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[Digital Media Wire - Music] Michael Jackson Memorial Tickets For Sale on eBay, Craigslist Hit $30,000

Jay Baage — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:47:25 -0700

[The Register - Music and Media] Warner Bros. nabs Mortal Kombat maker for $33m

(author unknown) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:41:38 -0700

[Lucas Gonze's blog] using up songs

Lucas Gonze — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:31:39 -0700

Unchecked, a song that’s repeatedly covered, shared and played by everyone gets used up; the resource does deplete.

As the song becomes more widely known, it loses some of its initial value. So you could make a case that filesharing damages songs by making them more popular.

[Billboard.biz - News] SBS Launches Debut Digital

By Katy Bachman, N.Y. — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:05:58 -0700

[Billboard.biz - News] The Pirate Bay: The Next Chapter

By Antony Bruno, Denver — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:05:58 -0700

[SFgate] Woman seeks to decrease $1.92M fine for downloads

(author unknown) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:58:06 -0700

[Digipendent] U2 Will Release Mobile Album Via BlackBerry RIM

dannydee — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:21:00 -0700

Having splashed out big bucks on sponsoring U2’s latest world tour, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion is hoping to reap the rewards. Starting with something described as “The U2 Mobile album”, for which RIM has launched a teaser website.

It’s light on detail and heavy on slogans (the site, obv, not the album. Although…) So it will let users “show the world what the music means to you” and “experience the tour from all angles”.

Having trumpeted its commitment to music at MidemNet this year, RIM has since flattered to deceive, with many of the music apps on its BlackBerry App World store already available on other handsets. Maybe U2 can help to change that, along with Will.I.Am’s Dipdive app, which is already available.

Props to Music Ally

[Digital Media Wire - Music] Teen Hacker Releases Jailbreaking Programs for iPhone 3G S

Jay Baage — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:18:25 -0700

[Recording Industry vs The People] Defendant moves for new trial in Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset

Ray Beckerman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:14:00 -0700

The defendant has moved for a new trial in Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset.

Defendant's motion for new trial

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[Recording Industry vs The People] RIAA moves to amend judgment to add injunction in Capitol v. Thomas-Rasset

Ray Beckerman — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:59:00 -0700

The RIAA has moved to amend the judgment to add an injunction in Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset.

Plaintiffs' motion to amend judgment

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[L.A. Times Tech Blog] Europe little help in U.S. probe of cellphone carriers' deals

Alex Pham — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:53:21 -0700

Unlike Europe, not all cellphones can work with every carrier in the U.S. Credit: compujeramey via Flickr.

The U.S. Department of Justice is examining cellphone carriers' exclusive deals with handset makers, according to a report this morning by the Wall Street Journal. For those who don't have a online subscription to the Journal, you can get a summary here from Reuters.

The informal probe focuses on agreements such as Apple's exclusive multiyear deal to supply AT&T with iPhones in the U.S.

Consumers have complained that such deals restrict them to a single service provider and offer them little choice. These deals have also triggered complaints from smaller wireless carriers that don't have the wherewithal, such as guarantees to buy large volumes of devices, to strike an exclusive contract with handset manufacturers.

The Justice Department may be looking for guidance in European markets, where phones purchased there can work with any carrier, said Charles Golvin, a telecommunications analyst with Forrester Research. But that would be a mistake, he said. That's because the two markets function differently.

European regulators long ago established a single standard for all carriers, called GSM, so any cellphones purchased in Europe can work for any carrier. But the U.S. has competing standards, including GSM and CDMA. This matters because a GSM phone will not work on CDMA networks. Sprint and Verizon use CDMA, while AT&T and T-Mobile are on GSM.

"We ended up with an alphabet soup of technologies," Golvin said. "So the lessons learned in other markets don’t always apply here."

-- Alex Pham

[Lucas Gonze's blog] playlists mean interactivity mean visual ad impressions

Lucas Gonze — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:50:32 -0700

Neilsen Business Media: Web Music Category Tunes to Audio, Visual Ad Models

“The behavior of listening to music, at the end of the day, is almost entirely audio driven,” said Eric Ronning, co-president, sales of the Internet Radio firm TargetSpot. But many music playlist sites have been hesitant to push audio ads, instead building their ad business around display advertising and sponsorships. Ronning predicts that may change as these businesses evolve. “You can argue that playlists are highly engaging, but they are also an iPod like. I don’t expect an ad so much in that experience…and almost none of that is visual.” Yet many Web music purveyors see visual ads as better suited for such an interactive medium. For example, when users listen to free CDs on AOL Music, “they may be focused on other things, but there’s lots of natural engagement moments that bring you back to the site,” said Mike Rich, AOL’s senior VP, AOL Entertainment. “For us, context and curation are key to keeping users engaged.” (AOL Music’s audience surged by 24 percent to 28 million uniques this past May, per comScore). That’s true even for a seemingly background-relegated music product like the popular Web radio platform Pandora. Its users actively rate songs 7 million times a day in aggregate. “That’s seven million times people come in contact with your ad,” said chief revenue officer John Trimble. Still, Pandora has introduced audio ads in the past year.

[FoxyTunes Blog] Find tickets with FoxyTunes

stephen — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:43:40 -0700

We’re always looking for ways to improve your music experience through FoxyTunes. Some of you might have noticed a cool little feature we put into the latest release of FoxyTunes for FireFox. While you’re listening to your favorite music, you’ve been able to quickly search the web for videos, lyrics, and other info through FoxyTunes.

Now you’re able to search concert tickets through our good friends at Ticketmaster.

Simply click on the Search menu icon (on the left of the track title) and select ‘Tickets’. Like so:

This will then take you to a search results page showing all the latest events that the artist has scheduled. Concerts are one of the best ways to experience your favorite music. Get out, hear a few this summer.

We’re currently working on internationalizing this feature, but wanted to get it out there and hear what you think.

download FoxyTunes for Firefox

[The Register - Music and Media] Amazon may plug in-book advertising into Kindle

(author unknown) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:21:34 -0700

[Lucas Gonze's blog] reverse rivals

Lucas Gonze — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:45:58 -0700

It’s not just that copies of a song aren’t rivalrous. It’s that the more copies there are, the more the song is worth.

That’s because one of the functions of music is to be cultural currency. Michael Jackon’s “Thriller” is a good conversational topic. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is a landmark that we’d use to describe similar, but less known, works. Thriller and Beethoven’s Ninth wouldn’t be useful in those ways if they weren’t so well known.

Shared references are the power source for mashups like Girl Talk. Because everybody in the crowd recognizes the source samples, the audience can understand they music. The better known the song is, the more people get the reference. And the more copies, the better known.

[News com] Twitter as music marketing tool

(author unknown) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:07:00 -0700

[BusinessWeek] Sirius XM's iPhone App Surpasses 1 Million Downloads

(author unknown) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:46:42 -0700

[Hollywood Reporter] Jackson memorial participants named

Staff report — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:43:00 -0700

[Hollywood Reporter] Panic at the Disco members quit

By Evie Nagy, Billboard — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:40:00 -0700

[Hollywood Reporter] Former Beatles manager Allen Klein dies

By Dean Goodman, Reuters — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:45:00 -0700

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