Jim Griffin"Tens of Thousands" of Students Apply to Test Choruss Legal P2PAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 11, 2009 - 12:26pm.
Washington - Digital music industry veteran Jim Griffin says
that "tens of thousands" of students have signed up to pay for a
proposed legal peer-to-peer file-sharing network, called Choruss, that would be
offered at U.S. universities, The Register reported. Griffin told attendees of the World Copyright
Summit in DC that Choruss intends to test pricing schemes at schools this year,
before approaching ISPs with data on how users respond to the music service. "The
plan is to use next school year to run tests and experiments," Griffin said. "We've
had students tell us it's worth $20 a month -- to share what they want to
share."
Guest Column: The Making of a Music Industry in ChinaAuthored by Hal Bringman on June 4, 2009 - 7:36am.
Buzz Watch: Transcript of Jim Griffin's Keynote at Digital Music Forum EastAuthored by Jay Baage on February 27, 2009 - 8:49am.
tags: Law | Music | Events | Regulation | Warner Music | Jim Griffin | Copyrights | Digital Music Forum East | Choruss |
DMFE: 'The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All The Lawyers'Authored by Paul Sweeting on February 26, 2009 - 9:26am.
tags: Law | Music | Events | Copyright | Regulation | Jim Griffin | Digital Music Forum East | Choruss |
Jim Griffin To Keynote at Digital Music Forum East 2009Authored by Jay Baage on January 13, 2009 - 8:16am.
We are pleased to announce that Jim Griffin is confirmed as a keynote speaker for Digital Music Forum East 2009. For the past year, Jim Griffin has
advised Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) on digital distribution and licensing models with
the goal of bringing an end to the litigation that has put a wedge between the
major labels and their customers and replacing it with a regular flow of income
for right holders. The project known as Choruss, which is being incubated at
Warner and is planned to be rolled out as a non-profit with Griffin at the helm, proposes to build a
small music-royalty fee into university tuition payments received from
students, and, if successful, could be expanded to make ISPs the collector of
the fees. In this keynote presentation and Q&A, Griffin will give attendees an exclusive look
under the hood of Choruss, an initiative that just could save the music
industry. Don't miss the opportunity to hear from and meet the man who CNN Money calls "one of the sharpest
minds in digital music."
Report: Several Major Labels Back College "Music Tax" ProposalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 9, 2008 - 11:56am.
San Francisco - Three of the four major record labels have signed on to back Choruss, an independent nonprofit organization that would collect and distribute monies paid by universities and Internet service providers for blanket digital music licenses, Wired.com reported, citing an industry source. tags: P2P | Music | Universal Music | Sony BMG | Copyright | Warner Music | EMI | Jim Griffin | Choruss |
Warner Music Involved in "Music Tax" Proposal for UniversitiesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 8, 2008 - 10:31am.
Los Angeles - Several universities have been approached by record labels to discuss a "voluntary blanket licensing" of music to college students, TechDirt reported. Warner Music Hires Jim Griffin to Explore ISP Music BundleAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 28, 2008 - 9:08am.
DMC2006: Panel 2 – Music MattersAuthored by todd_beals on June 23, 2006 - 5:56am.
[Notes from the 2006 Digital Media Conference] Aydin Caginalp: The Industry Perspective - The sale of music downloads (online/mobile) has doubled in the last year and has helped to offset the 7% drop in physical CD sales. Most iPods contain files which are 66% ripped from CD’s and most are only half-filled. The empowerment of the internet is the empowerment of the artist. tags: Music | David Pakman | Events | Ted Cohen | DMC2006 | Dave Ulmer | Aydin Caginalp | Gary Cohen | Jim Griffin |
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