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Seth Godin Draws Some Lessons From The Sinking Music Industry

January 11, 2008 By Graham English

Seth Godin dishes 15 tips to musicians on the cusp between old and new media. The new thing is never as good as the old thing, at least right now Past performance is no guarantee of future success Copy protection in a digital age is a pipe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: advice, Bob Dylan, Business, digital-age, DRM, marketing, Music Business, Music Industry, permission, Seth Godin, tips

Apple And EMI Announce DRM-Free Music Downloads

April 2, 2007 By Graham English

You now have the ability to download the entire EMI artist catalog DRM-free. No usage restrictions. Plus the audio is encoded at 256 kbps, twice the quality of the current bit rate. Check the press releases for the full details: EMI: EMI Music … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: Apple, digital music, DRM, EMI, iTunes, Music Industry, riaa

New Music Model: Amie Street

July 24, 2006 By Graham English

From Amie Street: Awesome New Music Model: A lot has happened in the music space recently that suggests a steady progression towards the sale of DRM-free music by the big labels. In my opinion this progression/evolution is inevitable, and will be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: artists, DRM, Music Promotion, pricing

More Detail on Sony’s DRM

January 28, 2006 By Graham English

From Boing Boing: Can DRM be future-proof?: Princeton's Ed Felten and Alex Halderman continue to pre-publish sections from a major paper on the lessons to be learned from the Sony DRM debacle, in which it was discovered that the music label had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: BoingBoing, DRM, music labels, Princeton

Lessig: Is Google Print Fair Use?

January 22, 2006 By Graham English

Lessig: Is Google Print Fair Use?: Larry Lessig has posted a video of a presentation on whether Google Book Search (AKA Google Print) is protected by Fair Use. His conclusion: Yup. But how he gets there is fascinating and informative. Why wouldn't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: copyright, DRM, Google, Larry Lessig, Lawrence Lessig

David Byrne: Boycott DRM

January 21, 2006 By Graham English

David Byrne: boycott DRM: So, first they start off suing their customers, and now they are maliciously making it hard for their customers to even listen to music, and they will cripple your music and media player to boot. These guys deserve to go out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: DRM

MacNewsWorld – Will Music Subscriptions Replace Per-Song Sales?

January 15, 2006 By Graham English

MacNewsWorld - Will Music Subscriptions Replace Per-Song Sales?: "It's no secret that the iPod is one of the must-have gadgets of the early 21st Century. What is less talked about, though, is how Apple has helped to kick-start the transition of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: Apple, DRM, iPod, iTunes, Music Business, recording technology, service industry

New FCC Chairman On Digital Restrictions

January 7, 2006 By Graham English

Art Brodsky of PublicKnowledge reporting from the Consumer Electronics Show: FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said he drew a distinction between content shifted around a home network, and content shift outside, also known as piracy [to some]. I'm not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: blogs, DRM, money

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