Actually, the numbers are better than that: 75 titles on thelatest Billboard 200—or 37.5 percent—were all about ...
