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U.K. Digital Economy Bill Approved With 3-Strikes Provision
London - Britain's lower
house of Parliament has passed a controversial Digital Economy bill with
provisions intact that will potentially suspend the Internet connections of
repeat file-swappers....
Multitasking, iAd Coming in iPhone OS 4.0 Update This Summer
San Francisco - Apple (NASD: AAPL) on
Thursday held a press event in San
Francisco to introduce its iPhone OS 4.0, which will
bring the ability to...
MusicMatic Buys Stake in Jamendo Music Service
Luxembourg
- European music broadcasting and technology firm MusicMatic has purchased
Mangrove Capital Partners' stake in Jamendo, a provider of free song downloads
licensed by artists that...
Gracenote, Civolution Offer Mediahedge Audio/Video ID Platform
Emeryville,
Calif. - Sony's (NYSE: SNE) Gracenote music
identification and metadata service on Wednesday announced an expanded
long-term agreement with Civolution, a provider of video watermarking and
fingerprinting technology....
TuneCore Introduces Bibliocore E-book Distribution Service
Brooklyn,
N.Y. - TuneCore, an independent
distributor of music to digital retailers, announced on Wednesday that it has
expanded into e-book distribution with the beta launch of...
HFA Adds Web Ringtone Licensing; Licenses Ultimate Guitar
New York - The Harry Fox
Agency (HFA), a U.S.
music rights licensing organization, announced on Wednesday that its Songfile
online licensing service now supports ringtone licensing....
WaTunes Releases Music Store Facebook Application
Detroit
- WaTunes, a social music discovery service and digital music store, announced
on Tuesday announced that it has released a Music Store application for
Facebook. The...
Universal Licenses Songs for Conduit Labs Social Music Games
New York - Universal Music Group announced on Tuesday that
it partnered with social music gaming firm Conduit Labs, to provide players of
games like "Music...
Isohunt Debuts 'Lite' U.S. Version of Site to Appease Court
Los Angeles - Following a federal
judge's order last month to removing all infringing content from its site, Torrent
search engine Isohunt has opted to block...
Rhapsody Completes Spinoff; Debuts $10 Mobile Streaming
Seattle
- Rhapsody, the digital music service launched by RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK) seven years ago that
would later become a joint venture with Viacom's (NYSE: VIA)...
