Online Music

Harvard Defending A Student Accused of Sharing Music Files Online

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:53:20 -0600

At a Dec. 15 hearing in Rhode Island federal court, Harvard Law School Professor Charles Nesson and his team of students will defend Rhode Island residents Arthur and Judie Tenenbaum from the full might of the U.S. recording industry’s combined lobbying and litigating power. The Tenenbaums face legal pressure from the industry's lawsuit against their son, Joel, a graduate student at Boston University accused of sharing music files online.

Nokia launches new digital music store in Sweden

harminka — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:11:59 -0500

Nokia announced today that the Nokia Music Store in Sweden has gone live. With millions of tracks from major artists, independent labels, and up-and-coming Swedish acts, the Nokia Music Store let's people enjoy music directly on their Nokia device or personal computer.

EFF: Microsoft Betraying Customers with MSN Music Licensing Move

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:05:35 -0500

On Tuesday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced that it has sent a letter to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, saying that Microsoft's plans to shut down the licensing servers for their defunct MSN Music store has "lost the trust" of their customers and that Microsoft's suggestions for workarounds are "insufficient."

Nokia Music Store opens in Singapore with millions of songs

harminka — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:15:33 -0500

Music lovers gain easy access to music they love including locally relevant content

iTunes Plus Now Offers Over Two Million Tracks at Just 99 Cents

harminka — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:44:59 -0500

Apple® today announced that it has expanded its iTunes® Plus offering to over two million tracks and lowered the price of all iTunes Plus tracks to just 99 cents.

Led Zeppelin go digital

Dinka — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:41:47 -0500

From next month, Led Zeppelin fans will be able to download the band's entire back catalogue of music at online music stores.

Nokia Music Store - your music, your way

harminka — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:10:45 -0500

With millions of tracks from major artists, independent labels as well as local hits, the Nokia Music Store offers people the chance to enjoy music directly on their Nokia device or personal computer. Part of the Ovi by Nokia offering, the Nokia Music Store, with its compelling combination of download and streaming services, empowers you to connect to music you want, in the way you want.

iTunes Store Tops Three Billion Songs

harminka — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:09:25 -0500

Apple today announced that more than three billion songs have been purchased and downloaded from the iTunes Store www.itunes.com

Radios Still Playing Music Online

ruzik_tuzik — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:20:13 -0500

Internet radios are still playing music and the deadline for newly increased royalty payments is behind.

Internet Radio Becoming Unaffordable

ruzik_tuzik — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:49:42 -0500

The federal court rejected the webcasters’ request to prohibit increase of royalty payments.

Universal Music Declines iTunes Contract

ruzik_tuzik — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:31:26 -0500

Universal Music Group iTunes is not going to renew a long term contract with Apple to sell digital music downloads at iTunes online store.

Rising Royalty Payments Kill Online Radio

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:46:13 -0500

On Tuesday internet radio webcasters stopped playing music in protest of newly estimated high royalty payments.