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Landmark Pirate Bay Trial Begins Monday
The much-anticipated criminal trial of The Pirate Bay's operators begins in a Stockholm criminal court on Monday. The men behind of the notorious BitTorrent tracking service known for pointing the way to pirated software, games, music and movies are accused of contributory copyright infringement and face up to two years in prison each, in addition to ...
Stimulus Sets Aside Billions for Broadband, Batteries
Congress released details of a compromise stimulus package Thursday night, a bill that includes $7.2 billion for broadband programs, $2 billion for health information technology, and $650 million for the digital TV transition. The House passed its version of the stimulus bill in late January, and the Senate followed suit earlier this week. Given the discrepancies ...
How to Protect Your iTunes Library
Like you, I have a large collection of LPs and CDs. And like you, an ever-growing percentage of my music is finding its way into my iTunes library. Every week there are downloads and burns from a whole range of sources. I don't feel guilty about this: iTunes is a lot more convenient. A few clicks ...
Diller Role in Live Nation Deal Draws Investor Ire
Live Nation Inc.'s largest shareholder may oppose the proposed merger with Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. if Barry Diller has a leadership role in the new company. “I'm very much against going into business with Mr. Diller" because of poor returns from companies he leads, Sam Shapiro, chairman of Shapiro Capital Management, said. The investment firm owns a ...
Remixable iPhone Album Points to Future
I've never been more sure of anything as when I predicted last August that iPhone apps would be the next hot way to release music. Luckily for me, developers are living up to that prediction with all sorts of apps for interacting with music in ways that are impossible with a traditional release. The most innovative ...
YouTube Adds Download Options
Following hot on the heels of other Google properties such as Gmail and Calendar, YouTube today announced plans to offer offline viewing. The site is partnering with content providers to give users downloadable access to hosted videos under a Creative Commons license. Users can download partner videos by clicking the download link in the left-hand corner ...
Start Building Your Team Today
FOR THE INDIE IN ALL OF US - Eventually an artist's music industry team will include a manager, agent, publicist, webmaster, internet marketing team, an accountant or business manager, a record label (or outsourced label team) and a whole roomful of lawyers. But when you're just getting started, you can't attract or even afford any of ...
Gomez Tour, Free Download
GOMEZ ANNOUNCES US SPRING TOUR PLUS THIRD BONNAROO APPEARANCE Gomez ATO Records is proud to announce that Gomez will be embarking on a string of spring US dates in support of their soon-to-be released sixth studio album A New Tide. The band will kick off the tour at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, ...
Keep the 'Net Open to All, Interest Groups Urge Congress
Several Washington-based interest groups called on Congress Wednesday to retain the open-access broadband provisions in the economic stimulus package. “Legislators understand that open access maximizes the economic benefit of publicly funded high speed networks," Markham Erickson, executive director of the Open Internet Coalition (OIC), said during a call with reporters. “Closed networks kill innovation; open networks ...
Ticketmaster Live Nation Make Case for Merger
Irving Azoff and Michael Rapino talk up advantages of a union of the firms. One of the biggest challenges facing the architects of the Ticketmaster- Live Nation merger is making a case that the union can benefit fans and not just the companies' stockholders. They'll have to argue that point to the Justice Department, which on ...
