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Court to Rule on Multi-Defendant File-Sharing Lawsuits
Washington - A federal court in D.C. will hear arguments
today on whether U.S. Copyright Group can group dozens of defendants together
in its lawsuits targeting...
Viacom's MTV, Warner Music Partner on Digital Ad Sales
New York -
Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV Networks on Wednesday announced a broad, multi-year advertising partnership
with major record label Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG)....
MOG Music Service Coming to Roku TV Set-tops
Berkeley, Calif. - MOG, the operator of a music-focused blog
network and digital music subscription service, said on Tuesday that a
partnership with Roku will see...
Amazon Adds Audio, Video Clip Playback to Kindle Apps
Seattle - Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) on Monday released an update to its
Kindle e-book reader applications for Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPad and iPhone that adds the
ability to...
mSpot Launches Cloud-based Music Service
Palo Alto, Calif. - Digital entertainment distributor mSpot
on Monday announced the public launch of its cloud-based music service, which
lets users access their music collections...
Vevo Hits 50M Visitors; 50% of Streams Served Outside U.S.
London - Music video portal Vevo now counts 50 million
monthly unique visitors, 80% of which arrive via the service's YouTube channel
-- which is available...
Swedish Police Raid Alleged "Darkside" File-Sharing Servers
Los Angeles - Swedish police last week conducted raids and
arrested three individuals alleged to be involved with "Darkside," a
group of servers said to house...
RapidShare Offers to Host Users' Download Stores
Los Angeles - Web file-hosting service RapidShare has
launched a new service that lets users sell their own file downloads from the
company's servers, starting at...
INgrooves Inks Digital Distribution Deals With U.K. Labels
San Francisco - Digital media distributor INgrooves said on
Monday that it has signed new distribution deals with U.K. labels San City
High, Upside Records, Genepool,...
Appeals Court Upholds 24-Cent Ringtone Royalty for Songwriters
Washington - A federal appeals court last week upheld the
Copyright Royalty Board's rate of 24 cents for songwriters on mobile phone
ringtones, Law.com reported.
The Recording...
