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How Artists Who Support “Piracy” Can Avoid Looking Like Hypocrites…

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Once in a while, an artist tells the media that they don't care about their music being pirated.  Though it doesn't happen often, it tends to garner a lot of attention — which could be why they say it — in part... Read More...
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“The Bigger the Promoter, the Bigger the Ticketmaster Kickback…”

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Ticketmaster defends charging its customers a service fee (also called a booking fee) by saying it covers the company's costs.  It's understandable that Ticketmaster needs to pay staff and cover credit card pro... Read More...
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Convicted Pirate Bay Founder Fredrik Neij May Still Be Operating the Site…

Helienne Lindvall
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The people behind the Pirate Bay may want to do some quick research before moving to a new domain name in a new country in order to escape the law.  Early on Tuesday morning the Pirate Bay site, which is now th... Read More...
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How K-Pop & J-Pop Are Saving Physical Music Sales

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While this week's IFPI report on the global revenue from recorded music saluted the growth of digital downloading and streaming, there were two countries in the top 20 markets where the trend was going the oppo... Read More...
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If Streaming Is the Future, Songwriters Are In Deep Trouble

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March 27, 2013
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Two of the top three countries, when it comes to revenue from recorded music, have just reported the figures for last year. US revenue is down by 0.9% and Germany's is down by 3.2%, as none of the countries ha... Read More...
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This story has been updated to reflect new information about the role of American Eagle Outfitters (see below). Check back for ongoing updates (last update, 3/27, 1 pm PCT).  Advertising agency TBWA\Chiat\Da... Read More...
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The executive chairman of one of the largest corporations in the world has turned his attention to India. "As the internet has emerged in many of these different countries, there's quite a few countries that ha... Read More...
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At an IT pricing inquiry in Canberra, Australia, the Australian bosses of software and hardware companies Microsoft, Adobe and Apple have been taking the stand to justify why Australians have to pay much more t... Read More...
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Just Pay Me? PRS Is Now Processing 124 Billion Music Uses a Year…

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During the Midem panel, How the Music Industry Manages Innovation (which I moderated), Incubus' manager, Steve Rennie, laid into the head of UK songwriters' collection society PRS, Robert Ashcroft. Rennie quest... Read More...
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In 2010 Peter Sunde, one of the men behind The Pirate Bay, launched a micro-payment venture called Flattr. While people could illegally download music and movies for free on his other venture, Sunde said Flattr... Read More...
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...rather than the other way around. PJ Bloom, who is the music supervisor on Glee and CSI:Miami, has told an audience of independent musicians and music companies in the UK he was "shocked" that TV studios ... Read More...
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At this year's Midem, I moderated a panel called How the Music Industry Manages Innovation. As one of the panelists, publisher Rolf Budde, is a board member of German performance rights society GEMA, the conver... Read More...
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