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Court Sides With MobiTV Over ASCAP in Streaming Fee Dispute
San Francisco
- A federal court has rejected a proposed licensing structure from performing
rights organization ASCAP that would have greatly increased royalties paid by
MobiTV for...
Shazam ID's One-Billionth Song; Now Counts 75 Million Users
London
- Shazam, a provider of mobile music discovery services, announced on Tuesday
that it has grown from 50 million to 75 million users in the...
Spotify Launches New Music Streaming Options in U.K.
London - Streaming music
service Spotify on Tuesday launched two new service offerings for its U.K. users,
Spotify Unlimited and Spotify Open. The Unlimited option offers...
Musicnotes.com Releases Digital Sheet Music App for iPad
Madison, Wisc. - Musicnotes.com, a publisher and retailer of
digital sheet music, announced on Tuesday the release of a Sheet Music Viewer
application for Apple's iPad....
Canadian Court Exempts 30-Second Song Samples From Royalties
Los Angeles - Canada's federal
appellate court has ruled that online music services do not have to pay
performance royalties on 30-second streaming song samples, Billboard...
Sweden's Pirate Party Becomes Web Host for The Pirate Bay
Stockholm, Sweden - File-sharing hub The Pirate Bay is back
online Tuesday with an unusual new hosting provider -- Sweden's Pirate Party, TorrentFreak
reported. The site...
Geodesic Releases Mundu Radio Streaming iPhone App
San Francisco
- Geodesic on Monday announced the release of its Mundu Radio application for the
iPhone and iPad, which offers unlimited streaming of audio channels....
Sony Music Licenses Videos to Spanish Social Net Tuenti
Madrid - Sony Music's unit
in Spain
has licensed streaming video clips to local online social network Tuenti,
Billboard reports. Tuenti's 8 million users will be able...
German Court Rules Wi-Fi Nets Must Be Password-Protected
Berlin
- A German court ruled last week that Internet users in the country must secure
their Wi-Fi networks with passwords, and will be liable for...
