RIAA vs. Thomas-Rasset Verdict: Guilty + $19.2M
Despite a vigorous defense, the jury in Jammie Thomas-Rasset's federal retrial the jury found her guilty of willful copyright infringement and awarded the record labels $1.93 million in damages. That. Continue reading
Video Interview: Duncan Hutchinson Of Rights Flow & Blackheart Records
Interview by Virgil Dickerson. Duncan Hutchinson is a music industry veteran who is chief content officer at Rights Flow. Rights Flow handles professional services for music rights management.Duncan also works. Continue reading
Sirius Launches iPhone App Sans Stern
Sirius XM has released a long due official iPhone and iPod Touch app. The service is free for Sirius XM subscribers and $3 a month for others. 120 channles of. Continue reading
What The Ad Industry Thinks Of The Music Industry
Is this what the adverting industry thinks of the music industry? "Music is sort of like a municipality, like water from a faucet: free, of acceptable quality. If you want. Continue reading
The Dares Do A Digital Age Houdini
The Guinness World Records has recognized jive act The Dares for the first concert to take place simultaneously in two places at the same time. Earlier this month during the. Continue reading
Senate Passes Webcaster Settlement Act 2009
The U.S. Senate has passed the Webcaster Settlement Act of '09. A similar bill passed the House several weeks ago. If signed by the President, the bill would suspend controversial. Continue reading
Friday’s Music Briefing: RIAA Wins $19M From Thomas, Spotify Premium, $4.6M For Concerts Online, MySpace UK & More
HYPEBOT FEATURES: RIAA vs. Thomas-Rasset Verdict: Guilty + $19.2M "Mom, I Need Help Marketing My Music" What The Ad Industry Thinks Of The Music Industry Video:Duncan Hutchinson Of Rights Flow. Continue reading
Video: Twitter & The Death Of Rock Criticism
THIS IS A MUST WATCH: At the 140 Characters Conference, Rolling Stone and Idolator critic Christopher R. Weingarten shared a witty and all too true overview of how music blogs,. Continue reading
More Major Label vs. Startup: EMI Sues Grooveshark
VS. Grooveshark has become the latest music startup to be sued by EMI. Under the motto "Millions Of Songs. Find Yours", Grooveshark combs a database of 6 million songs. Continue reading
Let’s Prove That Artists Don’t Need Major Labels To “Make It”
Help Build A Database Of Music 2.0 Success Stories During every interview, convention panel, startup negotiation or conversation with an industry peer, there is inevitably a moment when someone says. Continue reading
