Stories about: BMG

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    Music industry wants Apple, Amazon to pay up 19/09/2009 00:06:00

    Music professionals want more money, and now, they're going after online retailers like Apple's iTunes and Amazon to get it. Performing rights groups such as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), and others believe online retailers need to pay industry professionals for music contained in film and television downloads, thirty second song samples, and radio station streaming, according to CNET. Their rationale for the new fees? All of these instances count as public performances.
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    Apple's digital album plan sounds familiar 28/07/2009 08:51:00

    Apple is working on a new plan to save the album, according to a report taking the Web by storm this week.
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    Optus launches MobMusic music app for Nokia phones 31/03/2009 14:56:00

    Optus today launched MobMusic, a new music store application for Nokia phones.
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    Google expands free music downloads in China 31/03/2009 07:48:00

    Google has expanded the free music downloads it offers in China to include songs by artists from each of the big four U.S. record labels, an addition that could help it win users from dominant Chinese search engine Baidu.
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    Stop DRM from becoming a "privacy nightmare" 24/02/2009 08:14:00

    The news that iTunes will offer songs from the three of the largest labels free of copy protection software was music to the ears of many users. Privacy experts say it's a sign the industry is realizing how counter-productive digital rights management (DRM) limitations actually are.
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    A sneaky security problem, ignored by the bad guys 17/11/2008 08:51:00

    Frank Boldewin had seen a lot of malicious software in his time, but never anything like Rustock.C.
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    Apple response on Norwegian iTunes case fails to impress 06/11/2008 08:27:00

    Apple has responded to the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman's plan to bring an iTunes case before the country's Market Council, but Apple's answer hasn't impressed the official. He now expects the case to go before the council in March or April next year.
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    Music industry optimistic about digital future 17/10/2008 11:01:00

    The music industry is going through a lot of changes as it tries to grapple with the move to digital, but these days it is much more upbeat about the future.
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    MySpace launches iTunes competitor with 5 million artists 26/09/2008 07:53:00

    Social network MySpace lobbed a shot across the bow of Apple iTunes last night with the launch of MySpace Music, a new site that offers free on-demand music streaming along with MP3 downloads for sale to US users.
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    SanDisk and record companies launch flash memory with music 23/09/2008 10:28:00

    Record companies are scrambling to find new ways to distribute music in the face of declining music sales. The latest is slotMusic, a microSD card containing music in MP3 format without DRM (digital rights management), playable on pocket devices such as mobile phones.
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    Microsoft patches 8 critical bugs in Windows, Office 10/09/2008 08:22:00

    Microsoft Tuesday patched eight vulnerabilities, all rated critical, in four security updates for Windows, Office, Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer 6, SQL Server and other programs.
 
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