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Studios Appeal Swedish Court Ruling on OpenBitTorrent Host
Stockholm, Sweden - A group of 13 Hollywood
movie studios has appealed a decision by a Swedish court not to force ISP
Portlane to bring down...
Napster CEO Gorog Steps Down; President Also Dismissed
Los Angeles
- Chris Gorog said on Wednesday that he has stepped down as CEO of Napster, the
digital music service now owned by consumer electronics...
Conflicting Reports Emerge on Ticketmaster-Live Nation Deal
Washington
- Shares of Ticketmaster (NASD: TKTM) and Live Nation (NYSE: LYV) rose Wednesday after a report by
TheDeal.com cited unnamed sources as saying the Justice...
Report: Mobile Music Firm Melodeo in Acquisition Talks
Seattle
- Melodeo, a provider of mobile music delivery technology, , is in acquisition
talks with at least two companies "that lost out on the bidding...
The Echo Nest Lands $1.3 Million for Music Recommendations
Somerville,
Mass. - The Echo Nest, the
provider of a music recommendation and search platform, has raised $1.3 million
in new funding from 14 unnamed investors, according...
Finnish Label to Halt New Signings Until P2P Sites Stopped
Los Angeles - A Finland-based record label has announced that
it will cease signing new artists until "our politicians have stopped the
P2P sites," TorrentFreak reported....
Music Publishers Settle Suit Against Unlicensed Lyrics Site
Washington
- The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) announced on Tuesday that it
has successfully settled its copyright infringement suit against Motive Force
and Sean Colombo, operators...
Guilty File-Swapper Tenenbaum Seeks New Trial
Boston
- Joel Tenenbaum, the Boston-area student who was found guilty of sharing 30 songs
online and ordered to pay the major record labels $675,000 in...
U2's Bono Decries File-Sharing, "Rich Service Providers"
New York
- U2 frontman Bono took to the Op-Ed page of The New York Times over the
weekend, in part to rail against the sharing...
