Contention: Music Downloading Has Been Good For Music
“I think we’re seeing that now with tons of new bands that are amazing, and are doing way better music now than was being made pre-Napster.”
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Arrr, Matey. Pirate Bay Loses At Downloading Trial
“A Stockholm court found the four defendants guilty of making 33 specific files accessible for illegal sharing through The Pirate Bay, which means they will have to pay compensation to 17 different music and media companies including Sony BMG, Universal, EMI, Warner, MGM and 20th Century Fox.”
Canadian Music Downloading Surges
Canadians downloaded 40 million tracks in 2008, a 58 per cent increase over the year before. “For the third straight year, Canada has outpaced the U.S. in digital music sales, which rose 27 per cent last year in the states.”
Tuition Fee Would Reconcile Labels With Downloading Fans
“U.S. universities are getting a glimpse at a plan that would build a small music-royalty fee into the tuition payments they receive from students. If successful, the model — proposed by digital music strategist Jim Griffin on behalf of Warner Music Group — could be expanded to make ISPs the collector of such micropayments,” which … Continue reading “Tuition Fee Would Reconcile Labels With Downloading Fans”
Judge Grants New Trial in Illegal Downloading Case
“A federal judge granted a new trial to a Minnesota woman convicted of pirating music files in the nation’s first file-sharing trial, ruling Wednesday he made an error in the jury instructions that ‘substantially prejudiced’ her rights.”
Finally, Downloading Gets Classical
“If you’re a classical music connoisseur, chances are you’ve never felt much love for the likes of iTunes and Napster.” But this week, a music download service specializing in classical was launched, featuring much higher fidelity than traditional downloads, and a library that already boasts 18,000 titles.
Producer Warns: Illegal Music Downloading Will Kill Music Quality
“The question I ask of anyone who abuses copyright, steals tracks and samples or downloads music illegally is, ‘How rubbish do you want your music to be in future?’ Everyone will end up poorer if things carry on this way.”
Researchers: Illegal Music Downloading Here To Stay
“The expectation among rights holders is that in order to create a success story, you must reduce the rate of piracy. We’ve found that is not the case.”
A Calm, Reasoned Argument Against Illegal Downloading
Conventional wisdom says that free music is the future, and the record industry is fighting a quixotic battle even attempting to combat illegal downloading. But one record company exec says we’re all missing the point. “If you could download a loaf of bread free you would. But you can’t, thank God, because otherwise bakers would … Continue reading “A Calm, Reasoned Argument Against Illegal Downloading”
Song Lyrics Getting Scarce In The Age Of Downloading
“In the old days it was easy: you bought your album, put it on your hi-fi and listened to it while reading the lyrics on the record sleeve… But a survey released yesterday shows that we are finding it harder to find accurate song lyrics – and we don’t like it.”