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Breaking Digital Music NewsMichael Jackson Breaks Digital Song Sales RecordsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 7:50am.
 Los Angeles
- Michael Jackson has sold a record 2.6 million digital songs in one week, up
from 48,000 a week ago, according to sales data compiled by SoundScan. The feat
makes Jackson the first artist to sell over a million downloads in a single
week.
MCS Music Files Copyright Suit Against Yahoo, Microsoft, RealAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 7:24am.
 Nashville, Tenn. - MCS Music America,
a company that provides administration and manages copyrights for some 45,000
music tracks, has filed copyright infringement claims against Yahoo (NASD: YHOO), Microsoft (NASD: MSFT)
and RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK), alleging the companies did not obtain all the proper
permissions for using its tracks on their service, Techdirt reported. On its
website, MCS Music America
says it administers copyrights for artists including Elvis Presley, Tina
Turner, Mariah Carey, Metallica and Moby, among others.
RIAA Wins Copyright Judgment Against Usenet.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 6:00am.
 Los Angeles
- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced on Wednesday
that a federal court has ruled in its favor in a copyright infringement lawsuit
it filed against Usenet.com. According to CNET's coverage, U.S. District Judge
Harold Baer of the Southern District of New York found Usenet.com -- which
offers access to the twenty-year-old Usenet network -- guilty of direct,
contributory and vicarious copyright infringement.
Sony Music, RED in Talks With IODA for Distribution, MarketingAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:25am.
Los Angeles
- Major record label Sony Music Entertainment and its RED Distribution arm are
in talks to partner with IODA, a provider of digital distribution services for
independent artists, Digital Music News reported. The proposed deal reportedly
centers on use of IODA's Rightsholder Dashboard, an online tool that artists,
managers and labels can use to track sales and related data.
Hype Machine Outs Bands it Thinks Manipulated ChartsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:22am.
Los Angeles
- Hype Machine, an aggregator of music based on coverage and buzz generated on
blogs, has made changes to its chart of popular songs after it found allege
manipulation of some of the placements. The company found that multiple fake
accounts had been created whose only actions were to favorite a single band's
songs, upping their ranking. Hype Machine also went as far as to name the bands
"who (or their managers, promoters, interns, determined fans, there is no
way to ultimately know) we believe have attempted to manipulate the charts on
the Hype Machine."
Lime Wire Store to Stock CD Baby Digital CatalogAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:20am.
New York
- Lime Wire, a provider of peer-to-peer file-sharing software and an online
media store, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with online CD
retailer CD Baby. Under the deal, the LimeWire Store will now sell CD Baby's
digital catalog, boosting its library to over 3.5 million songs. CD Baby offers
recordings from over 240,000 artists.
Insider Trading Probe Launched on Pirate Bay BuyerAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 8:24am.
Stockholm, Sweden - An investigation has been launched into suspected insider trading
of shares in Sweden-based Global Gaming Factory, following irregular volume was
seen a week before the company acquired file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay for
$7.8 million, TorrentFreak reported.
tags: Deals | Law | Music | Movies | Acquisitions | Copyright | The Pirate Bay | Global Gaming Factory |
Pandora Requires Indie Artists to Have CDs Listed on AmazonAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2009 - 8:35am.
San Francisco
- Streaming radio service Pandora is now requiring independent artists to stock
a physical CD for sale at Amazon.com before adding their songs to the service,
Hypebot reported. Submissions must be available as a physical CD, and include
cover art and a UPC code, in part due to a deal to display album art on Pandora
via Amazon's servers. Artists are also encouraged to joint the Amazon Advantage
Program, which costs $29.95 per year and gives Amazon a 55% cut of profits from
CD sales.
Will Pirate Bay Be Successful As A Legit Music Downloading Service?Authored by Jay Baage on June 30, 2009 - 6:59am.
Report: Jammie Thomas-Rasset Rejects RIAA Settlement OfferAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2009 - 6:10am.
Los Angeles
- Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the woman recently found guilty of copyright
infringement on a file-sharing network and ordered to pay $1.9 million in damages,
has rejected a settlement offer from the record labels, CNET News.com reported.
The Pirate Bay Acquired for $7.8 Million; Will Go LegitAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2009 - 5:11am.
