Zune means zilch for artists
How much can artists expect to benefit from Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player?
Microsoft recently agreed to pay a royalty to Universal Music, which with acts like U2 and Jay-Z is the world’s most successful label, of more than $1 for each sale of each Zune sold.
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Universal promised it would “pay half [...]
Heliodisplay – Floating Free-Space Interactive Display
Floating in midair, an image hovers above a seemingly ordinary table. This unique technology, developed by a former architect, creates one of the most convincing open-air holographic-like images in existence.
In late 2003, a small company from the San Francisco Bay Area demonstrated a unique revolutionary display technology. The (then) prototype device projected an image in [...]
Universal Music may seek royalty deal with iPod
Universal Music Group Chief Executive Doug Morris said on Tuesday he may try to fashion an iPod royalty fee with Apple Computer Inc. in the next round of negotiations in early 2007.
Universal, the world’s largest music company, owned by French media giant Vivendi, was the first major record label to strike an agreement with Microsoft [...]
UK Sports Authorities Crack Down on P2P TV
It seems P2P TV has become popular enough for some people to begin policing the distribution of their streams illegally
Sports authorities in the UK have hired a company called NetResult to seek out and police the interent for unauthorized streaming of their matches.
The FA Premier League, Uefa, Cricket Australia and other sport bodies [...]
Could BitTorrent Inc. be the new model for file-sharing legitimacy?
Other file-sharing companies have tried to go legit and failed as there has never been enough assurances of content security to make the movie executives feel comfortable enough to embrace the P2P medium.
Having BitTorrent, which has massive amounts of street-cred and brand familiarity, sign a deal with Hollywood studios is big news, and could [...]
BitTorrent signs deal with movie studios for online download service
BitTorrent Inc, developer of a popular online file-sharing tool, says it has reached licensing deals that will boost the number of movies and TV shows it can offer as part of a video download service launching next year.
The privately held company said Tuesday it had signed agreements with Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Pictures, News Corp.’s 20th [...]
Russia, US sign WTO pact that singles out AllofMP3 for prosecution
It seems the final death blow has finally been struck against the Russian music-downloading service AllofMP3.
After successfully beating back assaults on multiple fronts, it appears as though the WTO will insert the final proverbial nail in AllofMP3’s coffin.
First Visa and Mastercard jointly announced a halt in accepting credit card transactions from people trying to [...]
Verizon Wireless, YouTube ink video content agreement
A new agreement between Verizon Wireless and YouTube means that starting in December, Verizon V CAST subscribers will be able to watch videos uploaded to YouTube. The pact also enables easy uploading of videos shot on subscribers’ cell phones.
V CAST subscribers will be able to watch a limited selection of videos on YouTube, including ones [...]
PS3 Hacking Has Begun
Console hacking enthusiasts have already taken the first steps towards making the PS3 backup friendly, installing LINUX and using it to dump a 7GB ISO file from Madden 07 onto an external hard drive. Pool Boy over at PS3News points out that this is exactly how the PSP backup scene got started, and that the [...]
DVD Jon Agrees: Zune Getting a Bad Rap
Commons license or play stuff from the iTunes store, the pricing system for purchasing music by the song is a little weird, and its chassis isn’t quite as tough as I’d thought initially. But after using the Zune for two weeks and a day and being pretty satisfied with its design, features, and [...]
