Music Labels Finally Cash In On Videos – Forbes: MTV and Warner Music Group have signed a mobile content deal in the US. The idea is to do what music companies did with music videos when MTV started – use mobile videos to sell music. Duh. See also Business Week: Warner Music, MTV sign licensing deal
(AP): Four music giants and their local subsidiaries are suing Baidu.com, China’s largest Internet search engine, for copyright infringement (See also: Forbes)
The iPod nano is fast becoming Apple#039s next Cube – as, it#039s flawed hardware. SiliconValley.com reports that, like the small desktop PC Apple launched in the late 1990s, the Nano is being criticised for its alleged cosmetic defects, including problems with the screen.
(AP): Four music giants and their local subsidiaries are suing Baidu.com, China#039s largest Internet search engine, for copyright infringement (See also: Forbes)
BandaAID.com, a disaster relief initiative which directs all MP3 download receipts to aid foundations for natural disasters, has launched a “Disaster Relief Music Portal”. Their press release is here. However, they appear only to have one artist. Good idea – but the execution isn#039t there yet.
Motorola’s next-generation RAZR2 is to sport Apple iTunes software: The phone is described as “slightly heftier”. Hmmnn…
[Reuters]: Popular file-sharing site WinMX.com has shut its doors, along with eDonkey.com, appeared to be closed, following the landmark ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in June that held anyone who distributes a device used to infringe copyright is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by others. In the wake of the decision, the trade group Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) last week sent out “cease-and-desist” letters to
Playlouder, has licensed acts from SonyBMG, the world#039s second largest record label, and is confident that the other two big record labels, Universal and EMI, will follow suit.
UBC Media, owner of Classic Gold analogue and digital stations, is investing in technology to let listeners push a button on their radio and transfer songs to their computer. UBC, which also produces programmes for BBC radio, hopes to announce partners in the music and radio industries for the venture shortly.