Does buying from iTunes mean you’re committed to Apple for life?
In a word? Yes. “Only digital music players that will play the music you’ve purchased are the ones that include Apple’s Fairplay — a technology that Apple not only controls.”
Labels sell bootlegs to fight piracy
Music companies sell bootlegs to fight piracy(WSJ): Vivendi Universal SA’s Universal Music and Instant Live, owned by Clear Channel Communications Inc., have announced a blanket licensing agreement that lays the groundwork for Instant Live to issue concert recordings by Universal recording artists – provided the acts want to participate.
Yahoo! to support ‘trusted’ music flash cards
Yahoo Music plans to support so-called “TrustedFlash” cards. These new cards let consumers access premium content like music, movies and games on the mobile devices and securely use the Internet or their mobile network.
Music giants sue Chinese search engine over copyright
(AP): Four music giants and their local subsidiaries are suing Baidu.com, China’s largest Internet search engine, for copyright infringement (See also: Forbes)
Music giants sue Chinese search engine over copyright
(AP): Four music giants and their local subsidiaries are suing Baidu.com, China#039s largest Internet search engine, for copyright infringement (See also: Forbes)
File sharers start to shutter after Supreme Court ruling
[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