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Apple Wins iPods.com Domain

San Jose, Calif. — Apple won its dispute over the iPods.com domain name on Wednesday. The World Intellectual Property Organization ruled in favor of...

Coke Takes Share of Music Dealers

Music licensing startup Musicdealers.com formalized its partnership with the Coca-Cola Company, including a guaranteed commitment by the beverage giant to use the services of...

Ford Ejects CDs, Welcomes App Developers

First it was AM radio, then it was 8-track tapes, then cassettes. Now Ford Motor Co. is swiftly moving toward a future when cars...

Grooveshark Sued by Music Publishers – Again

Gainsville, Fla. — Grooveshark has found itself in hot water, again. The online music service that allows users to post their own tracks to their...

Spotify Faces Lawsuit by PacketVideo

Spotify just received two lawsuits it can display alongside its accolades and awards. It’s actually the same lawsuit, filed by PacketVideo over patent infringement,...

Eventbrite Benefits Vans Warped Tour

Eventbrite handled ticket sales, venue check-ins and social media promotion for the Vans Warped Tour show July 3, and now has numbers to indicate...

File Sharing Not Evil: EMI's Ex-president, Digital Music

Douglas Merrill grabbed considerable attention for saying that sharing music files might not be a bad thing. This sentiment has been voiced before, but not by someone who had been chief operating officer of New Music and president of Digital Business at EMI Music. Merrill also was chief information officer and vice president of engineering at Google, and now he's CEO of ZestCast, so he's not an easily dismissed firebrand demanding that information wants to be free.

Midem Gets Makeover for 2012

Midem, the international music industry trade conference, is revitalizing itself with a makeover that will result in more attention to digital media, emerging artists,...

Rumblefish Opens Music API, Issues 4 Million Licenses

Rumblefish, the music licensing company that specializes in social media uses, today announced the release of its API to other developers. It also said...

MTV Geek and Top Cow Productions Blur Reality

MTV Geek and Top Cow Productions are developing a new transmedia project called September Mourning, which will use comics, live music, television and other...