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U.K. Royalty Society PRS Backs Levy on Piracy for ISPs

London - U.K. royalty collection society PRS for Music is pressing the government there to compel ISPs to compensate the music industry for the unauthorized music...

BMW to Support Apple "iPod Out" Vehicle Interface

Los Angeles - Automaker BMW has announced its support for iPod Out, a new API for Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iOS 4 that will bring an Apple...

Sonos Offers Concerts From Wolfgang's Vault

Santa Barbara, Calif. - Sonos, a maker of wireless, multi-room music systems for the home, announced on Tuesday a deal with Wolfgang's Vault to provide free...

MP3tunes Adds Wireless Sync Between Apple, Google Devices

San Diego - MP3tunes, the digital music locker service run by MP3.com founder Michael Robertson, on Monday launched a new feature that offers cable-free syncing of...

Report: U.S. Digital Single Sales Slip; Variable Pricing Blamed

Los Angeles - Sales of single-track digital music downloads in the U.S. fell 0.2% in the first half of 2010, according to Nielsen SoundScan data, Music...

IFPI Targets OpenBitTorrent Hosting Firm in Spain

Los Angeles - After successfully getting a Swedish ISP to sever ties with file-sharing tracker service OpenBitTorrent, international record label trade group IFPI is now attempting...

RIAA Asks Court to Freeze Assets of LimeWire, Founder

Los Angeles - The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has asked a federal court to freeze the assets of file-sharing company LimeWire and its founder,...

Judge Slashes Damages Award in Tenebaum File-Sharing Case

Boston - A federal judge has ruled that a damages award of $675,000, which a jury last year ordered file-swapper Joel Tenebaum to pay to the...

Report: U.S. Domain Seizure Also Eyed Pirate Bay, MegaUpload

Los Angeles - Sources tell TorrentFreak that the recent U.S. government action that seized the domains of nine websites offering links to copyrighted content also considered...

Guvera Adds Tracks From The Orchard to Music Service

New York - Ad-supported music download service Guvera announced on Thursday that it has licensed tracks from independent music distributor The Orchard for its service. The...