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Digital archive plans gain EU support
European Union culture ministers have backed plans to transform Europe's massive film and broadcast archives into digital form and make them available on the Internet. The ministers, meeting in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday, gave the green light to long-held plans for .... (17/11) Read
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Average teenager's iPod has 800 illegal music tracks

Timesonline | 16/06/08 iMuzique
Teenagers and students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players, the largest academic survey of young ... More

Labels eye variable pricing for digital sales

Reuters | 07/06/08 iMuzique
Arguably the No. 1 item on record labels' to-do list for the year is, "Establish variable pricing for digital downloads." As luck would have it, ... More

The music biz's digital flops - a short history

The Register | 26/05/08 iMuzique
Since the record industry first noticed that some of the kids were using the internet in the mid-90s, it's flopped from one puddle to the next. Despite ... More

New MP3 Revolutionizes Way You Listen to Music

The Korea Times | 23/05/08 iMuzique
If you are a serious guitar-master wannabe and you want to focus on the tune of Brian May's guitar and don't want to hear Freddie Mercury's voice and ... More

DRM claims more victims as Microsoft fails its music users

The Guardian | 23/04/08
DRM (Digital Rights Management) added to music is a really bad idea and you should never buy DRM-protected files, unless you have more money than sense ... Read

“American Idol” Contestant David Cook Tops Amazon MP3 Chart, Then Vanishes

Rolling Stone | 23/04/08
After enjoying last week as the top-selling album at the Amazon MP3 store, American Idol contestant David Cook's 2006 album Analog Heart was pulled from ... Read

MP3sparks.com downed by links to Russian cybercrime gang

The Register | 11/01/08
The popular Russian digital music retailer MP3sparks.com has scored a own goal by doing business with a web host that has been linked to an infamous cybercrime ... Read

Digital Music Industry Challenged to Follow Fans' Lead

PC World | 10/01/08
At the Consumer Electronics Show this year it's clear that consumers are making choices that are driving industry changes, and nowhere is that more evident ... Read

DiMA, Publishers Clash Over Rights

Billboard | 08/01/08
A major battle is erupting between some digital media companies and major music publishers, which may lead to federal litigation, Billboard.biz has learned. ... Read

Mainstream music industry realizes the value of 'free'

International Herald Tribune | 27/01/08
The mainstream music industry is coming to recognize a price for digital songs that might be good enough to compete with the underground exchange of tunes ... Read

Warner Music profits slump 58%

Timesonline | 29/11/07
Warner Music Group today unveiled a 58 per cent slump in fourth-quarter profits, with increased digital revenues failing to offset a collapse in sales ... Read

Sony BMG Plans to Drop DRM

Business Week | 04/01/08
In a move that would mark the end of a digital music era, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is finalizing plans to sell songs without the copyright protection ... Read

7Digital Gets Agressive With Pricing & Features.

Hypebot | 06/12/07
UK digital retailer 7Digital is pushing aggressive pricing as well as new features and alliances designed to challenge iTunes and other retailers. The ... Read

The DRM maze for consumers

BBC | 11/12/07
The last few years in the history of digital content are littered with examples of Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions that have been accused of ... Read

Ukulele superstar lets the music breathe

Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. | 16/06/08 iMuzique
Jake Shimabukuro travels great distances from his childhood home in Honolulu, but he packs light. "I don't have a lot to carry," he says, while on the ... More

Music breaks chains in North West Pakistan

Freemuse | 22/05/08 iMuzique
On a short notice a large number of music and heritage lovers throng Sethi House that evening. They were as thrilled as they have found a very precious ... More

RIAA wiped off the net

The Register | 21/01/08
A lack of security controls allowed hackers to "wipe" the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) website on Sunday. The existence of an ... Read

Music in China: The Inside Story

The Register | 02/11/07
How To Do Business In China, China CEO, The New Chinese Consumer... my shelves here in Beijing are stacked full of such books, all trying to throw some ... Read

Radiohead Enter The World Of Insect Films!

Gigwise | 22/11/07
Seemingly spurred on by the song's lyrics (“I am a moth who wants to share your light / I'm an insect Trying to get out of the dark”), the film features ... Read

Would You Like Some Music With Your Tickets?

Pollstar | 08/11/07
Once upon a time, in the pre-digital analog world of yesterday, people bought albums at brick-and-mortar establishments known as "record stores" and ... Read

Apple, Samsung, Sandisk sued over MP3

Macworld | 02/03/07
Little-known Texas MP3 Technologies is taking on Apple, Samsung Electronics Co and Sandisk with a patent-infringement lawsuit. The suit, which came to ... Read

Band Wants Paris Hilton To 'Go Away'

CMJ | 04/05/07
Citizens For A Better America, a band that was created for the sole purpose to ridicule Paris Hilton, has hit it big with their first single "Go Away ... Read

Chelo's the guy who put a new wiggle out there

The Star | 19/09/06
Every few years you get one of those irresistible, guilty pleasure Latin pop songs that seem to get the whole country wiggling in a giddy inter-cultural ... Read

Was Madonna's Live Earth guitar solo real?

Telegraph | 11/07/07
Debate is raging on internet message boards over whether Madonna's "rocking" Live Earth performance owed more to technical wizadry than musical talent. Madonna ... Read