February 21, 2012 • 2:00 pm 0
Mobile is the value-add that attracts the highest premium in streaming services. According to sources at the US streaming service Rdio, the majority of its subscribers take the top-premium mobile-access plan. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: mobile music, Music subscriptions, Uncategorized, download, mobile music, Music subscriptions, rdio, Spotify
February 9, 2012 • 9:49 am 0
Earlier this month, US District Judge Richard Sullivan ruled against EMI’s Capitol Records’ request for a preliminary injunction against the digital-music reseller ReDigi. Capitol had wanted the service closed down but Judge Sullivan denied the record company’s demand and insisted that the service should stay online and the case go to trial. The judge’s action has been widely reported as a victory for ReDigi and to some extent it is. Not every day can a start-up company say it has fended off one of the world’s biggest record companies. But in the longer term, having the case go to a full trial can only be a good thing for the music industry. Should Judge Sullivan have ruled without a trial that ReDigi was infringing copyright then the issue of legality would rumble on and proponents of digital resale would simply claim they have been trodden on by a big corporation wanting to protect its business. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: download, Intellectual property, Legal, Music industry, capitol records, Music industry, redigi
February 3, 2012 • 4:46 pm 2
At the end of last month the music industry once again descended on Cannes for the annual institution that is MIDEM. Opinions from the trade floor and the many conferences and panel sessions left visitors in no doubt that there has been a major shift in opinion from across the music industry that streaming and subscription services have really started to take off. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Music industry, Music subscriptions, Music industry, Music subscriptions, Spotify, STREAMING, universal music
