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This Is the Story of How Facebook Alienated a Perfectly Good Dance Label…

Helienne Lindvall
June 21, 2013
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Facebook's decision to charge labels for sending updates to their subscribers is alienating indie labels.  Now, many of these labels are increasingly turning their backs on the social media giant. "Indie lab... Read More...
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Study Finds That Wealthier People Steal More Music…

Helienne Lindvall
June 18, 2013
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That's according to research commissioned by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), which found that Australian illegal file-sharers are richer than the average Australian.  Of the 1,000 adults q... Read More...
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Social Networking: A Complete Waste of Your Musical Talent…

Helienne Lindvall
June 14, 2013
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It was the panel 'Connecting Creators and Consumers' that resulted in the most heated debates at last week's World Creators Summit.  In an effort to directly connect the two, the Summit included two 'real life'... Read More...
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Clear Channel President: “Not All People Can Afford a $15 a Month Subscription…”

Helienne Lindvall
June 11, 2013
6
This week's most anticipated news may have been the almost-launch of Apple’s iTunes Radio. Yet the president of Clear Channel, John Sykes, has told Digital Music News that those declaring the imminent death of ... Read More...
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If Licensing Is ‘Cancer’ for Startups, Deezer CEO Axel Dauchez Has a Cure…

Helienne Lindvall
June 7, 2013
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Deezer's CEO, Axel Dauchez, has told the World Creators Summit audience that the fragmentation of music rights is the "cancer" threatening to destroy innovation in digital music services.  And he's come up with... Read More...
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The US Copyright Office Demands That Broadcasters Start Paying Artists…

Helienne Lindvall
June 6, 2013
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Speaking to a crowd of people from the creative industries at the World Creators Summit in Washington, DC, the US Register of Copyrights, Maria Pallante, has confirmed that she's looking to "provide a full publ... Read More...
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Google Declares: We Can Find the Pirates, We Can Report Them to the Authorities…

Helienne Lindvall
June 2, 2013
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In a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt had some advice for those who want to protect their creative output from unlicensed exploitation: follow the money. W... Read More...
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7 Reasons Why Artists Should Skip a BitTorrent ‘Media Partnership’

Helienne Lindvall
May 29, 2013
11
Lately, BitTorrent, Inc. has made a concerted effort to appear "legit", courting both artists and their managers.  It's even managed to become a "tech partner" of the UK Music Managers Forum.  But is partnering... Read More...
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Experts Agree: The DMCA Takedown System Is a Joke, and Must be Scrapped…

Helienne Lindvall
May 28, 2013
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In the past couple of days, the DMCA takedown system has come under attack both from the RIAA and anti-copyright campaigner Derek Khanna. No doubt this has been brought on by the Congressional review of the DMC... Read More...
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Sony/ATV, the Publisher, Wants the Same Royalty Rate as Sony Music, the Label…

Helienne Lindvall
May 24, 2013
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The planned June launch of Apple's streaming service is set to be delayed because Sony Music, the record label, and Sony/ATV, its publishing arm, are holding out for better deals.  Sources have told the New Yor... Read More...
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Rod Stewart Has the Worst Metadata In the Entire World…

Helienne Lindvall
May 21, 2013
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Rod Stewart fans may have been a bit confused by the title of his new album when they went to stream it on Rdio last week.   What is perhaps even more surprising is that no one at Rdio or Universal h... Read More...
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If People Really Cared About ‘Legal Hosting,’ RapidShare Wouldn’t Be Dying…

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May 20, 2013
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It’s a common line of defense by services such as MegaUpload while fighting attacks by the entertainment industry: "We're used for legitimate file hosting." But the news that RapidShare has sacked 75 percent ... Read More...
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