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Virginia Legislature Passes Bill Legalizing Ticket Scalping

In most parts of the country, state officials are working to limit ticket re-sales and scalping. Not so in Virginia, where a new bill has passed that guarantees the ability. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/24/2017 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Associated Press, Billboard Magazine, country music, Credit card, Eric Church, Holdin', Identity document forgery, Scalping, Ticket (admission), Ticket resale

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FRI. BRIEF: UMG, Live Nation Report Growth • Pitchfork Magazine Shutters • UTA Protest Today • More

FRIDAY 2.24.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Dear skeptics (and I'll admit to being one of them), Live Nation just reported its 6th consecutive year of revenue growth.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/24/2017 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: America (band), Charlotte, Complaint, Corporation, House Of Blues, Live Nation Entertainment, New York City, North Carolina, Sirius XM Holdings, Songkick, Ticketmaster

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AM BRIEF: Music Biz, Google File DMCA Comments • Jay Z: 1st Rapper To Win Songwriter Award • EarIn Raises $3.5M • More

THURSDAY 2.23.17 Music Business News From Around The Web It's hard to overstate how important the battle to reform the DMCA is for both music and tech. Updated continuously under. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/23/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: " copyright infringement, Alibaba Group, business, copyright, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Donald Trump, Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act, Snapchat, Twitter, Uniform Resource Locator

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T Bone Burnett Slams Google and Other Tech Cos., Demands Major Copyright Reform

"(Google and other tech companies) are enriching themselves off the artistic, cultural and economic value everyone else creates," states a concerned and upset T. Bone Burnett in a scathing 5 minute. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/22/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon Echo, Android (operating system), announced, Google, Google Assistant, Google Express, Google Home, Google Now, Smarthome, United States Copyright Office

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Jay Z To Launch Venture Capital Fund

Jay Z has long been a player. In this case, we don't mean cheating on Beyonce. We are referring to his early stage investments in everything from Uber to JetSmarter.. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/22/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Europe, Investing, Jay Brown, Jay-Z, New York City, Roc Nation, Uber (company), United States, Venture capital, Victoria Cross

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WED. BRIEF: T Bone Skewers Copyright Laws • Jay Z’s Venture Fund • Amazon Goes Country • More

WEDNESDAY 2.22.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Go T Bone! But does the copyright reform that artist's seek stand a chance with Trump and Goodlatte at the helm?. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/22/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alibaba Group, American Civil Liberties Union, Artificial Intelligence, Bandcamp, business, Business journalism, Donald Trump, Opposition to copyright, Snapchat, Twitter

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Bandcamp Grew Fan Signups 4X By Making A Very Simple Change

By any yardstick, Bandcamp is on a roll. Not only is it growing rapidly, as measured by both new artist and label signups and transactions, but the indie music site. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/21/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, American Civil Liberties Union, Bandcamp, business, Conversion marketing, Financial Times, IPhone, marketing, Never Miss a Beat, The Fader

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CD Baby Back Online After Multi-Day Outage

CDBaby.com is back online after an outage that lasted much of the last 5 days. The indie music and musician's services company blamed a corrupt database caused during routine maintenance.

Bruce Houghton on 02/21/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adele, Alcohol by volume, Amazoncom, American Association of Independent Music, AppDynamics, Apple Inc., Apple Music, independent music, Spotify, YouTube

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TUE. BRIEF: Vadio On Life Support • Kim Dotcom Loses • Rogers Eyes Border Wall Show • ReDigi • More

Tuesday 2.21.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Despite high profile WMG and Shazam deals Vadio has all but shut down. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 02/21/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alibaba Group, Artificial Intelligence, Baton Rouge, Biz Stone, brand, business, Business journalism, Donald Trump, Louisiana, Snapchat, Twitter

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CD Baby Site Still Down After 21+ Hours

[UPDATED] Sunday afternoon CDBaby.com went down during what the company says was scheduled maintenance. Almost 24 hours later, the site, an essential sales and distribution hub for tens of thousands. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/20/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Advertising agency, Alabama, Android (operating system), Anonymous (group), App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., CBS, CD Baby, Federal government of the United States, mobile, Website

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