Universal Music Drops Catalog Download Prices In Europe
Universal Music is now lowering the wholesale cost on various catalog albums, according to information received Monday. The company pointed to an “aggressive European strategy” that will “permanently reduce the digital download prices” of about 1,500 catalog albums. Included in the cut-rate batch are Buddy Holly, Dusty Springfield, Bob Marley and the Wailers, and The [...]
European Artists Defend Copyright Fees
European filmmakers and musicians spoke out Wednesday against any possible EU moves to end copyright levies on electronic equipment, saying this would deprive them of fair compensation for people copying their works.
Spanish director Pedro Almodovar was one of several high-profile artists pleading with the European Commission to retain the fees that most EU nations charge [...]
Blu-ray launch delayed in Europe (2007?)
The on-again, off-again story of advanced optical-disc recording will keep consumers on tenterhooks yet again this autumn, with manufacturers in the Blu-ray camp still not ready to introduce their movie-players to the huge European market.
Pioneer, one of the stalwarts of the Blu-ray camp, admitted this week it would not be ready to launch the players [...]
A Euro E-Tax?
The Europeans, for all their egalitarian and common sense ways of doing things, the recent mention of a so-called “E-tax,”by a member of the European Parliament has sparked a firestorm of outrage.
Alain Lamassoure, a french member of the European Parliament, proposed creating a Europewide tax on e-mail and phone text messages. Yes, I can’t [...]
