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| 08/01/01 |
Intel's turn to try MP3!
CEO
Craig Barrett unveiled an Intel-branded MP3 player at the
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. 128Mg on board memory
and handles MP3 and WMA files. The move towards having more
Intel-branded products could be quite interesting. Watch out
Sony!
Want more info? here.
- intel.com |
| 06/01/01 |
Sony lays over!
Well,
it seems that Sony 'is' pro-mp3. Ron Boire's (president of
Sony Electronics' Personal Mobile Products company) comment
'..we had to do it.' is quite an about-face from it's stance
against the MP3 movement. Sony's new venture into the MP3
CD market has not pleased all within the company spread but
we will be seeing a Sony MP3 CD solution soon it seems. There
seems to be NO information available on the www.sony.com site
at this point so if someone finds some details please let
us know.
Want more info? here.
- msnbc.com |
| 05/01/01 |
Compaq brings in the JukeBox.
A
savage looking beast of home stereo indeed. The release was
made at the CES show in Las Vegas and has people talking.
It's chunky for a punky but check it out.
Read more.
- cnet.com |
| 22/12/00 |
Napster v2.0 Beta 8 Released!
Seems
that this version has problems with Napigator - take your
pick. The forums indicate that there are still bugs - but
what's new?
Read more about it here.
- napster.com |
| 13/12/00 |
Microsoft
and Kenwood - WMA CD Player!
The
new Kenwood DPC-MP727 Portable CD Player will be the first
to support Windows Media. This should be interesting indeed.
Read more about it here.
- newscom.com |
| 22/11/00 |
EMusic
'Fingerprinting' Files !
EMusic.com
began running a software program at midnight Monday that uses
"acoustic fingerprints" to identify certain types of files
being traded on Napster.
Read more about it here.
- sonicnet.com |
| 22/11/00 |
Napster
to EMusic: We're watching you!
Emusic
and Napster are going hammer and tong. EMusic watches Napster
users and their files being swapped.
Read more about it here.
- dailynews.yahoo.com |
| 22/11/00 |
Alanis
Morissette to Sell MP3.com Shares
The
Canadian-born singer filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission giving notice of her plan to sell common stock
valued at USD$433,090.
Read more about it here.
- dailynews.yahoo.com |
| 18/11/00 |
Music
Labels Threatening to Take MP3.com Back to Court
Warner
Music Group and Sony have reportedly sent letters off to mp3.com
wanting more pie.
Read more about it here.
- latimes.com |
| 17/11/00 |
MP3
asked to fork out more !
Universal
Music Group received $US53.4 million so the others want more
too! Sony and Warner Music Group apparently don't feel that
US$20mill was enough.
Read more about it here.
- smh.com.au |
| 16/11/00 |
MY.mp3.com
and the big 5 join up!
mp3.com
has just reached a license agreement with Universal Music
Group in addition to their prior agreements with Sony Music
Entertainment, EMI, Warner Music Group and BMG Entertainment.
Read more about it here.
- mp3.com
Press
Releases from the big 5:
Universal
| Lawsuit
Ruling | Sony
| Warner
Music Group | BMG
| EMI
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| 15/11/00 |
MP3.com
ordered to pay $53.4 million in digital copyright case
MP3.com
Inc. yesterday was ordered to pay $53.4 million to Universal
Music Group Inc. The payment is to be made in settlement for
copyright infringement charges. MP3.com does not plan to appeal
the judgment. MP3.com reportedly paid about $20 million to
settle each of the cases to Warner Brothers Music Group Inc.,
EMI Group PLC, BMG Entertainment Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment
Inc.
Read more about it here.
- computerworld.com
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| 11/11/00 |
MP3.com
copyright-infringement case to start.
This
coming Monday MP3.com will be ordered to pay damages to Seagram
Co.'s Universal Music Group for copyright infringement. The
trial will be watched closely by media groups, the music industry
and MP3.com stock holders. The law suit is over the usage
of MY.MP3.COM and the copying of CDs, not the principle of
the company's services. Read more about it here.
- CFO.com |
| 02/11/00 |
Watermarks'
on Music Files Tested
So
confident were coalition members of the Secure Digital Music
Initiative (SDMI) that they even offered a $10,000 reward
to anyone who could defeat the technology.
Read more about it here.
- washingtonpost.com |
| 01/11/00 |
Scour
gets interest from Listen.com
Listen.com
buys up $5m worth of Scour
and it's assets. Scour has developed a little slice of the
file-sharing pie over the years and now has an interesting
partner. Just as Napster allows you to open up your hard drive
to share mp3 files, Scour allows the same service but opens
up the range to 'multimedia' files. As a result of this Scour
came under heavy fire from the big guns. Read more about this
on CNET.
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| 16/10/00 |
It
has been reported that two major traditional Australian music
chains will no longer stock recordings from publisher Festival
Mushroom Group in retaliation to Festival Mushroom Group granting
sanity.com.au exclusive rights to electronic distribution
and sales of their songs. It would appear that the underlying
problem here is the exclusivity of the deal involved. Follow
the link below to read the full story. |
| 15/10/00 |
According
to Nielsen Media Research daily use of Napster has almost
doubled, to almost 850,000 unique home visitors last Friday,
covering more then three percent of all active users on the
Internet. Not only is traffic skyrocketing, but downloads
of the software have almost doubled, reaching around 22 percent
of it’s audience online. |
| 14/10/00 |
The
ONLY celebration of Australian contemporary music is on again!
The 11th Annual Australian Music Week is due to happen 14
- 21 October, 2000. Australian Music Week (AMW) annually aims
to provide opportunities for the best in emerging and established
Australian contemporary talent, with the intention of increasing
sales of domestic records and tickets to live performances.
AMW is coordinated by the Australian Music Foundation Inc,
a not-for-profit Foundation, dedicated to the promotion and
expansion of music development in Australia. Official patrons
for AMW 2000 are: Killing Heidi with supporting ambassadors
including Michael Spiby, Groove Terminator, s2s, Sugarlips,
Marie Wilson, Sneak, Bodyjar and The Mavis's. Australian Music
Week 2000 is being launched in Adelaide at City SK8 Park (North
Terrace) on Wednesday 11 October at 11am. Guest speakers at
the launch will include Ella Hooper from Killing Heidi and
Brian Cadd (President of Australian Music Foundation Inc.).
There will also be performances by The Trims, Gawler High
School Band, Gawler Skate Kru and DJs Pabb & Griff. Other
AMW highlights are the 2nd Annual Australian Live Music Awards
on 17 October in Melbourne and a variety of instore appearances
across the country. |
| 01/10/00 |
Call for submissions to new MPEG4 standard.
WG11
issues a call for evidence justifying the subjective testing
of new audio coding technology in comparison with the MPEG-4
audio coding technology. At the 55th MPEG meeting, to be held
January 15-19, 2001 in Eilat Israel, interested parties are
asked to provide clear evidence that their technology outperforms
MPEG-4 technology.
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