Articles tagged "digital music"

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Radiohead tries to change the music biz with digital album

by Sarah Zupko

[1.Oct.07] :. Using their position as one of the biggest rock band’s in the world, Radiohead is attempting a game-changing move on the music industry. Music blogs are aflutter today at the news that...

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Watchdog for online piracy trains at Orlando university

by Mark K. Matthews [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[17.Apr.07] :. WASHINGTON - The music industry’s next weapon against online piracy is being tested at the University of Central Florida - a new front in the battle to stop college students from stealing music...

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As music lovers create their own mixes, the album is being redefined

by Chris Macias [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[12.Apr.07] :. SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Album sales are in a seven-year decline as the computer has replaced the brick-and-mortar store as the gateway to record shopping. But don’t count the long-playing...

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Digital music industry finally faces reality

by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)]

[9.Apr.07] :. When Apple Inc. called a news conference last week, reporters on the tech and music beats believed they knew what was coming: CEO and Beatles freak Steve Jobs was going to make the announcement...

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Crazed by the Music

Is the Apple/EMI DRM-free world a paradise?

by Jason Gross

[4.Apr.07] :. No doubt that it’s big news when one of the last majors standing (EMI) gets in bed with Steve Jobs and friends to provide DRM-free music.  On the surface, this seems to be the breakthrough...

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Music labels, Apple hit on iTunes restrictions

by Steve Goldstein [MarketWatch (MCT)]

[4.Apr.07] :. LONDON - The European Commission on Tuesday took the first step toward bringing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. and major record companies, objecting to territorial restrictions applied to...

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EMI, Apple rock digital music world

by Troy Wolverton [San Jose Mercury News (MCT)]

[3.Apr.07] :. It’s taken more than 10 years, but the music industry is finally starting to make peace with the MP3. In a groundbreaking move, EMI Group announced Monday that it will let digital music...

 

EMI, Apple to sell DRM-free music on iTunes

by Simon Kennedy and Dan Gallagher [MarketWatch (MCT)]

[2.Apr.07] :. SAN FRANCISCO - EMI Group said Monday it will reverse strategy and begin offering its entire digital music catalog without anti-piracy software on Apple Inc’s iTunes Store - making it the...

 
 
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