Tag: music business
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How the digital revolution screwed songwriters. Twice.
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Andrew Orlowski
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This may not be news to most of you, but in light of DiMA’s Jonathan Potter blaming music publishers for the sorry state of digital downloads, it’s a topical reminder. Music companies – and we blur the distinction deliberately for the moment, for the sake of simplicity – paid songwriters in two ways. For what…
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‘p2p is leagal its already bought its in the air’
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Andrew Orlowski
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The following letter was sent from a K12 school account in a southern US state. It illustrates the problems facing both paid legal download services, such as Apple’s iTunes Music Store and Napster, and the RIAA’s attempt to combat the illegal download services. We’ve protected their identity, for reasons which should become obvious. when will…
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File swapping MSPs – the future of digital music?
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Andrew Orlowski
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Don’t expect Bono to descend from a cloud. Or orgasmic praise from the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg. When PlayLouder quietly rolls out its music service in the UK, it won’t initially match the razzle-dazzle of the iTunes Music Store launch, Rhapsody or the other million dollar marketing blitzes. But the initial, low-key ‘soft launch’…
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After Grokster: why (almost) everything we’re told about P2P is wrong
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Andrew Orlowski
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Grokster! Is it the end of the world as we know it? No, it isn’t. But before we examine how the two lobbies, the technology lobby and the recording industry lobby, have let us down so badly, let’s pause for a moment to consider how the press has let us down this week, too. The…
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Doonesbury savages Pepperland’s copyright utopians
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Andrew Orlowski
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As anyone involved with the original Apple Newton project knows only too well, when Garry Trudeau’s satirical eye engages a target, there’s only one winner. The Doonesbury cartoonist has a gift for holding up a mirror to bad ideas so they collapse under the weight of their own absurdities. This week[*] Trudeau has turned his attention to…
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In The City keynote: How the music business can be loved
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Andrew Orlowski
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A plea to legalise P2P file sharing. I now favour voluntary approach to the same goal. Read the original transcript here.… Read More