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FreeHand Systems Acquires Electronic Courseware Systems

Authored by dmw on October 16, 2006 - 1:06pm.
Los Altos, Calif. - FreeHand Systems, a Los Altos-based provider of digital sheet music products and services, said on Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Illinois-based Electronic Courseware Systems (ECS), a privately held computer software developer and publisher of music and music education products. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
tags: Deals | Music Deals | Music | Acquisitions | Education | FreeHand | Sheet Music | Lessons |

N.Y. Times: Music Industry Targets Guitar Tab Websites

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 21, 2006 - 11:58am.
New York - The New York Times on Monday reported on websites offering free guitar tablature -- a means of notating music that uses numbers on the fret board instead of traditional notes -- that have lately become the targets of copyright lawsuit threats from music publishers.
tags: Law | Online Publishing | Music | Commerce | Copyright | Fair Use | NMPA | Sheet Music |

Digital Sheet Music Firm FreeHand Raises $550,000 in New Funding

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 3, 2006 - 5:18pm.
Los Altos, Calif. - FreeHand Systems, a provider of digital sheet music products and services, said on Thursday that it has raised $550,000 in a new round of private funding. The company said that the money came in the form of a direct private investment. Los Altos, Calif.-based FreeHand is the manufacturer of a digital music tablet, which includes technology to display and publish digitally delivered sheet music. The company also operates a web site that offers more than 85,000 titles for digital download, which can then be transferred to the tablet.
tags: Deals | VC | Music | Investing | FreeHand | Publishing | Sheet Music | Private Placements |

Musicnotes to Sell Digital Sheet Music for Sony/ATV

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 26, 2006 - 1:07pm.
Madison, Wisc. - Musicnotes, a provider of online sheet music with a library of nearly 50,000 works, announced on Monday that it has signed an agreement to add compositions controlled by Sony/ATV Music Publishing to its service.
tags: Deals | Music Deals | Music | Commerce | Commerce Deals | Musicnotes | Sony/ATV | Sheet Music |

FreeHand to Sell Digital Sheet Music from BMG Music Publishing

Authored by dmw on May 23, 2006 - 7:06pm.
Los Altos, Calif. - FreeHand Systems, a distributor of digital sheet music, announced on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with BMG Music Publishing. Under the deal, Los Altos, Calif.-based FreeHand gains the rights to sell digital sheet music versions of songs published by BMG Music Publishing
tags: Deals | Music Deals | Music | Commerce | FreeHand | BMG | BMG Music Publishing | Sheet Music |