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EMI To Cut Funding To RIAA And Other Trade Groups?
Ever wonder why the big labels waste money funding trade groups like the RIAA? EMI, the British record company that was recently taken over by a private equity firm does, and a unnamed source tells Reuters that the new investors are thinking of cutting funding to the RIAA and other, similar trade groups. More »
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iTunes DRM-Free Music Selling Like Crazy?
According to the Inquirer, sales of "Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon increase by between 272 and 350 percent... OK Go's Oh No increased 77 per cent. Coldplay's A Rush Of Blood To The Head jumped 115 percent." More »
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Microsoft Joins Apple In Offering DRM-Free Music
Following Apple's lead, Microsoft has announced that the Zune Marketplace will offer DRM-free downloads from EMI's catalogue. Microsoft also claims to be discussing similar arrangements with other music labels."The EMI announcement on Monday was not exclusive to Apple," said Katy Asher, a Microsoft spokeswoman on the Zune team, in an e-mail to the IDG News Service today. She said Microsoft has been talking with EMI and other record labels "for some time now" about offering unprotected music on its Zune players in an effort to meet the needs of its customers.Microsoft has kept mum on the specifics. We don't yet how the price or quality of Microsoft's music will stack up against Apple's offering, nor do we know when the DRM-free music will be made available on the Zune Marketplace. — CAREY GREENBERG-BERGER More »
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EMI To Go DRM-Free
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that EMI, a Big Four music label and RIAA member, will release "significant amounts of its catalogue" unencumbered by DRM. The announcement from EMI is expected at an 8 a.m. EST press conference in London, featuring Apple CEO Steve Jobs.Privately most labels rejected the idea out of hand, but EMI, the world's third-largest music company by sales, was already quietly exploring the idea of dropping DRM. EMI has struggled to overcome poor results and a laggard digital strategy, potentially contributing to its willingness to take a bold stance on DRM.EMI will make the DRM-free portions of its catalogue available for download via iTunes. We wonder how the RIAA will react. — CAREY GREENBERG-BERGER More »
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RIAA VP Laughs At Consumerist's "Worst Company In America" Contest
David Hughes, a former Vice President of Technology Strategies and Digital Policy for Sony BMG who now serves as the Senior Vice President of Technology for the RIAA, held a question and answer session at Arizona State University this morning. The audience held several Consumerist readers, one of whom asked David about winning the "Worst Company In America" contest. Reader Anthony describes the event:The RIAA is well-aware that they are becoming irrelevant. They are also aware that nobody likes them, but they don't care about that. Someone also brought up the fact that the RIAA was recently voted as being the "worst company in America", to which David responded with some laughs and a quip about how they've been "beating Exxon-Mobil for years" in that arena.Other highlights of the talk include Mr. Hughes calling Steve Jobs a "hypocrite," and some protesters crashing the party...
Four people, likely students, walked into the back of the room, all holding cardboard signs. One sign had a scythe attached and said, "Don't fear the RIAAper." Another guy had no pants on and had a sign that said, "The RIAA sued the pants off me." Another girl had a sign that said, "Download like it's 1999." And the last girl had some spare change in her hand that was to go to "Metallica's retirement fund."—MEGHANN MARCO More »
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The News; Rich, Creamy, Lung Cancer
• The last bowl of payola, overturned. Spitzer for el Presidente! [NYT]• Alternate headline: Chevron agrees to be as good as 7-11. [LAT]
• Avoid these 6 airlines. [CT]
• That's one way to get them to stop losing data. [LAT]
• Gates, denouement, still looks like a doofus. [NYT]
• Nothing says I love you like asbestos. Too bad the candygram is belated. [NYT]
• It's gonna be a long spanking for Fannie Mae. [NYT]
• Nation's factories prescribed Cialis. [NYT] More »
