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Apple Approves Update to Rdio Music Service iPhone App
San Francisco
- Rdio, the social music service developed by the creators of Kazaa and Skype, said
that Apple has approved the latest version of its...
Israeli Music Service Musix Licenses Universal Music Tracks
Los Angeles
- Musix, the Israeli digital music subscription service operated by Pelephone
Communications, has licensed Universal Music Group tracks for inclusion on the
service, Billboard reports....
U.S. Releases Intellectual Property Protection Strategy
Washington - The U.S.
on Tuesday released its plan to protect intellectual property in the country
and abroad, with Vice President Joe Biden stating alongside Intellectual...
Arbitron Acquires Technology and Assets of IMMI
Columbia,
Md. - Arbitron, the audience
measurement firm best known for its radio ratings, said that it has acquired
the technology, patents and trade name of Silicon...
Robertson Attacks EMI for False Claims on Promo Downloads
San Diego - Despite claims in court filings that major
record label EMI has only ever made three songs available for free download, a
blogger-fueled survey...
INgrooves Music Videos to Screen on Vevo
San Francisco
- Digital music distributor INgrooves said on Monday that its frontline music
videos are now live on Vevo, the music video portal joint venture...
U.K. Labels Ask Google to Nix Links to Megaupload, MediaFire
London - The BPI, Britain's record label trade group, has
written to Google asking that it remove links to file-hosting sites such as
Megaupload and MediaFire...
RapidShare Nixes Cash Rewards for Sharing Content
Los Angeles
- RapidShare, the free file-hosting service that has been targeted with
copyright infringement claims, has dropped an incentive program that paid cash
to users who...
Report: LimeWire Planning Cloud-based, Legit Music Service
Los Angeles
- LimeWire, the file-sharing service ordered by a court last month to shut down
on charges of copyright infringement, continues to plan an "ambitious
post-lawsuit...
EMI to Combine Publishing, Recorded Music Units Under Faxon
London
- Major record label EMI on Friday announced a restructuring plan that will see
the company combine its music publishing and recorded music divisions, to...
