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Spotify Mobile App Plays Tunes Even When the Stream Runs Dry May 28, 2009 
Stockholm-based Spotify is still trying to navigate a maze of licensing obstacles before it can launch a U.S. version of its much-hyped desktop streaming music application. Yet its developers showed how they've been keeping busy Wednesday with an Android smartphone app demonstration during the Google I/O conference in San Francisco.
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Napster's New Plan: Slash Prices, Stream Music, Survive May 19, 2009 
Napster's choice of a headphone-wearing cat for its logo has turned out to be quite appropriate. The grand-tabby of all digital music services enters its second decade apparently intent on using up every one of a feline's nine lives, with the latest reincarnation coming Monday in the form of a new business model.
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The Pirate Bay Fights Back With Appeal Charging Judicial Bias April 23, 2009 
The music and entertainment industry didn't even have a week to fully savor its victory against the four proprietors of The Pirate Bay before they filed an appeal. Though the move was expected, the grounds for the appeal may have caught the plaintiffs by surprise. The Pirate Bay contends that the judge hearing the case, Tomas Norstrom, should have disqualified himself due to a conflict of interest.
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YouTube, Universal Hook Up for Music Video Site April 10, 2009 
Google's YouTube and Universal Music Group are partnering to launch Vevo, a music video vehicle featuring UMG's videos. The site will launch in the coming months. Few details have been provided about the launch; however, both companies will share in the revenues, and additional deals with other music labels are being negotiated, the companies said.
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An Xserve Lift, an iTunes Shift and a Gift Card Grift April 10, 2009 
Most of Apple's core products have seen some sort of refresh since last September, and it appears there aren't a whole lot left to update any time soon. Most recently, Apple unleashed Intel's Nehalem processors in its Xserve server line, which doubled the performance ... so, that's cool, but definitely cool for a limited audience of professional business users.
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Music-Download Pricing Drifts Away From 99-Cent Comfort Zone April 08, 2009 
Consumers have come to accept that songs can be purchased a la carte for 99 US cents via the Internet. That is a result, of course, of Apple's revolutionary introduction of the iPod music player and the iTunes music store several years ago. Before then, consumers had few options for downloading music onto digital music players -- and most of them were illegal.
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Google Music Service Could Take Wind Out of Chinese Pirates' Sails March 30, 2009 
Google has launched a new music search service in China in conjunction with Top100.cn, one of mainland China's top Internet music sites. The new Google Music Search provides users with links to free, legal music downloads. Google, Top100.cn and several major American record labels will share revenue generated from online advertising.
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RIAA, YouTube, China: Plotting New and Creative Ways to Separate You From the Internet March 28, 2009 
The Recording Industry Association of America has apparently found out the hard way what other organizations, like the mafia, have known for years: The American legal system is for pansies. If you want to get something done, don't bother with the courts. It's expensive, it's time-consuming, and it'll air out all your dirty laundry. If you really want results, you've gotta use back-room strong-arm tactics.
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Are ISPs the Music Industry's New Guns for Hire? March 26, 2009 
There are reports that Cox and AT&T have begun cooperating with the Recording Industry Association of America's new antipiracy strategy -- first announced in December -- of targeting illegal file-sharing activities through Internet service providers instead of through the courts.
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YouTube vs. Royalties, Spy vs. Spy, Dell vs. a Firehose March 14, 2009 
MTV pretty much gave up on music years ago in order to concentrate on how many different variations of "The Real World" and "Road Rules" it could squeeze out. But YouTube has largely picked up MTV's slack -- type in just about any video you want to see, and Google's sharing site will play it for you.
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UK Royalty Standoff Clogs YouTube's Music Video Pipes March 10, 2009 
Online video site YouTube has stopped streaming music videos to users in the United Kingdom due to a dispute over royalties with PRS for Music, the UK entity that collects royalties for music artists. The two sides have been locked in a battle over royalties for months, and YouTube, which is owned by Google, claims that PRS wants too much money for access to music licenses.
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YouTube Saved the Video Star? Google, Universal May Create New Music Site March 05, 2009 
YouTube is said to be in talks with Universal Music Group to create an online music video site. The reports come at a time when Google-owned YouTube is searching for ways to monetize its vast amounts of video content and Internet traffic. The major record labels have also been exploring a number of online strategies for monetizing their music content as compact disc sales continue their steep decline.
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Kyte iPhone Apps Aim to Keep Music Fan Loyalty Flying High February 23, 2009 
While the Apple iPhone and iPod touch App Store has been dominated by free and low-cost games, a new generation of applications maybe on the way: Music artists and entertainers with their own branded iPhone apps. A company called "Kyte" is riding the wave by supplying a framework through which developers can create these apps.
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The Plight of Advertisers in a Multichannel World January 09, 2009 
While television remains the most popular consumer device for viewing video content, it's fast falling before the march of alternatives, according to a report released Thursday by Deloitte. About half of U.S. consumers want the freedom to view their content on any platform they choose -- be it television, media center software, smartphone, or PC.
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Warner Music, YouTube Out of Tune December 22, 2008 
Warner Music Group has started pulling some of its songs from YouTube, a move that apparently reflects a breakdown in the renegotiation of a licensing agreement between the two sides. Warner licensed its entire music catalog to YouTube just before the latter was acquired by search engine powerhouse Google for $1.65 billion a few years ago.
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RIAA Abandons Mass Lawsuit Strategy in File-Sharing War December 19, 2008 
Five years and 35,000 people later, the Recording Industry Association of America has apparently conceded a major battle over music file-sharing. The music industry trade group has decided to stop suing individuals it suspects of illegally downloading music via peer-to-peer Web sites.
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