Vevo was founded by Universal Music Group, and will run on technology from YouTube.

In a brief filed by Universal Music Group (UMG) in federal court yesterday, UMG said that giving away or even throwing out a promotional CD is piracy.

RealNetworks®, Inc. announced that its award-winning Rhapsody digital music service will soon begin offering for sale thousands of DRM-free albums and tracks from artists on Universal Music Group as part of a six-month test with UMG, the world's leading music company.