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Internet Attackers Force RIAA and MPAA Sites Offline
Supporters of the net collective Anonymous, which organized an effective takedown 36 hours ago of sites controlled by the Motion Picture Association Of America, have now set there sites on the RIAA. “Operation Payback," dubbed by Torrentfreak as the “protest of the future" forced both RIAA.com and RIAA.org offline on Sunday. In a statement, the group ...
eMusic Close to Signing More Major Labels as Part of Planned November Relaunch
eMusic is reportedly working on deals with EMI and Universal as part of a plan to relaunch its subscription music service in November. They already have deals with WMG, Sony and many independent labels. Despite the addition of more major labels, the site is not abandoning its subscription model which offers plans like 24 downloads a ...
"The Winners Take Advantage of the Building Blocks to Generate Community and Commerce," Says Patrick Sullivan, Ceo of Rightsflow
Recently, I spoke with Patrick Sullivan, who is the cofounder, President, and CEO of RightsFlow, a mechanical licensing and royalty payment technology platform. In this interview, Sullivan talks about the romanticism of the traditional record industry, the barriers to licensing music in the past, and easy-to-use licensing is a necessary part of the emerging digital ecology ...
How Technology is Transforming and Challenging the Live Performing Arts: Ben Cameron Speaks at Ted
In this TED talk, Ben Cameron, who is Director, Arts, at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, talks about the state of the live arts and questions whether or not they can compete with the always-on Internet. He is immensely passionate about the professional performing arts and worries that they are being endangered and possibly even dismantled ...
New Twitter Offers More Opportunities for Music
Twitter has been expanding its on the web offering far beyond the boundaries of 144 characters. But enhancements rolling out to users starting yesterday offer an even richer online experience and include a number of opportunities for artists to share a deeper connection with their followers. A List Of App Partners & A Video Demo On ...
A Music World That Centers on the Fan
How Information Empowers and Changes Music Fandom (UPDATED) In less than a decade, the record and music industries have shifted from being artist-centric to revolving around the fan. The focal point of the traditional consumption system used to be the artist; it was up to the fan to do the rest. If the artist sat down ...
Top Ten Reasons Why Listeners Think Radio Sucks
No surprise to anyone, the National Association of Broadcasters still wants government mandated FM tuners to be put in your cell phone. The revelation though is that they are now boasting research poll results that 78% of phone owners would consider paying a one-time fee of 30 cents to gain access to local radio stations through ...
Serve the Fan: Topspin Adds VIP Access
A cornerstone of modern music marketing is the understanding that artists have different levels of fans. Some just want a free single; while others will pay well for access to much more. To help maintain and monetize the relationship with an artist's most ardent fans, music marketing platform Topspin has just added Topspin VIP Access. Rather ...
Connecting with Fans and the Dave Matthews Band
(UPDATED) In this interview, Stefan Lessard, the bassist for Dave Matthews Band, talks about the challenges of staying at the forefront of technology and maintaining an identity outside of the group. Early on, fan clubs consisted of mailing a postcard and getting a bit of merch and a form-letter. Beyond that, the incentives for fandom were ...
12 Books That the Record Industry Needs to Read
Grab a book off the list and enjoy it. Over the last few months, we've been asking some of the leading voices in our field to send in their summer reading lists for the Hypebot community. I won't go as far as to say that this is a definitive list of the books that the music ...
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