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UK Man Threatened With BitTorrent Lawsuit
Talkback Another reason why people may not be buying music online are the restrictive practices of the vendors. Maybe if the online model was better and the compatibility issue was addressed there might be more interest in buying music online?
[July 2, 2006, 18:24]
Execs Target 99-cent Song Price
News Music executives hope all of this will help spark consumers’ interest in buying music online and offline, helping to boost revenues in an industry crippled by revenues that have fallen steeply for the last three years.
[December 9, 2003, 11:25]
Oasis' McGee: '£14.99 For A CD Completely Unjustified'
News His comments met with ritual applause as delegate after delegate questioned the cost of buying music. The traditional way -- going into retailers and buying music, and there will be downloads as well.
[May 16, 2000, 10:28]
Amazon Users Campaign Against Sony's Copy-restriction Technology
News Customers of Amazon.com have launched an informal campaign against Sony's decision to use a particular type of DRM on a music CD. Mikko Hyppönen, the director of antivirus research at F-Secure, which has been researching potential security issues...
[November 3, 2005, 16:35]
File Sharing Legal - Canada
Talkback The cost of making cds has not increased much but because kids have been addicted like crazy in buying their favorite cds like the Britney Spears, the music industry took advantage to raise the prices.
[April 1, 2004, 23:39]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog This is what the industry really fears: if we can sample our music before buying it online, we won't buy it. Which would probably be true: on the other hand, if I'dve known just how dull most of the music I end up buying is I wouldn'tve bought it...
[October 17, 1998, 7:02]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News This is what the industry really fears: if we can sample our music before buying it online, we won't buy it. Which would probably be true: on the other hand, if I'dve known just how dull most of the music I end up buying is I wouldn'tve bought it...
[October 17, 1998, 6:02]
Virgin Kicks Off £50m Cyber Commerce Plan
News V2 Music, the group's music and record label arm, told ZDNet UK earlier this week that is "keenly looking at the potential" of distributing music via the Web and has already completed a pilot download of music from Indie band Underworld.
[February 17, 1999, 16:06]
MS Sees Digital Media Tech As Key To Sales
News When you look at (Windows Media Audio) format in the portable music space, WMA is still a very distant second," Gartenberg said. Wooing device manufacturers to use Windows Media file formats is no guarantee of ubiquity, particularly given the...
[July 15, 2002, 13:55]
Mac Sales Up 40 Percent
News Apple also said it got $216m in sales from "other music products", which include both songs from the iTunes Music Store and add-on hardware and services for the iPod. The company also said it is continuing to see strong market share for both its...
[April 14, 2005, 13:15]
UK Firm Transfers IPod Feel To Pocket PC
News A small British company has released jukebox software for Pocket PC handhelds that closely resembles the design and function of Apple Computer's popular music player. Unlike the iPod, the $20 (£11) software, known as pBop, plays only MP3 files...
[March 10, 2004, 7:55]
Music Downloads Good For CD Sales - Report
News Just six percent said that downloading music has stopped them buying CDs. Contrary to previous research, downloading digital music over the Internet actually increases the sales of CDs according to the latest survey from the Digital Media...
[June 15, 2000, 14:33]
Music Search Tools Target Tastes
News A new generation of music recommendation services is emerging, aimed at helping listeners navigate the often bewildering mass of music now legally available online. The service, produced by a company called Siren Systems, promises to deconstruct...
[December 12, 2003, 10:20]
MIPS: Measuring Environmental Impact Of IT
News A similar process was undertaken at EMI, where the distribution of 56 minutes of music was chosen as the service unit. Working out the MIPS for a particular 'service unit' -- which can be anything from paying a bill and downloading music to...
[September 16, 2002, 13:46]
Tech Companies: Let's Not Make A Deal
News AOL spent $525m on MovieFone in April and went on to buy the When.com Web-calendar service for about $150m and Web music firms Spinner.com and Nullsoft for $400m. And the only significant activity recently has been two tiny purchases by Web portal...
[September 16, 1999, 16:39]
Smartphones Heading For The Mass Market
News These "lifestyle" devices not only offer business applications for the corporate set, but they also offer features that are common on standard mobile phones, such as easy access to web-based messaging tools, music players and cameras.
[October 1, 2007, 12:19]
Apple Readying Music Download Service
News Apple is preparing an online music-buying service for Macintosh and iPod users and is close to winning many of the licences it needs from major record labels, sources familiar with the negotiations said.
[March 5, 2003, 10:36]
ISPs Must Identify File Sharers
Talkback This pathetic practice by the music industry is only driving me away from buying music.
[March 14, 2005, 10:46]
Lone File-swapper Takes On Recording Industry
Talkback Stop buying music CDs, and let the RIAA suffer the consequences. You go Jane Doe. Alatoya of Rockin Rolla
[October 3, 2003, 22:36]
Is Apple Driving Music To Mobiles?
Talkback There is already a small minority that are buying their music from iTunes or similar services. The music industry doesn't get it. People are sick of paying too much for their music. That's the reason people are swapping music on peer-to-peer networks.
[April 20, 2005, 18:54]
