Tag: RECORDLABELS

According to any number of sources -- and indications from Google itself -- Google Music should have launched sometime late last year. We're now a full month into 2011, and still no Google Music. So what's the holdup? Business Insider has one source who feels that Google's cloud-based model is the bone of contention. "The challenge is that the publishers want to be paid for EVERY download - ...

Spotify, a streaming music service with more than 10 million users worldwide, is reportedly nearing music licensing deals with the four major US record labels. According to CNET, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation are claiming that Spotify has never been closer to securing the music rights it would need for a US launch. They've been plying label executives with offers of big money ...

I don't pay too much attention to Apple's App Store antics. I don't know the ins and outs of why they choose to approve App A and not App B. However, I do know that I'm a little surprised to see apps like Mog, Slacker, Rhapsody, and Spotify making their way onto the App Store. Why? Because it just seems odd that they'd want to allow those apps (which allow users to store tracks offline) to ...

In this week's Twitter Tuesday, I want to take a look at musicians on Twitter, and the various ways that they're using the service effectively -- or not. The National, a band with a huge fanbase and plenty of critical acclaim, found themselves at the center of Twitter's first DMCA controversy this week. Twitter responded to a DMCA request and took down a tweet linking to an mp3 from the band's ...

Myspace is currently in talks with the four major record-labels to offer its users an ad-supported music delivery service. We say "music delivery service" because it's currently unknown whether the record labels will concede to free downloads or force the News Corp owned company into creating a streaming service similar to Last.fm. Either way, the service will be ad-supported and DRM-free. ...

Three little letters, about a year ago, had a death-grip on the music industry: DRM. Seriously, who thought this was a good idea? DRM limits the unauthorized copying and sharing of music. We can see that argument. It also limits what music can be played on certain devices. Should you get a new computer or device and need to transfer your licenses, all we can say is -- good luck with that. We speak ...

YouTube has worked out a deal with a UK licensing company that will see its uploaders being able to use the music of over 50,000 composers legally on their uploaded videos. The licensing company represents and brings in the royalties on behalf of over 50,000 composers, songwriters and publishers, with over 10 million combined pieces of music. Google owned YouTube has supposedly paid out a flat fee ...