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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 »Warner Music gives up on free streaming services
Er, that’s all folks Warner Music is to stop licensing its music to free streaming services.…
Continue reading »IFPI Loses “Deep-Linking” Case Against Baidu
Search engine Baidu.com is not only China’s biggest, but also a major player globally. It recently grabbed headlines when it was hacked by the ‘Iranian cyber army’, the same outfit that took Twitter offline in December. Baidu has become increasingly popular with the Chinese population for its MP3 indexing abilities.
Continue reading »Censor discussions on downloads! BREIN
Holland’s BREIN is a bit like Hollywood’s MPAA and Big Music’s RIAA rolled into one. And it’s now in the process of setting itself up as official net file sharing censor. Because if it has its way, pretty soon, we won’t even be able to talk about downloading.
Continue reading »ACS:Law: ‘It’s Christmas. Time to sue’
2pnet news view Freedom | P2P: Blackmail tactics first popularised by Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music’s RIAA are creating a cottage industry for unscrupulous lawyers and the people who hire them. The RIAA is a past master at firing off subpoenas and following them up with threatening ‘pay up or else’ letters. Yesterday, “The Video Protection Alliance (VPA) bills itself as a ‘fast, secure and convenient way to settle your copyright violations online’,” said p2pnet , going on: “It generously helps ‘you, the fan, identify copyright violations, pay a nominal settlement fee, and clear your record”’.
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