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BTJunkie shuts down voluntarily

MSH — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:34:36 +0000

One of the most popular bittorrent sites, BTjunkie, "voluntarily" shut down yesterday on Feb 6th in the wake of last month's closure of Megaupload. A combination of legal actions against fellow file-sharing sites and time-consuming projects have led to the drastic decision that takes out one the main players in the BitTorrent landscape.

A2IM has a different view of anti-SOPA protests

MSH — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:13:03 +0000

It's not just the RIAA and big music companies that support SOPA. In another example of the divisions within the music and media industries over proposed anti-piracy legislation and last months anti-SOPA protests, the American Association Of Independent Music (A2IM) offered this statement at the time..

Music industry royalty collection societies directory

MSH — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:59:03 +0000

We recently received a message from a professional musician asking for our advice on how to check up on their royalty payments. If you're interested in this then here's the link..

2012: The year of the music app

MSH — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:44:10 +0000

This ties in with the questions we were asking in last years industry poll, Ten in Ten, whereby we asked 1,600+ music industry professionals for their views about the futures on our industry - with some intriguing results.

Black Wednesday: SOPA protests gather support online

MSH — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:33:55 +0000

It is widely accepted that SOPA will censor the web, stifle innovation and hurt web businesses. Google have blacked out their logo (on the US .com version) - Google’s David Drummond explained the company’s views on SOPA/PIPA in an official blog post., and it won’t even help the fight against piracy.

SOPA support is waning in the US

MSH — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:29:56 +0000

The White House issued a clear rejection of some of the main principles of SOPA. While the White House supports the major goal of the bills to stop international online piracy, there is a growing chorus of complaints about the way the law is to be implemented.

SoundExchange is growing fast, $89m paid to artist & labels

MSH — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:20:54 +0000

SoundExchange is growing fast & so is the amount being paid to artists & labels. On their official blog they have just announced that in Q4 2011 they paid out $89m

Music industry torn over album download success

MSH — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:20:10 +0000

According to figures released by music industry body the BPI, digital album sales rose 26.6% to 26.6 million which helped balance a large drop in CD sales. Combined sales of digital and physical albums fell by 5.6% to 113.2m in 2011, with albums on CD declining 12.6% year-on-year to 86.2m in total.

Is Google+ important for musicians?

MSH — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:07:21 +0000

Google+ is a social network competitor of Facebook and Twitter that exhibits many similar features. Why then is another social network necessary for a rising band and how is it going to aid in exposure?

YouTube starting to take music royalties seriously

MSH — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:19:27 +0000

YouTube will incorporate RightsFlow’s technology management system to help navigate the complex territory of music publishing royalties. RightsFlow CEO Patrick Sullivan said in a blog statement that YouTube “shares in our vision of solving the really challenging problem of copyright management."