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Apple's iTunes Surpasses 1 Billion Song Downloads

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 24, 2006 - 11:21am.
Cupertino, Calif. - Apple said that one billion songs have now been downloaded from its iTunes Music Store since it was launched less than three years ago. The billionth song, "Speed of Sound," was purchased as part of Coldplay's X&Y album by Alex Ostrovsky from West Bloomfield, Mich. Ostrovsky won a 20-inch iMac, 10 iPods and a $10,000 iTunes gift certificate, and Apple will establish a scholarship to Julliard in his name. Apple said that iTunes currently features more than two million songs, as well as 35,000 podcasts, 16,000 audiobooks, 3,500 music videos and a variety of short films and TV shows.
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Sprint First Carrier to Sell One Million Cell Phone Song Downloads

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 15, 2006 - 9:43am.
Reston, Va. - Wireless network operator Sprint announced on Wednesday that it has become the first mobile music service in the U.S. to sell one million over-the-air downloads of full-length tracks to its subscribers. The service, which launched in October 2005, offers a catalog of 320,000 songs for $2.50 each -- which includes one copy of the song for the phone and another for the PC. "The popularity of the Sprint Music Store is due largely to its ability to instantly deliver the songs people want when they want them on their Sprint phone, the one device that is likely always with them. This feature along with the easy-to-use storefront appeals to a mass audience in addition to tech-savvy early adopters," said Jeff Hallock, vice president of product marketing for Sprint.
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EMI Sues Electronic Arts Over Unauthorized Use of Song in Game Titles

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 23, 2004 - 3:29am.
New York -- Major record label EMI has sued leading video game developer Electronic Arts (EA) for copyright infringement, alleging the company included music owned by EMI without permission in its game titles "Madden NFL 2004," "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004" and "MVP Baseball 2004." EMI claims EA sought licenses for the music in 2003 but then released the games before licenses had been granted; EMI says EA then renewed its license requests in February, after the games had been released. In its suit, EMI seeks a percentage of EA's profit from the titles, which the label estimated could be "tens of millions of dollars." "This entire lawsuit is related to a single song that samples lyrics from another song," Electronic Arts said in a statement. "Our use of that song was licensed directly from the artist. We have agreements for every song used in our games."
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