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NEWS ABOUT: music label

music label stories: 26 news summaries

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Woman Fights Music-Sharing Verdict

Plans to appeal $222K fine for putting 24 songs on Kazaa P2P service

Oct 9, 07 12:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ordered to pay $9,250 for each of 24 illegally shared songs, a 30-year-old Native American single mother has decided to appeal the judgment against her in a copyright infringement case, her lawyer announced in a CNN interview. A jury determined last week that she owed a total of $222,... More »

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file sharing • RIAA • Kazaa • Jammie Thomas • music label

Amazon Aims at iTunes With Own Digital Music Store

Low prices, lack of DRM major selling points

Sep 25, 07 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon threw down the guantlet to iTunes today when it launched its digital music store, Amazon MP3. Roughly 2 million songs are available for 89-99 cents each, with albums going for $5.99 to $9.99. Not only do those prices beat iTunes's, but all the files are DRM-free. Selection... More »

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iTunes • Apple • iPod • iTunes Store • Amazon MP3 • music label • Amazon.com

Wal-Mart Moves to Take a Bite Out of Apple

New online music store undercuts iTunes, lifts limits on copying

Aug 21, 07 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seeking to wrest control of the market from Apple, Wal-Mart today launched an online music store that undercuts iTunes by 5 cents per song. More important, the retail behemoth has dropped DRM copyright protection, which means customers can burn as many CDs as they like and play songs on any... More »

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music • music downloads • iTunes • Apple • copyright • DRM • music label • Wal-Mart

Universal Thumbs Nose
at Apple

Label to lift piracy protection—except
on iTunes downloads

Aug 11, 07 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Universal Music will ditch the anti-piracy software on music it sells through most outlets, making it easy—but still illegal—to copy its tunes. In what one analyst calls “a bold-faced move to blunt Apple’s influence,” the plan conspicuously excludes iTunes. The company says Apple is a... More »

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music • Internet • iTunes • Apple • piracy • Universal Music Group • file sharing • EMI • music label

Music Publishers
Add Vocals to
YouTube Suit

Join sports leagues and other aggrieved parties in class-action suit

Aug 7, 07 9:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apparently YouTube forgot to make a deal for the music and lyrics played on its website, or so claims a music publishers’ association that has joined a growing copyright lawsuit aimed at Google, the site's owner, ars technica reports. YouTube, which did agree to share ad revenue with four major... More »

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music • Google • Internet • Viacom • YouTube • copyright • lawsuit • music label

Apple Shoots Down Report of Trouble With Universal

iTunes talks with major label said to be ongoing

Jul 3, 07 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - iTunes and the Universal Music group are still at the bargaining table, and reports that the online retainer and the megalabel have changed the terms of their agreement are "just not true," Apple says. The tech giant contradicted a report in yesterday's New York Times, saying through... More »

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Viacom • iTunes • Apple • Universal Music Group • music label

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