Progressive Coder
Every major label is drooling over the money-making prospects of having its
own iTunes or Musicmatch. But they are all, in the immortal words of Johnny
Cash, "born to lose, and destined to fail." Why? The music industry’s problem is
fundamental: the implicit contract between music companies and listeners is no
longer viable.
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A group representing Canada’s songwriters will ask the Supreme Court of
Canada to force Internet service providers to pay them royalties for the
millions of digital music files downloaded each year by Canadians.
CTV.ca – Music group aims to charge Internet users – CTV News, Shows and Sports — Canadian Television
As downloading from P2P networks for [...]
NEW YORK – Small movie production companies sued the Motion Picture
Association of America Monday to try to force an end to a partial ban by
Hollywood studios on sending special video copies to awards groups.
Boston.com / A&E / Movies / Small film companies sue over screener ban
The small movie production companies feel they don’t [...]
THE Australian Recording Industry Association plans to sue Internet service
providers who failed to stop consumers illegally downloading music.
ARIA’s music industry piracy investigations manager Michael Speck said ISPs
relied on illegal music downloads for 20 per cent of their revenue and were
aware customers were flouting copyright laws but did nothing to stop them.
The Australian: [...]