Yahoo announced Wednesday that it is selling Jessica Simpson's latest single in MP3 format--in other words, with none of the usual copyright protection coding.
Because the song, a party-pop track called ...
Last autumn, Napster launched a striking advertising campaign. It drew inspiration from, of all places, the stoic philosophers.
The most memorable slogan was "Have Everything, Own Nothing", and we asked the ...
Here in Washington, there is nothing more amusing than watching business interests work themselves up into a righteous frenzy over a threat to their monopoly profits from a new technology ...
The music industry has been pushing for concerted, multinational action to protect intellectual property, and this week their efforts paid off in the form of a communiqué from the G8 ...
Technology commentator Bill Thompson on music industry proposals to "tax" net providers who carry music as part of their internet traffic.
Earlier this month the Association of Independent Music had one ...
Forget vinyl: Now CD stores are suffering from a generation gap, and they're closing down in increasing numbers
So this is an evening rush?
On a recent Monday, six people -- soon ...
After five years, Prince's NPG Music Club online site is being shut down. According to a statement released to NPG members, the music club has maximized its potential.
"In its current ...
Album sales in the United States continued to sink during the first half of this year, though digital formats remained explosive.
Overall albums dipped 4.2 percent during the first two ...
The world's biggest record company is not ready to give the compact disc up for dead just yet, and is giving the venerable music format a revamp.
Universal Music Group, home ...
A new study from marketing research company Ipsos Insight indicates that while file sharing may be down, it still constitutes a significant percentage of the music found on today's portable ...
A group of South Korean music companies said Monday it has filed a complaint against the Internet file-sharing site Soribada with a Seoul police station for alleged copyright violations.
The complaint ...
The British recording industry has been given permission to sue Russian music website allofmp3.com in the High Court.
Members of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) want to prove the site, which ...
File-swapping software seemed in peril a year ago when the U.S. Supreme Court gave the entertainment industry a legal bullet: Its ruling reopened the door for lawsuits over programs used ...
Two new surveys show just how drastically listening habits are shifting and presenting new challenges for the music industry.
Ipod_33A new IPSOS poll reveals that 20% of Americans over age 12 ...
As over-the-air mobile downloading starts to take root, more numbers are surfacing on the trend. Already, Sprint has revealed a tally of two million OTA downloads since its service became ...
I wrote last week about MySpace's impact on the music scene, yet I would be remiss if I neglected the most potent weapon in MySpace's toolbox, independent music fans. This ...
Los Angeles-based Napster has upgraded its digital music service, announcing this morning that its latest version adds the ability to synchronize its subscription music content with MP3 players.
The new ...
For years, old recordings have piled up in the archives at Verve Records, including beloved jazz tracks that had no market big enough to justify pressing new discs. But thanks ...
Coca Cola is planning another music venture to replace Mycokemusic.com, the music download site it is closing at the end of July.
A spokesman confirmed it was considering options, but would ...
The impartiality of two of the judges who ruled that Dutch website Mp3search.nl broke the law by posting links to copyrighted files has been called into question.
Last Friday, an appeals ...
