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Digital Music Sales Down 3% in Japan in '09; Mobile Dips...
Tokyo - Sales of digital music downloads were down 3% in
Japan during fiscal year 2009, the first decline since such sales were first
tracked in...
Ellen DeGeneres Starts Record Label, Signs 12-Year-Old
New York
- Ellen DeGeneres, the talk show host and judge on "American Idol," is
launching her own record label, "eleveneleven," and signing
12-year-old YouTube star Greyson...
LimeWire Looks to Filter Copyrighted Songs, Stay Alive
San Francisco - LimeWire, the veteran file-sharing service that
was found guilty of copyright infringement earlier this month, is considering
applying a filter to block copyrighted...
Report: Amazon Ties Wal-Mart in U.S. Music Market Share
Port Washington, N.Y. - While Apple (NASD: AAPL) continues to lead U.S. music sales with 28% of the
market, Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) crept 3 percentage...
Report: Justice Dept. Probing Apple's Digital Music Moves
San Francisco
- The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Apple's (NASD: AAPL) business practices in
the digital music market, in particular its alleged pressuring of record...
BMI Launches Mobile Website
New York
- Performing rights organization BMI announced that it has launched a mobile
version of its website designed for the latest smartphones. The organization plans
to...
Chinese Music Translation Service 88tc88 Adds Grooveshark
Hong Kong - 88tc88.com, a
service that helps artists translate their works for the Chinese market, announced
that it has signed new deals with Grooveshark, Hello...
Newzbin Source Code Stolen; Thieves Plan Re-launch
London
- Days after shutting itself down, following a court ruling that found it
liable for copyright infringement, the source code behind Usenet file-sharing
search engine Newzbin...
BlueBeat Brings Controversial Music Service to the iPhone
Los Angeles - BlueBeat.com, a website that was ordered last
year by a judge to cease selling or streaming songs from the Beatles and other
artists...
Irish ISP Eircom Debuts "Three-Strikes" Policy on File-Sharing
Dublin, Ireland - Irish ISP Eircom on
Monday began forwarding the identities of suspected file-swappers to copyright
holders, as part of a court-ordered "three-strikes" protocol that
will...
