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20,000 albums? We can hardly believe it!
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| Well, it seems like just a few months ago we were celebrating 10,000 albums
| published on jamendo and this weekend we passed the 20,000 album mark!
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http://blog.jamendo.com/2009/05/25/20000-albums-we-can-hardly-believe-it/
Band Celebrates 'Super Fan' Who Burns Their CD And Gives It Out To Everyone
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| While we still have various old media execs insisting that piracy is
| destroying content creators, every day we're seeing new examples of content
| creators who have learned to embrace sharing, recognizing that it's actually
| free promotion and free distribution.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090526/1854275015.shtml
Recent:
Musicians Help Aid FOSS Initiative in Africa
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| Few things are more heartbreaking than the notion of children without access
| to healthcare. While no one denies that there's a tremendous need for better
| healthcare options for American children, the U.S. provides for emergency
| care, vaccinations, and other basic needs. Children in many other countries
| aren't so lucky.
|
| IntraHealth International works with nations across the globe to provide the
| training and infrastructure communities need to solve public health issues
| within their own country. One initiative, IntraHealth OPEN focuses on using
| open source technologies in impoverished areas because of its accessibility,
| adaptability, and versatility.
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http://ostatic.com/blog/musicians-help-aid-foss-initiative-in-africa
Artists Don’t Want Pirate Fans to be Disconnected
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| Last week, a group of music and other entertainment industry representatives
| urged the UK government to consider drafting legislation that would force
| ISPs to disconnect alleged pirates. This proposal now faces opposition from
| an unexpected corner as a coalition of top artists has spoken out against it,
| saying that disconnecting their fans is the wrong path to take.
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http://torrentfreak.com/artists-dont-want-pirate-fans-to-be-disconnected-090518/
Radiohead knows more than Microsoft about security
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| The entire rest of the article up to this point was, in effect, laying the
| ground work for a single, simple point. That point is that security is, among
| other things, a matter of picking your battles well. There are some things
| that just cannot be protected in the long run and ultimately, if your
| business model depends on protecting such things, either your business model
| will change or your business will fail. It’s really that simple.
|
| Radiohead is demonstrating a desire and ability to take chances on new
| business models when the band sees what appears to be the writing on the wall
| with regard to the demise of the record industry’s traditional business
| model.
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=363
Related:
Why popstars are going it alone
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| Music industry lobby groups have long been among the most vocal advocates of
| copyright reform, urging governments worldwide to prioritise intellectual
| property protection.
|
| [...]
|
| Last week, Radiohead released its latest CD without copy-controls on its
| website under a pay-as-you like system (Canada's Issa - formerly known as
| Jane Siberry - has successfully employed a similar approach for many years).
|
| The Radiohead announcement has unleashed a stunning series of follow-up
| moves - reports indicate that Nine Inch Nails, Oasis, Jamiroquai, the
| Charlatans, and Madonna have either left or are ready to leave their record
| labels in search of greater commercial success through live performances,
| merchandise sales, and other online innovation that may include free
| distribution of their music.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7047723.stm
Music industry association recommends flat-rate file sharing
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| I just heard from two contacts in Denmark that their branch of the
| International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers (IFPI) (the
| equivalent of America's RIAA and MPAA) has seriously proposed allowing
| unrestricted downloads of music over peer-to-peer networks, in exchange for a
| modest monthly fee to be charged to all ISP users.
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http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/10/music_industry.html
Radiohead album bets on fast release, open pricing
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| The release of popular rock group Radiohead's new album next week is the
| latest wake-up call for a music industry still struggling to deal with the
| advent of digital music, experts say.
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http://www.news.com/Radiohead-album-bets-on-fast-release%2C-open-pricing/2100-1025_3-6212107.html?tag=nefd.top
Defendant: RIAA abusing courts to shore up "failing business model"
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| After the lawsuit was filed, Njuguna said she boxed up the PC reportedly used
| for infringement and purchased a new one. She then filed a series of
| counterclaims to the RIAA's lawsuit in an attempt to have the lawsuit
| dismissed and her name cleared. One of those accuses the record labels of
| failing to negotiate in good faith.
|
| [...]
|
| Njugana also accuses the RIAA of engaging in deceptive and unfair trade
| practices, arguing that the record labels have demonstrated repeated behavior
| that has an "adverse effect on the public interest." She also cites former
| RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen's lawsuit (which seeks class-action status) as
| evidence that, unless the courts step in at some point, the RIAA will
| continue its campaign.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070913-defendant-riaa-abusing-courts-to-shore-up-failing-business-model.html
The RIAA will come to regret its court win
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| And, he told his blog readers: "If [the industry tries to] keep up the
| strategy of 'you need us badly and therefore we make the rules' you will lose
| the artists, their managers... and the audience. Another 12 months for this
| Radiohead experiment to become the default approach. Get engaged or get
| outmoded. And do it soon."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/08/0810_riaa_comment/
Mom Sues Universal Music for DMCA Abuse
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| The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit today against Universal
| Music Publishing Group (UMPG), asking a federal court to protect the fair use
| and free speech rights of a mother who posted a short video of her toddler
| son dancing to a Prince song on the Internet.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10869/mom-sues-universal-music-dmca-abuse
Music industry attacks Sunday newspaper's free Prince CD
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| The eagerly awaited new album by Prince is being launched as a free
| CD with a national Sunday newspaper in a move that has drawn
| widespread criticism from music retailers.
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http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2114557,00.html
Business Model Gone Bad: The Music and Movie Edition
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| How Realistic is this new Business Model?
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| How realistic is this? I think it is very realistic.
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http://www.5thwind.com/?p=58
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