Zomba, MP3.com settle lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Zomba Records, the powerful independent record label that is home to the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears, said Thursday it had settled a copyright infringement lawsuit with online music company MP3.com Inc., a unit of Vivendi Universal. "The parties have settled the litigation ...
| DVD Cracking Case, Western Style
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The two-pronged, bi-coastal legal war being waged against individuals who have distributed a code that can circumvent encryption on DVDs now focuses on First Amendment issues being raised in San Jose. Thursday's court battle was to be held in front of a three-judge panel that ...
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Brothers face prosecution for 'Napster of the East'
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) � Internet song-sharing software is downloaded and enjoyed by millions of music fans and becomes the talk of the nation. Record labels complain and seek to punish the program's creators for allegedly encouraging music piracy.So it goes for Soribada, or "Sea of Sound," South Korea's ...
| RIAA Seeks Napster Judgement
LA (Top40 Charts) - The Recording Industry Association of America requested an October 1st hearing in its case against Napster, hoping that U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Patel will issue a summary judgement for liability against the song-swapping software company. The RIAA filed a preliminary injunction ...
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'Billboard' poll: Napster Is Irrelevant !!!
LA (Billboard) - Although Napster promises to deploy a fee-based system for trading and downloading music files in the near future, the majority of online music fans won't be there to support it, according to a recently completed Billboard.com poll. An overwhelming 65% of 8,520 voters believe that Napster ...
| Byrne Gets With Windows
Boston (AP) - David Byrne and Bill Gates will be teaming up this August with each copy of Windows(r) XP operating system containing a promotional copy of David Byrne's song "Like Humans Do" from his latest album, Look Into the Eyeball. The song will play as a digital audio track, complete with album ...
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With Napster Weakened, RIAA Hopes To Settle Landmark Lawsuit
LA (SonicNet) - After driving Napster to its knees in court, the music industry is ready to settle its copyright infringement lawsuit against the now-crippled file-sharing service. Hilary Rosen, president of industry trade group the Recording Industry Association of America � which led the fight against ...
| Radio Free Virgin deals with RioPort, MuchMusic USA
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Webcaster Radio Free Virgin announced deals with RioPort and MuchMusic USA on Tuesday. Under the RioPort deal, RFV users will be able to purchase downloads of certain tracks and albums they hear on the Webcaster's 40-plus channels. Consumers can purchase the RioPort downloads ...
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Napster drops Interim CEO Barry
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Napster is replacing its leader with an executive from its German backer, who will try to steer the company out of its renegade past into a legitimate service that requires fans to pay for music. Interim CEO Hank Barry, a lawyer who came to Napster from a venture capital firm, will ...
| Study: Parents don't rely on 'V-Chip'
LOS ANGELES - Parents rely more on television ratings and less on the high-tech "V-chip" to choose the shows their children watch, according to a survey released Tuesday. While 40% of American families own a TV set with a V-chip installed to block designated programs with sex or violence, only 17% of ...
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Uplister readies download subscription service
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Uplister, an Oakland, Calif.-based music-playlist sharing service, is developing a download subscription offering and has entered into content-distribution deals with indie labels Beggars Group, Matador and TVT. The Web-based service will offer unlimited music downloads on a rental ...
| AOL beefs up music service
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - America Online announced a package of initiatives Monday in a move that will put the popular AOL Music service in head-to-head competition with Microsoft's MSN Music. "We've been very quiet, purposefully," said Kevin Conroy, senior VP and head of AOL Music. "We wanted ...
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Radio Free Virgin removes controversial feature
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Radio Free Virgin has voluntarily removed the record function from its proprietary player. The Webcaster has not received any expressions of concern from the music industry but felt that, in the current climate of uncertainty regarding the legal issues surrounding ...
| Beastie Boys-run label teams with Napster
NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Beastie Boys-run Grand Royal label has teamed with embattled file-swapping company Napster to promote Grand Royal artists online via free downloads. The first track available is "Smokewood," the title cut from Nullset's debut Grand Royal EP. The Prunes, Bran Van 3000 and Beastie ...
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RealNetworks launches media package
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - RealNetworks launched its Media Commerce Suite Wednesday, directly taking on Microsoft's Windows Media DRM technology in the ongoing battle to turn online entertainment into a viable business by using digital rights management. The new product enables content owners ...
| Brother, can you spare a dime for Aimster?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Billboard) - AbovePeer, parent of peer-to-peer service Aimster - which is being sued by the Recording Industry Association of America and its member labels for copyright infringement - is asking its users to send voluntary payments to help defray legal costs. Aimster president Johnny ...
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Clear Channel makes radio Internet deal
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Clear Channel Communications has struck a deal that will allow 250 of its radio stations to resume broadcasting over the Internet. San Antonio-based Clear Channel had stopped Web broadcasting in April because of a dispute with recording artists and commercial actors, who wanted larger ...
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