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Despite pub massacre, British songwriter revenue nudges up
CDs now for Xmas only? Performance royalties for British artists increased last year, driven by international agreements. Paid music use overseas was up almost 20 per cent to £166.9m, a healthy part of the £623m recorded by PRS For Music for 2009.…
Continue reading »Annual BitTorrent Download of 5.43 GB of SXSW Music
Use BitTorrent to download all of the MP3 files publicly available on the SXSW website as of March 6, 2010. It’s that time of year again with the 2010 SXSW music festival fast approaching. The annual event held in Austin, TX has always been a showcase for some of the latest and greatest music artists around, and this year is no exception.
Continue reading »Microsoft’s dual-screen booklet shows ‘face’ on web
Redmond concept artists outdo themselves More delicious rumor scraps about Microsoft’s not-yet-announced Courier tablet/e-book/ Girl Tech Password Journal have been leaked to the web.…
Continue reading »etc: Google was pranked recently by a group of German artists who attached a GPS device to a Google Street View car in Berlin.
Google was pranked recently by a group of German artists who attached a GPS device to a Google Street View car in Berlin.
Continue reading »‘Piracy Isn’t Killing Music’ Radiohead’s Guitarist Says
In an attempt to take a stand against the labels, several well known artists including Radiohead formed the Featured Artists Coalition last year, a lobby group that aims to end the extortion-like practices of record labels and allow artists to gain more control over their own work. Radiohead and others are unhappy with the fact that the labels, represented by lobby groups such as the RIAA and IFPI, are pushing for anti-piracy legislation without consulting the artists they claim to represent. Radiohead, who used BitTorrent to leak one of their songs, went as far as being willing to show up as a witness against the RIAA in court.
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