The US Copyright Royalty Board has published its ruling which effectively imposes a truce between the demands of songwriters, music labels and digital music services by keeping royalties on CDs, music downloads, online streaming services and ringtones broadly unchanged. The ruling gives none of the parties what they asked for but should be good news for the growing digital music market in the US, and is likely to set the tone for other jurisdictions.
Michelle Wong, 14 October 2008
MySpace has launched it music store at long last with all the major record labels on board but it will only be available in the US to start with. The focus of the store will be on full-length audio streaming, with music downloads provided by Amazon MP3, so the service is not really a direct...
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Sarita Jones, 25 September 2008
T-Mobile has announced the launch of the first smartphone to be powered by the Google Android operating system but the phone will not be available to customers until early November 2008. Android is promoted as open source with plenty of room for customization, but the new T-Mobile G1 phone is...
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Reiko Uchida, 24 September 2008
Best Buy, the largest US consumer electronics retailer, is acquiring Napster, the music download provider, for $121m as it seeks to establish itself as a significant player in the global market for mobile devices and digital services.
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Simon Fox, 16 September 2008
Amazon has announced a video-on-demand streaming service in the US as internet and consumer electronics companies try to match the capabilities of US cable and satellite providers. The internet retailer said that advertising-free movies and television shows could be watched instantly within a...
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Reiko Uchida, 05 September 2008