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Labels Force Content off Youtube and Myspace
DEVELOPING STORIES: Over what should have been a slow pre-holiday weekend two stories broke that again put the major labels at odds with several major Music 2.0 companies. Here are links to our updated coverage: Unable to get the revenue share is sought, Warner ...
Weekend Extra: Two Violins with "Four Brothers"
All I can tell you about this is that the violinists are Katica Illenyi and Csaba Illenyi.The Hungarian Wikipedia entry did not help me learn more. I only wish that JimmyGiuffre had heard this version of his best-known composition and arrangement. Thanks to ...
Undersea Cables Cut; 14 Countries Lose Web
Reports from the Mediterranean indicate that two of the undersea cables severed and repaired earlier this year have been cut again, disrupting internet access and phone service between the Middle East, Europe, and parts of Asia. An additional third cable is down in the same region. The cuts are causing traffic to be re-routed through the ...
No Isp Filtering Under New Riaa Copyright Strategy
The Recording Industry Association of America on Friday announced a new strategy in its quest to curtail online copyright infringement — a plan that for now requires no filtering from internet service providers. “There's no filtering," said RIAA spokeswoman Cara Duckworth. “We are simply passing along a notice of detection and the ISPs will forward a ...
Warner Music Videos Removed from Youtube
Negotiations over licensing fees stall. Warner Music Group's videos began disappearing from YouTube this weekend, the casualty of a contract impasse between the music company and the Internet's dominant video site. Negotiations broke down last week over licensing fees for Warner's music and videos, say people familiar with the discussions who were not authorized ...
MySpace Pulls Project Playlist After Label Threats
Facebook Holds Firm For Now... MySpace pulled all Project Playlist widgets from its site yesterday. The move apparently came after MySpace received notices from several “major music companies" demanding that the popular playlist sharing widget be removed. “MySpace has received notices of infringement about Project Playlist at different times from several of the major music companies ...
Music Sales Drop 2% Q3 Despite Digital Growth
Overall demand for music among U.S. internet users fell 2% in Q3 of 2008 according to a new NPD survey which included purchased CDs and downloads, P2P sites, and borrowing music to rip. It's not clear if the numbers are just a blip or within some margin or error, but they certainly can't be spun as ...
Youtube Turning into Major Label Revenue Stream
Recent surveys have shown YouTube's growing influence as a place for music discovery, but now its becoming a significant source of revenue as well. No one is releasing hard numbers, but at least one major label, Universal, admits that payments from YouTube now measure in the “tens of millions of dollars" and will top $100 million ...
$7m From Gates Foundation for Library Broadband
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have awarded nearly $7 million to two non-profit groups in an effort to improve broadband Internet access in public libraries. The foundation will donate $6.1 million to Connected Nation, a non-profit Internet advocacy group, and about $852,000 to the American Library Association's (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP). The ...
