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4 Ways Google is Distancing Itself from Piracy
In discussions about online piracy, it's often brought up that Google contributes to piracy as much as anyone else does. Fans don't need to visit the Pirate Bay to find torrents. They can type the same terms in Google and likely get better results. With the rollout of their Autocomplete function, it's been observed that Google ...
What Do You Use to Shoot and Edit Videos?
We've only experimented with video a bit on Hypebot (like this interview with Pandora founder Tim Westergren), but it's near the top of our priority list for early next year. We've also gotten some questions from readers about creating cheap videos that we have no idea how to answer. So we're asking you, our readers, what ...
Let's Face It: Google's Still a Piracy Whorehouse. It's Just Getting Cleaned up a Little...
Good news: Google is now responding to takedown requests within 24 hours. But what was it before? 48 hours? 72? 24 days? It's always nice when a multi-billionaire reaches out to the little guy, but let's not pretend this is a huge sea-change. It's still the same hassle to get content removed, just a little bit ...
How to Use Data, Testing and Buy Buttons to Improve Online Music Sales
This guest post comes from Peter Tanham of Amp Music Marketing. We run a large number of websites for a wide range of musicians at Amp Music Marketing from gospel choirs to synth-rock bands, global stars to breakthrough artists. This broad approach often gives us a unique insight into trends in the wider music industry that ...
FCC Net Neutrality Rules Could Deliver Major Blow to Music Tech and New Music Industry
The digital music industry may be dealt a major blow on December 21st when the FCC is scheduled to unveil proposed net neutrality regulations. Designed ostensibly to keep ISP's from unfairly limiting certain kinds of Internet usage, early indications are that the new rules could also hurt at several sectors critical to the growth of many ...
Tubeify Turns Youtube into a Jukebox
A brand new mash up of Last.fm, Billboard, and YouTube has emerged called Tubeify. It turns YouTube into a jukebox. Tomas Isdal, founder of the site, noticed how poorly YouTube handled music and decided to transform it into a traditional desktop music player. The most interesting feature of the service is “Time Travel." This allows fans ...
Google Promising to Remove Illegal Content "Within 24 Hours..."
Google is now pledging to respond to takedown notices within 24 hours, part of a stepped-up, four-part enforcement initiative. The improved response and anti-piracy plans come against mounting pressures from the film, music, television, gaming, and related media industries. “We respond expeditiously to requests to remove such content from our services, and have been improving our ...
Soundcloud Adds Instant Record and Share
Soundcloud has added an instant record and share button to its site and free iPhone app that should become popular with artists wanting to grab a guest solo or send an audio messages to fans on the fly. The uploader can decide to keep the clip private or share it easily on social networks. A video ...
Jay Frank: Algorithms Can't Pick Hits
This post by Jay Frank, author of Futurehit.DNA and SVP of Strategy at CMT, is a response to Bruce Warila's recent post on the potential for computers to analyze hit songs. I've actively watched the discussion on algorithms being able to determine the hit worthiness of a song. I've debated the effectiveness of this with many ...
Myspace Launches Mobile Site, iPhone App Next
MySpace today launched a mobile version of its web site at m.myspace.com that improves the user experience on all smartphones. The company also promised an iPhone app within weeks. A third of users already interact with their service via a mobile device, according to MySpace. Details: The new Myspace mobile website is accessible on all iPhone, ...
