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Warner: No More Ad-Supported Music Deals
Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. recently stated that the company would not sign any new licensing agreements for ad-supported music. “Free streaming services are clearly not net positive for the industry, and as far as Warner Music is concerned will not be licensed,” Bronfman announced in a phone interview.
Continue reading »Jamie Cullum: File-Sharing is OK
At a very young age – 30 years old, Jamie Cullum has become a very acclaimed name in contemporary jazz music who already has released five studio albums. The latest one, entitled “Pursuit”, came out at the beginning of November and according to some estimations the artist lost around 60,000 sales of the album because of illegal file sharing. That hasn’t made Cullum change his attitude towards file sharing which is seen as something natural with both upsides and downsides.
Continue reading »IFPI: P2P Does Not Increase Music Sales
Responds to recent poll that found file-sharers spend an average of £75 ($123 USD) annually on music purchases versus £44 ($72 USD) for non-file-sharers. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has responded to the recent Digital Music survey conducted for Demos, a UK-based think tank, and as usual it claims the net effect of illegal file-sharing has been to reduce legitimate music sales. It says that all the survey showed is that there is an “overlap between those people who download music illegally and those who purchase music,” that music fans typically acquire music from a variety of sources, some legal and some not.
Continue reading »Kazaa Uses RIAA Victim Jammie Thomas in PR-Campaign
After the P2P application Kazaa died, the brand name was taken over by Brilliant Digital Entertainment (BDE) who are now offering unlimited DRM-infested music downloads for $19.98 a month. BDE doesn’t want to limit their service to music downloads though, and they recently introduced a groundbreaking new feature. According to the press release issued yesterday they are about to “shake up the online media industry.” Their masterplan?
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