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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...
ASCAP Seeks Donations to Fight EFF, Creative Commons
San Francisco - Performing rights organization ASCAP has
urged its members in a fundraising letter to send donations so ASCAP can battle
groups it deems to...
France to ID Up to 50,000 Infringements Daily on P2P Networks
Los Angeles - France's
forthcoming "three-strikes" protocol to combat file-sharing will be
able to monitor peer-to-peer networks and identify 25,000 incidents of
suspected infringement per day for...
Report: Vevo to Launch iPhone Music Video App Next Month
Los Angeles - Vevo, the music video portal joint venture
between Universal Music, Sony Music and Abu Dhabi Media Company, plans to
launch an iPhone application...
Head of Record Label Trade Group IFPI Kennedy to Step Down
London
- International record label trade group IFPI announced this week that chairman
and CEO John Kennedy is stepping down, after more than five years in...
