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Microsoft Bans Employees From Music Swapping
News Microsoft warned its employees on Thursday night that no swapping of music or other files is to occur via its PCs or networks. Last week, tech executives, including Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, sent a letter to Hollywood studio chiefs...
[July 29, 2002, 9:07]
Swapping Doesn't Hurt Music Sales - Study
News Even high levels of file-swapping seemed to translate into an effect on album sales that was "statistically indistinguishable from zero," they wrote. A study of file-sharing's effects on music sales says online music trading appears to have had...
[March 30, 2004, 10:45]
Swapping Doesn't Hurt Music Sales - Study
Talkback To be honest I downloaded a whole load of music in the good old audiogalaxy days, when you could get what you wanted easily. I would like to salute the site for putting me in contact with alternative music I never knew the name of.
[March 30, 2004, 22:14]
Swapping Doesn't Hurt Music Sales - Study
Talkback music sales have slumped because CD's have been recognised as the rip-off's they are. Charging £14 for a 1970's album or £5 for a single with 6 versions of the same song is a joke, and now we don't have to fall for it.
[March 30, 2004, 13:03]
Swapping Doesn't Hurt Music Sales - Study
Talkback I bought around 3 CD's last year, down from about 3-4 a month, BUT I don't have any ripped music that I don't already own in some form or another. Having them ripped makes listening to a variety of music much simpler than having to dig my way...
[March 30, 2004, 12:01]
Swapping Doesn't Hurt Music Sales - Study
Talkback File sharing must be legalized. Xerox machines are legal, Replay TV are legal too so what's the difference?
[October 13, 2005, 8:06]
Swapping Doesn't Hurt Music Sales - Study
Talkback so if you are spending it on DVD's or games etc how can you spend the same as you used to on music? also the fact you can acquire music for free off P2P systems doesnt mean you would have gone out & bought it.however i personally think it has...
[March 30, 2004, 15:42]
UK Music-swapping Service Bites At Napster's Heels
News The music industry was slow to react to the potential of the Internet, leaving a gap in the market that was filled by independent peer-to-peer services such as Napster and Gnutella. Recently, however, they have announced a number of new initiatives...
[August 10, 2001, 16:13]
UK Site Will Be First For Legal Music Swapping
News Wippit, the UK-based peer-to-peer music service that is on track to launch this autumn, is poised to announce important deals with at least two major record labels. The big five record labels -- Warner Music Group, Bertelsmann, Sony Music, Vivendi...
[August 28, 2001, 17:20]
Napster Announces Deal With Publishers
News Music-swapping company Napster announced a major deal with music publishers on Monday, settling part of its outstanding lawsuit and helping clear the way for its planned subscription service. The fallen file-swapping company has been hunting for...
[September 25, 2001, 11:33]
Napster Clones Toe Music Industry Line
News The record industry's attempts to stop online song trading are gaining traction beyond Napster, as other leading music-swapping sites have begun blocking downloads of copyrighted tunes on their services.
[April 9, 2001, 7:50]
Napster Faces New Lawsuits
News At least some of those songs were included in the first filter thrown up by the music-swapping company last Sunday. Although the lawsuits contribute little that is new to the company's legal troubles, they do threaten to make life more difficult...
[March 8, 2001, 9:06]
Napster Decision Could Have Industry Repercussions
News As music fans mourn the disappearance of songs from Napster's music-swapping service, hardware manufacturers and especially high-speed Net providers may also be shedding a few private tears. What is likely to happen in the short term is a slow...
[March 14, 2001, 10:11]
Employers Crack Down On MP3s
News Although the company doesn't have an internal network and prohibits use of major file-swapping sites, the employee said AOL Time Warner has yet to block some smaller, more obscure sites where he can find music.
[June 27, 2002, 14:23]
Napster: Court Deadline Approaches
News By the end of Monday, music-swapping company Napster must prove to the court, the record labels and the world that it is officially blocking songs from being traded with the help of its service. The steps toward any potential rapprochement...
[March 12, 2001, 8:06]
Music Publishers File Latest Lawsuit
News A group representing music publishers and songwriters on Tuesday filed a federal suit against some makers of file-swapping software, marking the latest in a string of legal tangles over copyright infringement on the Internet.
[November 21, 2001, 10:02]
Napster Not Half The Site It Used To Be
News With the first big batch of music now blocked from Napster's file-swapping network, the average number of songs available on the service has dropped precipitously, according to at least one research company.
[March 16, 2001, 8:07]
Napster Signs Up Record Labels
News The file-swapping service has seen its audience dwindle as a court order has forced progressively more music off the service. The tie-in between MusicNet and Napster is not surprising, although it does mark another step backward for the once-proud...
[June 6, 2001, 9:13]
RIAA Backs Song-identification Firm
News A new political battle is brewing over Net music swapping, focusing on a company that claims to be able to automatically identify copyrighted songs on networks like Kazaa and block illegal downloads. The group says Audible Magic's technology, or...
[March 3, 2004, 11:25]
Napster Signs Euro Indie Labels
News Napster today signalled the end of free music swapping on its service, with the announcement that it has signed up the European independent music industry. The deal, which took four months to agree, gives the song-swapping site the rights to offer...
[June 26, 2001, 13:27]