 Stockholm, Sweden - Swedish software firm Global Gaming
Factory (GGF) announced on Tuesday that it has paid $7.8 million to acquire
notorious file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, and will turn the site into a
legitimate business that compensates copyright holders. Under the term, the
operators of The Pirate Bay -- who were recently found guilty of copyright infringement,
sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay fines totaling $3.9 million --
will receive half of the payment in cash and half in GGF shares.
tags: Deals | P2P | TV | Music | Movies | Sweden | Acquisitions | Copyright | BitTorrent | The Pirate Bay | Global Gaming Factory | Peerialism |
Sirius XM Debuts Michael Jackson Tribute ChannelAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2009 - 10:58am.
New York
- Sirius XM (NASD: SIRI), the satellite radio firm with major operations in DC, on Saturday
launched The Michael Jackson Tribute Channel, honoring the pop music icon who
died last week. The limited-run channel, featuring Jackson's music, as well as interviews and
stories from other artists, will air through midnight Monday on Sirius channel
51 and XM channel 62.
RIAA P2P Case Tally in Court Brief Differs With EstimatesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2009 - 10:49am.
Boston
- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said in court documents
filed this month that it had settled with 4,000 of the 18,000 people it
contacted about their alleged infringements on file-sharing networks, although
other estimates peg the total number of proceedings at nearly double that
figure, Digital Music News reported.
Sirius XM Passing Music Royalty Rate Hike on to SubscribersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 26, 2009 - 10:32am.
New York - Sirius XM (NASD: SIRI) plans
to pass on higher royalty rates it has to pay to broadcast music to its
subscribers in the U.S.,
in the form of a $1.98 per month fee increase for primary subscriptions and
$0.97 per month fee for multi-receiver subscriptions, SiriusXMNews reported.
Apple Sued Over iTunes Gift Cards, Price Hike to $1.29 SongsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 26, 2009 - 8:39am.
San Francisco - Apple (NASD: AAPL) has been sued for
breach of contract and consumer fraud by two Illinois residents, who claim the company
misled them by marketing its gift cards for the iTunes Store as redeemable for
99-cent songs, when in fact some songs now cost $1.29 each, CNET News.com
reported.
Death of Michael Jackson Spikes News Traffic, Music SalesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 26, 2009 - 8:07am.
San Mateo,
Calif. - As news spread about
Michael Jackson's death on Thursday, fans and curiosity seekers inundated the
Internet for information, slowing several major news sites to a crawl,
according to website performance measurement firm Keynote Systems. The firm said
that during the early evening hours, sites including ABC, CBS, the L.A. Times
and AOL became nearly unavailable (down to nearly 10% availability).
tags: Music | News | Publishing | Wikipedia | Amazon.com | TMZ.com | iTunes Store | Twitter | Michael Jackson |
FriendFeed Adds Ability to Share MP3s, Other FilesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 25, 2009 - 12:35pm.
Mountain View,
Calif. - FriendFeed, a social
content-sharing platform, has added the ability for users to share files with
one another, including MP3 and PDF formats. The service previously allowed only
photo file formats to be directly shared into a user's feed. Uploads for audio
files are limited to three per day, and may either be downloaded or streamed
from FriendFeed servers. The company told TechCrunch it would deal with
copyright issues by removing files per the request of the copyright holder.
U.K. Retail Brand Woolworths Becomes Web Media StoreAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 25, 2009 - 12:34pm.
London - U.K. retail store chain Woolworths, which shuttered
its more than 800 stores after declaring bankruptcy late last year, has been
relaunched as a retail site selling media including CDs, DVDs and video games,
Billboard reported. The site is operated by Shop Direct Group, which acquired
the brand during administration proceedings.
Swedish Court Rejects Bias Charges Against Pirate Bay JudgeAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 25, 2009 - 7:57am.
Stockholm,
Sweden - A
Swedish appellate court has rejected charges from the administrators of
file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay that the judge who found them guilty of copyright
infringement was biased because of his ties to several pro-copyright groups,
Ars Technica reported. Judge Tomas Norström is a member of the Swedish
Copyright Association, and sits on the board of the Swedish Association for the
Protection of Industrial Property, which the Pirate Bay
administrators charged would bias him in the case against them.
ReverbNation Offers Artists Cash in 'Sponsored Songs' PromotionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 24, 2009 - 12:03pm.
New York
- ReverbNation, a provider of online music marketing services, on Wednesday
announced a new Sponsored Songs program that will provide up to 1,000 artists
the opportunity to earn money when their songs are downloaded by fans. Each
song will incorporate "a small section of branded messaging within the
digital cover art," with the artist paid 50 cents for each qualified
download. The songs will also be "tracked as they are passed from fan to
fan allowing the brand sponsor to capture ongoing value as the music is shared
virally."
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