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File-Swapper's Third Trial, on Damages, Set for October
Los Angeles
- Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the file-swapper twice found guilty of copyright
infringement in jury trials, will head back to court for a third trial on...
Sony Music UK to Drop Promo CDs for Digital E-cards
London - Sony Music UK is
set to become the first major record label to do away with the practice of
sending out promotional CDs to...
Report: Apple Urging Labels to Reject Amazon MP3 "Daily Deals"
Los Angeles
- Apple (NASD: AAPL) has begun urging record labels not to participate in a discounted MP3
promotion offered by rival Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN), and withdrawing iTunes...
The Filter to Power Video Recommendations on Dailymotion
New York
- The Filter, the white-label provider of media recommendations co-founded by
musician Peter Gabriel, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a deal to
provide...
RightsFlow Partners With The Royalty Network
New York
- The Royalty Network, a provider of publishing and administration services for
independent music producers, has partnered with RightsFlow, a provider of
mechanical licensing services...
Guest Column: Fiona Bloom's "Severe 70" Buzz Bands at SxSW 2010
I'm
happy to bring my Severe List back- The hottest buzz acts of SXSW '10. Although
this time was quite challenging as the quality of acts...
Pirate Bay Fails to Comply With Dutch Court Order
Los Angeles - The Pirate Bay
has failed to remove links to a list of torrents linking to copyrighted files
from its website, which per a...
Thumbplay Hires Former Apple Exec Calamera as CTO
New York
- Thumbplay, a mobile entertainment distributor that recently launched a
subscription music service, announced on Monday that it has hired former Apple (NASD: AAPL)
executive Pablo...
Universal to Pay Legal Fees of Dancing Baby Video Uploader
San Francisco
- Universal Music Group has been ordered by a federal judge to pay some of the
attorneys' fees incurred by Stephanie Lenz, whose video...
Music Mastermind Gets $4.85M for Web-based Music Creation
Los Angeles
- Music Mastermind, the provider of a Web-based music creation platform, has
raised $4.85 million in its first round of funding.
Details on investors were
not...