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Bandcamp Artist Sells $15K of Music, Merch in 90 Seconds
Los Angeles - Independent recording artist Amanda Palmer sold
$15,000 worth of music and merchandise in 90 seconds on Tuesday via DIY Web
store Bandcamp, Billboard...
YouTube Introduces New Music Video Discovery Page
San Bruno, Calif. - Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube, which already counts
music videos as its most popular content category, this week introduced a new
YouTube Music landing...
German Court Nixes Injunction Against File Host Rapidshare
Cham, Switzerland - A court in Germany has overturned a
lower court's order that free file-hosting service Rapidshare must install a
keyword filter to block the...
RIAA Appeals 90% Reduction of Damages in File-Sharing Case
Boston - The Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA) has appealed a federal judge's reduction of a file-sharing copyright
damages award from $675,000 to $67,500, the...
Google Hires Atty. to Handle Music Licensing Negotiations
Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) has hired attorney Elizabeth
Moody, formerly a music licensing specialist with the law firm Davis Shapiro
Lewit & Hayes, to...
SeatGeek Lands $1 Million for Predictive Ticket Pricing
New York - SeatGeek, the provider of a predictive pricing
service for sports and concert tickets, has raised $1 million in its first
round of financing,...
Admins of U.K. BitTorrent Site Filesoup Face Copyright Charges
Los Angeles - Two administrators of veteran U.K.-based
BitTorrent file-sharing site Filesoup have been charged with conspiracy to
infringe copyright, TorrentFreak reports.
Local authorities, along with...
BigChampagne Debuts Cross-Media "Ultimate Chart" for Music
Los Angeles - Media measurement firm BigChampagne has
introduced the Ultimate Chart -- a weekly list of top songs and artists based
on data from traditional...
Streaming Radio Service Pandora Hits 60 Million Users
New York - Streaming music service Pandora now counts 60
million registered users, president and CEO Joe Kennedy said at the New Music
Seminar on Wednesday....
LoKast Mobile Media Sharing App Released for Android
Philadelphia - NearVerse has released a version of its
LoKast mobile media sharing application for Android smartphones. The LoKast
service, which debuted at SXSW this year,...
