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etc: The DoJ will approve a merger between the two largest e-voting companies in the US, but they will need to sell their newest e-voting system.
The DoJ will approve a merger between the two largest e-voting companies in the US, but they will need to sell their newest e-voting system. Read More: Wall Street Journal Read the comments on this post
Continue reading »Books disappear from Amazon as old media battles new retail
The rise of digital media has led to many a battle between the old guard—record labels, television networks, movie studios, and book publishers—and the companies that sell their wares to the public. The latest skirmish between the two erupted over the weekend when Amazon stopped selling all books published by Macmillan, noting only that they are available through third parties. On Thursday, Macmillan CEO John Sargent met with Amazon representatives to discuss the pricing of the publisher’s titles on the Kindle e-book reader.
Continue reading »Warner Shakes Hands with eMusic
The music service will add new artists to its online catalog A recent deal between the music downloading service eMusic and giant record label Warner will allow the former to include new artists in its online catalog. Following the agreement between the two companies 10,000 catalog albums will be made available for downloading, but no new popular hits will be added to the list. According to eMusic, the deal could lead to an increase of its customers who may reach 400,000 in number by the end of 2010.
Continue reading »a2f2a Goes Live, Let the Debate Begin
Site’s objective is to figure out a viable “direct artist-to-fan model” with the assumption that P2P can’t be stopped technologically, and that file-sharers are indeed willing to pay artists for their work. A few weeks ago I mentioned how Jon Newton over at P2PNet began a discussion with Billy Bragg, English alternative rock musician and member of the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), over how best to create a stable digital music business model for the 21st century. Together they came up with a2f2a , artists-to-fans-to-artists , a site which is intended to create a community where artists and music fans are able to discuss how they can “cut out the middleman” and ensure that artists are fairly compensate for their work.
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