Record company trade revenues from digital sales globally nearly tripled in value, from $400 mln to $1.1 bln in 2005. New mobile formats such as full track downloads to mobile and music videos grew faster (180% increase in trade revenues) than master ringtones (120%). Though, overall recorded music sales (physical and digital) fell by […]
Pearl Jam has just released its latest music video, “Life Wasted,” under a Creative Commons license. That means that anyone will be able to “legally copy, distribute and share the clip” for noncommercial purposes.
One step closer to Free Culture!
Fifty-nine per cent of respondents in the National Consumer Council (NCC) commissioned poll thought copying their own CDs was perfectly legal, and 55 per cent said they have done so. However, current UK law states that it is illegal to rip CDs to any other media.
Source: The Register
IFPI announced that the global music revenues declined with 4%. The decline is the result of lower CD prices. The amount of CD’s sold hasn’t declined. Digital music sales nearly tripled to $1.1 bln from $400 mln in 2004, split evenly between online services and mobile phone downloads.
source: ZDNet
US Department of Justice investigators have begun to probe major music labels’ download pricing policies, sources close to the world’s four biggest recording companies told Billboard magazine.
The DoJ supsects Warner Music Group, EMI, Sony BMG and Universal Music Group have a secret deal concerning digital music pricing. Investigation centers on the major labels’ use of […]
Winter Music Conference, March 24-March 28, is regarded as the singular networking event in the dance music industry, attracting professionals from over 60 different countries. With its high concentration of top international artists, DJs and industry professionals, WMC permeates the international press and is thereby one of the most publicized events in the business. Every […]
First Mobile Music provider …
Musiwave, an Openwave company
and a leading provider of mobile music
entertainment services to operators and media companies worldwide, today
announced its first agreement with a major music company, Universal Music
France, to roll-out subscription-based mobile music services.
Musiwave’s subscription-based mobile music service is now available
worldwide. The subscription-based mobile music service offers consumers easy,
flexible […]
According to an exec producer of a BBC show that ran a short segment on BitTorrent where file-sharing was equated with theft has apologized:
First though, an apology. File sharing is not theft. It has never been theft. Anyone who says it is theft is wrong and has unthinkingly absorbed too many Recording Industry Association […]
Music store Rough Trade Retail has partnered with music download site Bleep.com, to develop a digital retail service scheduled for launch this Autumn.
The deal will make the retailer’s music catalogue available to buy online in a DRM-free format.
Stephen Godfroy of Rough Trade Retail, said: “Digital shoppers can expect unique Rough Trade Retail features and […]
In one minute, the iTunes’ music store sells around 1,400 songs. That’s 84,000 songs per hour, and just over 2 million a day. On Sunday, iTunes’ sales totaled approximately 987,477,000 songs. On february 24 2006 iTunes has reached the 1 billion track milestone. Congrats!