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by Marc on April 24, 2006
Chris Anderson at The Long Tail gives another reason for the drop in music industry sales, and it's not P2P. It's The End of the Hit. New genres like disco and grunge continually revitalize...
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by Marc on April 20, 2006
Pitchfork writer J T. Ramsay interviews entertainment lawyer Steve Gordon on the future of the recording business and the state of its transition to a digital world. Gordon shares excellent insights...
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Russian quasi-legal music service AllOfMP3.com is back in the news. AllOfMP3.com released an iTunes-like client called, not coincidentally, allTunes. AllOfMP3.com already offers software called...
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Chris Anderson of The Long Tail looks at US Music Sales as reported by RIAA. While the press and entertainment industry point to declining revenues, Chris's Nifty chart shows that's not the...
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by Marc on April 06, 2006
Movielink and CinemaNow launched today to provide movie downloads. The downloads cost $20-30. For example, the latest Harry Potter movie is $28 to buy on Movielink. You can play the movie on a total...
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Streamcast, developer of Morpheus, has sued Skype and its founders under U.S. Racketeering law, according to Andy Abramson. Mr. Wave Theory shares the beginning of the story when Streamcast hired...
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Canadian music association CRIA and RIAA are quick to point to unauthorized copying and P2P in particular as a monster that has cost the industry billions of dollars in revenues with little evidence....
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Verisign bought Kontiki, a business P2P developer and service provider, for $62 million US. Verisign was both a customer and investor. Sounds like a success, right? I don't this so. Kontiki was...
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by Marc on March 08, 2006
µTorrent, a Bit Torrent P2P file sharing client developed by Ludvig Strigeus, released a software update with Protocol Encryption for total file security, and Peer Exchange to reduce server tracker...
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by Marc on February 24, 2006
The good news: Research company Ipsos Insight reported that over half of US digital music downloaders have paid for the music. About 25 million downloaders have paid, 11 million in the past month....
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by Marc on February 16, 2006
This isn't P2P, so bear with me. It is interesting digital entertainment analysis that reminds us that half the world isn't online, which can present interesting opportunities. Robert X....
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by Marc on January 20, 2006
IFPI, the international music industry association issued its report for the state of digital music in 2005. Key findings: * There are 2 million songs online, double from last year * Mobile music...
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Programmer Zi Mei attacked RIAA claims in recent consumer lawsuits. RIAA has claimed that music file metadata (information about the file that can include song genre, year, artist, etc.) is proof of...
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by Marc on January 10, 2006
French President Jacques Chirac spoke on the P2P debate in France. The French Parliament had voted to allow free downloads of copyright content from the Internet for private use. It's unlikely...
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by Marc on January 10, 2006
2005 was a record year for digital music. At the same time P2P use continues to grow. Christmas was a fabulous week. 20 million Tracks were sold in the last week of the year, three times the previous...
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by Marc on December 05, 2005
Andrew Kantor has a fine article in USA Today "For file sharing, it's the same old song" , exactly the same theme I covered in P2P Future Past Perfect: Industry Commentary where I...
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by Marc on November 28, 2005
Excerpt from "Who Are The Pirates" in Online Spin by Shelly Palmer We hear the content industry and rights holders complaining about piracy everyday: file sharing, physical piracy,...
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SonyBMG spyware discoveries (previously reported at SonyBMG Invades Your Computer and SonyBMG Invasion Even Uglier), continue. Even US Homeland Security advises people never to install any software...
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It's been six months since the Supreme Court ruling, during which time Kazaa was kablammed Down Under and the music biz became more aggressive with cease and desist letters to major P2P...
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In Capitol Hill testimony MetaMachine President Sam Yagan, developer of eDonkey, annouced he is exiting the P2P business in compliance with a Cease & Desist letter from the entertainment industry...
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