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Universal Music Discovers that the Long Tail of Digital Media Really Exists
Universal Music began an experiment to rescue thousands of tracks of music from its back catalog 7 months ago, releasing recordings no longer available on CD or vinyl albums through digital download services including Apple's iTunes - and the results have been impressive, with 250,000 downloads to date of tracks by Gun, Big Country, Nana Mouskouri, and many other fading stars (Reuters via Yahoo! News, 16-Oct-2006)
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Steve Jobs Explains Why Major Record Labels Jumped on the iTunes Bandwagon
In an interview with Newsweek, Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs talked about why iTunes and the iPod have succeeded where all competitors have failed, how Apple got the major record labels to jump on the iTunes bandwagon - and why Microsoft's Zune 'iPod killer' will fail (Apple Insider, 15-Oct-2006)
Consumers Can Protect Fair Use Rights to Music Files By Copying to Unprotected Formats
Digital rights managed (copy protected) devices such as Apple's iPod or Motorola's Krzr cell phones take away the consumer's right to fair use of the music and media files they purchase, but software such as Audacity allows you to make an 'open' copy of music as it plays on your computer (Los Angeles Times, 15-Oct-2006)
Podcast Community Grows Nervous About Apple's Claims of 'Pod' Trademark Ownership
Apple Computer has thrown a scare into some well-known podcasters and developers of related technology - notably software maker Podcast Ready - by claiming trademark ownership of the terms iPod and "pod" and threatening to defend its rights to the terms (Wired, 29-Sep-2006)
Philadelphia Orchestra Sells Sound-Board Recording Downloads of Latest Performances Through Online Store
The Philadelphia Orchestra, one of the U.S. 'big five' symphony orchestras, is the first major American orchestra to jump into direct-to-consumer online sales of downloadable concert performances - full concerts in MP3 and FLAC formats starting at less than $5 (US) per download (Stereophile, 24-Sep-2006)
Zune vs iPod - In Australia It's No Contest
Australian music lovers won't be seeing Microsoft's Zune wireless audio player and music download service any time soon, perhaps never - unless Microsoft outwits critics who say the new service will have a near impossible task competing with Apple's iPod and iTunes (SmartHouse, 16-Sep-2006)
Future of Classical Music Recording Appears Bleak as Warner Closes Classics Division
Warner Classics, a profit-making group that has been home in recent years to distinguished classical music labels including Erato, Teldec, Finlandia and Harmonia Mundi, has been shut down, and ongoing classical music operations will apparently fall into the clutches of Warner's Rhino division (Stereophile, 20-Aug-2006)
GTunes is Not Going to Happen, Google Tells Recording Industry
Talk of a Google music service to rival Apple's iTunes is way off the mark, and Google exec Chris Sacca used his keynote slot at the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) annual conference to set the record straight, saying Google's role in the music ecosystem is all about information and search (CNET News, 5-Aug-2006)
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Music Industry Makes Good on Threats to Attack LimeWire P2P File Sharing System
Continuing its pressure to force music file-sharing companies to either shut down, or adopt a business model that compensates record companies, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed suit against LimeWire, claiming that 'the scope of infringement caused by defendants is staggering' (CNET News, 4-Aug-2006)
France's Anti-iTunes Legislation Becomes Watered-Down Law
France has enacted a law that initially threatened to outlaw Apple Computer's practice of using digital rights management technology with purchases made on the iTunes Music Store, but now only requires Apple to provide competitors with information necessary to make their services and MP3 players interoperable with iTunes and iPods (CNET News, 4-Aug-2006)
Digital Audio Copy-Prohibit Flag Law Would Hurt Satellite and HD Radio
A U.S. Senate committee has approved a new Telecom Act with 'audio flag' language that would mark music and other digital audio as copy-protected, and impede recording, storage or copying of material distributed through satellite (XM, Sirius) and HD Radio services (RadioWorld, 2-Aug-2006)
French Lawmakers Re-Make iTunes-Busting Legislation to Provide Compensation for Opening Up DRM
The controversial French copyright law that once seemed likely to drive Apple's iTunes store out of France by requiring Apple to open its proprietary music platform to all rivals has been changed to look more like a protection for iTunes and other rights-managed music services (CNET News, 31-Jul-2006)
eMusic Rides iTunes Coat-Tails to MP3 Download Sales Success
Without a lot of fanfare, indie music download service eMusic has carved out a solid second-place share of the paid music download market in the U.S., behind iTunes - mostly because its downloads are compatible with Apple's iPods, unlike other iTunes competitors (USA Today, 30-Jul-2006)
Good News and Bad News for Apple, As French Courts Strike Down Parts of 'iPod Law'
A recent French government law that reduced penalties for illegal file sharing to the equivalent of a parking ticket, and might have required Apple to make its iTunes music downloads available for competing systems, has been watered down by the French Constitutional Council (New York Times, 28-Jul-2006)
Need a Few Million to Make Your Next SACD? Just Ask
The first ever high-resolution surround audio recording (multichannel SACD) of the complete Wagner Ring Cycle (14 discs) is being released by Australian independent label Melba Recordings, but it would never have happened without a $5 million (A) grant from the Australian government (Bloomberg.com, 25-Jul-2006)
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