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CD Trading Service Lala.com Testing 10-Cent Streams

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 28, 2008 - 12:50pm.

Los Angeles - Lala.com, an online music firm that operates an online CD-trading service, and has also offered free, unlimited song streaming, has now begun testing a new model that will see users pay 10 cents per song for unlimited streaming, according to a post on MP3.com founder Michael Robertson's blog. The songs must be listened to via the company's site, and may not be downloaded or stored on portable players

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IODA Asks Indie Labels Not to License Free Streaming Sites

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 18, 2008 - 10:27am.

Denver - Digital music distributor IODA has advised the independent record labels it represents not to sign streaming deals with free services like Imeem and Lala.com until it can negotiate more favorable royalty rates, Billboard reported.

Warner Music Head Bronfman Hints at DRM-Free Distribution

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 19, 2007 - 11:20am.

New York - Warner Music Group chief Edgar Bronfman hinted that his company, which had been adamant that it would not sell music without digital rights management (DRM) technology, might be open to doing so in some instances, Reuters reported.

Lala.com Offers Free Online Storage of iTunes Libraries

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2007 - 2:12pm.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Digital music start-up Lala.com on Tuesday announced the launch of a new Web-based service that lets users store their iTunes music libraries online for free, and stream them from any Internet-connected device.

Lala.com Launches CD Trading Site That Will Compensate Artists

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 8, 2006 - 5:07pm.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Lala.com, a site that facilitates CD trading between members through the mail, on Thursday announced the official launch of its service.

Lala.com Launches CD Trading Site That Will Compensate Artists

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 8, 2006 - 7:01am.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Lala.com, a site that facilitates CD trading between members through the mail, on Thursday announced the official launch of its service. The site claims a catalog of 1.8 million album titles available from its members, who pay Lala.com $1.49 for each CD they receive from another member. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Lala.com said it has established a charitable foundation for musicians -- the Z Foundation -- to which it will voluntarily contribute 20% of its CD trading revenue to compensate artists. The company estimates monthly contributions of between $10,000 and $50,000 to the foundation, which will focus on providing health and dental care to working musicians. To qualify, a musician is defined as any individual who has performed live or on a recorded release in the last year, and whose music-related income accounts for more than half of total income. Lala.com founder Bill Nguyen told Reuters that record labels have had mixed reactions to the service. "One label thought it would help them to know their customers for the first time," Nguyen told Reuters. "But others' view of us is as the devil, more like peer-to-peer services."