Tag: music

Copyright 'lobbynomics' found to stifle innovation 
By Liam Tung | May 23, 2011 | 2 Comments 
Digital Copyright Exchange idea floated in Britain.
 
Opinion: Copyright or copy wrong 
By David Havyatt | Mar 18, 2011 | 12 Comments 
The wash-up of the iiNet case reveals conflicting legal and moral views about copyright and ISP liability, writes David Havyatt.
 
Exclusive: Uniloc founder in bid to 'save music industry' 
By Nate Cochrane | Mar 11, 2011 | 1 Comment 
And "man in a van" to send higher patent infringement bill to Microsoft.
 
Opinion: Is the war on music piracy failing? 
By Liam Tung | Jan 21, 2011 | 4 Comments 
Ad-supported streaming services could rescue the industry.
 
Study: 1.2 billion illegal UK song downloads in 2010 
 
Google said to be prepping music service 
By Shaun Nichols | Jun 23, 2010 | Comment Now 
Move could increase competition with Apple.
 
Analysis: Guvera's new model for legal music downloads 
By Liz Tay | Apr 14, 2010 | Comment Now 
Custom algorithms serve up 1 million music files.
 
Latest music file could succeed the MP3 
By Nicola Brittain | Jan 23, 2010 | 9 Comments 
Touted as the answer to piracy.
 
UK jury clears Oink founder of piracy charges 
By Shaun Nichols | Jan 18, 2010 | Comment Now 
Oink torrent manager roots his way to freedom.
 
Rights holders warm to breaches on YouTube 
By Munir Kotadia | Dec 9, 2009 | Comment Now 
Viral successes mean an additional revenue stream.
 
Nokia Comes With Music bombs 
By Stewart Meagher | Oct 19, 2009 | 1 Comment 
Only 23,000 local users.
 
Kazaa goes legit 
By Shaun Nichols | Jul 21, 2009 | Comment Now 
P2P network re-launches as music service.
 
Pirate Bay operators facing jail as trial closes 
By Rosalie Marshall | Apr 18, 2009 | Comment Now 
The founders and operators of The Pirate Bay have been found guilty by a Swedish court of helping to make copyrighted content available on the web.
 
Pirate Bay 'not directly linked' to industry damage 
By Rosalie Marshall | Feb 27, 2009 | Comment Now 
Lawyers acting for BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay have argued that there is no connection between illicit downloads and lost sales in the music industry.
 
MWC: Optus to launch Nokia’s ‘Comes-with-Music’ phone 
By Brett Winterford | Feb 19, 2009 | Comment Now 
Optus is set to launch a new Nokia device that offers free, unlimited music downloads for a year.
 
Telstra seeks import gains from China tech platforms 
By Ry Crozier | Feb 11, 2009 | Comment Now 
Telstra may use the technology underpinning two Chinese mobile and online content businesses it acquired $302m controlling stakes in today to help scale up local operations at ...
 
Sanity Loadit music service granted reprieve 
By Ry Crozier | Jan 6, 2009 | Comment Now 
Sanity Music has issued a stay of execution on its troubled Loadit music service due to ‘customer response’.
 
Sanity Music’s LoadIt online music service shuts down 
By Ry Crozier | Dec 2, 2008 | Comment Now 
Sanity Music’s dud LoadIt online music service will close just five months after it launched, according to chief executive Ray Itaoui.
 
Newly created robot musician interacts and improvises 
Oct 23, 2008 | Comment Now 
An Australian PhD researcher has created musical software that has the ability to listen to music and improvise musical rhythms and melodies to accompany it.
 
Walmart to shut down DRM servers 
By Shaun Nichols | Oct 1, 2008 | Comment Now 
Walmart is becoming the latest music vendor to shut down its legacy digital rights management (DRM) system, prompting warnings of potential for lost purchases.
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