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01/06/2009 09:40 AM
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Apple to end music restrictions (BBC News)
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Apple has announced at Macworld that music on its iTunes store will now be DRM free.
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01/05/2009 10:56 PM
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Music marketers target female shoppers at home (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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With CD sales dropping fast, the music business is exploring nontraditional ways to expose consumers to recording artists. Among the new sales and marketing vehicles are Tara Leigh Music Party and musicShop.
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01/05/2009 10:55 PM
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Music industry eases tactics in fighting piracy (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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The Recording Industry Association of America's decision not to pursue new lawsuits against online file-sharers marks a fundamental shift in the music business's battle against piracy, from one focused on enforcement to one emphasizing education.
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01/06/2009 01:42 PM
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Beatles Music Online at Last (PC World)
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After years of legal squabbles with digital download services such as Apple's iTunes, the music of The Beatles can now be legally downloaded.
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01/05/2009 09:30 PM
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Hyundai Super Bowl ad to feature music by Yo-Yo Ma (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Hyundai Motor Co. will use music by famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a Super Bowl XLIII television commercial that consumers can re-edit online, Billboard has learned.
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01/06/2009 12:53 PM
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Hearing set in RI court in music downloading case (Boston Globe)
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A Boston University graduate student accused of illegally sharing songs online is due back in court as music industry lawyers seek access to his parents' home computer.
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01/06/2009 02:53 PM
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Northeast Band Going To D.C. For Inauguration Music Festival (The Tampa Tribune)
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Two busloads with 62 students from Northeast High School's marching band will travel to Washington, D.C., next week to perform in the Presidential Inaugural Heritage Music Festival, one of the activities leading to Barack Obama taking the oath of office. The group will be among 4,000 musicians from around the world playing at the festival, which runs Jan. 16 to 19.
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01/06/2009 02:50 PM
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ASCAP Brings the Best and Brightest in Music to the 2009 Sundance Film Festival (Elite TV)
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New York, NY, January 6, 2009: The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is pleased to announce its lineup of events for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Returning for the 11th year, the re-named Sundance ASCAP Music Café will present an exciting and dynamic mix of composers, songwriters and artists from across the musical spectrum and around the world.
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01/06/2009 02:50 PM
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BMI AND THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCE TWO JANUARY 21 EVENTS AT 2009 FESTIVAL: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: ‘MUSIC AND ... (Elite TV)
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LOS ANGELES, January 6, 2009 – BMI, the U.S. performing right organization, and the Sundance Film Festival will present two events at this year’s festival on Wednesday, January 21. The 11th annual composer/director roundtable, entitled “Music & Film: The Creative Process,” will be held on January 21 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., while the sixth annual Sundance Snowball will be held from 6 to ...
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01/06/2009 09:05 AM
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by our resident music industry philosopher Kyle Balin (All About Jazz)
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The African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child," was used on Hypebot by Bruce as a reality check for Music 2.0. Black Stone Cherry adds onto those famous words of wisdom in their song 'You' by saying, “It takes an army to march a mile."
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