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Heirs of Superman artist can’t reclaim their copyright, judge rules

DC Comics It took two years of court wrangling, but ultimately DC Comics found the legal kryptonite to shut down an attempt by the heirs of a Superman co-creator to recapture rights to...

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Friday, October 19th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Music-Service Skips Record Labels, Pays Artists Directly to Convert Their Fans into Subscribers

Rdio, the music-streaming service which has been a good challenger to Spotify, is adopting a new (and daring) business model. The company has recently announced its decision to offer revenue to musicians based on...

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Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Rdio to Pay Musicians Royalties for Fans

Rdio announces it will reward artists for converting fans into Rdio subscribers. Music-on-demand service Rdio has announced it will start paying musicians for each individual fan on the website. The company behind the service...

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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Too Legit To Quit: 124.2m Legal BitTorrent Music Downloads in 2012

On Monday, Musicmetric – a data and analytics company that maps the trends and preferences of music fans around the world – published its first Digital Music Index. Musicmetric revealed that their BitTorrent monitoring,...

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Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 Net News No Comments