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DRMNokia's Comes With Music Subscriber Base: 107,277Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 16, 2009 - 9:51am.
London
- Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) Comes With Music platform, where users pay extra for music-focused
handsets that come with an unlimited download service, counted just 107,277 users
in nine countries in July, some nine months after launch, according to Nokia
figures published by Music Ally. In the U.K., where the service has been
available since October 2008, the service counts 32,728 users. PaidContent
notes that the service "has been hampered by DRM and complex PC operation
and confusing PC-mobile sync."
German Retailer to Pay Damages Over Sony BMG 'Rootkit' CDAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 14, 2009 - 9:35am.
New York
- A German court has ordered a retailer there to pay compensation to an
individual who claimed financial losses as a result of placing a music CD with
faulty anti-piracy software from Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG into his computers, TorrentFreak
reported.
Audible Magic Lands $1.28 Million for Media FingerprintingAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 21, 2009 - 10:38am.
Los Gatos,
Calif. - Audible Magic, a
provider of content identification and copyrighted media tracking services, has
raised $1.28 million in new funding PaidContent reported, citing an SEC filing.
Sony to Adopt EPUB E-book Format, Ditch In-house DRMAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 13, 2009 - 3:54am.
San Diego
- Sony (NYSE: SNE) announced on Thursday that it will convert its eBook store to the
industry-standard EPUB format by the end of the year, and do away with
proprietary copy-protection software in favor of a more versatile content server
from Adobe.
7digital to Sell Warner Music DRM-Free Tracks Across EuropeAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 3, 2009 - 11:29am.
London - U.K. digital music retailer 7digital announced
that it has expanded an agreement with major record label Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG),
and will now offer the label's digital catalog across Europe.
Warner tracks will now appear on 7digital's country-specific stores in six new countries
-- France, Belgium, the Netherlands,
Italy and Portugal -- adding to existing stores in the U.K., Ireland,
Spain, Switzerland, Austria
and Germany,
with more to come at a later date.
Amazon CEO Bezos Apologizes Over Deleted Kindle E-booksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 24, 2009 - 4:52am.
 Seattle
- After a snafu prompted Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) last week to remotely delete a number of improperly
licensed e-books from customers' Kindle e-book reader devices, CEO Jeff Bezos
issued an apology for the controversy. "Our 'solution' to the problem was
stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles," Bezos
wrote on the Amazon Kindle Community forum.
Orange to Make Web, Mobile Music Store DRM-FreeAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 10, 2009 - 12:12pm.
London - France Telecom's Orange said on Friday
that it will do away with digital rights management (DRM) restrictions on the
music sold from its Orange Music Store. The catalog will feature over 700,000
tracks from Universal Music, EMI and independent labels. The company will also
introduce tiered pricing at the store, with downloads to be available from 79p
($1.28).
MOD Systems Adds 5 Million DRM-Free MP3s to Store KiosksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 8, 2009 - 1:46pm.
Seattle - MOD Systems, a provider of digital media delivery
systems for retailers, said on Monday that it has signed new agreements with
the major record labels and a number of independent aggregators to offer over
5.2 million DRM-free tracks to retail stores. MOD Systems' kiosks in retail
stores allow consumers to purchase and download digital tracks directly to
mobile phones, MP3 players, SD memory cards, and USB storage devices.
Walmart to End Support for DRM-Wrapped Songs in OctoberAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 1, 2009 - 12:51pm.
Los Angeles
- Retail giant Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has announced that it will shut down the servers
maintaining access to customers who purchased security-protected songs from its
online store before the company abandoned the use of digital rights management (DRM)
in February 2008, Hypebot reported.
High-Quality Download Seller HDGiants Files for BankruptcyAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 28, 2009 - 9:37am.
Incline Village, Nev. - HDGiants, an online retailer of high-quality HD
downloads of music and video content delivered directly to home entertainment
systems, has filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protections in the state of Nevada.
Report: Sony Mulling Music Downloads for the PSPAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 21, 2009 - 11:46am.
San Francisco
- Sony (NYSE: SNE) is contemplating bringing music downloads to its PSP handheld game
system, music industry sources told CNET News.com. To date, Sony has only
offered content for the PSP on its proprietary Universal Media Disc (UMD)
format. Recent reports have speculated that Sony will do away with UMD in a
forthcoming version of the PSP. The company is now reportedly considering
offering direct music downloads, in a bid to compete with Apple's iTunes Store,
iPods and iPhones.
Electronic Arts' "The Sims 3" Leaked to P2P Ahead of ReleaseAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 18, 2009 - 12:28pm.
Redwood City,
Calif. - Video game publisher
Electronic Arts' (NASD: ERTS) upcoming sequel "The Sims 3," not due for release
for another two weeks, has been leaked onto file-sharing networks, according to
published reports.
Napster Offers Unlimited Streaming, 5 MP3s for $5 per MonthAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 18, 2009 - 11:57am.
Los Angeles
- Digital music service Napster (NASD: NAPS) on Monday introduced a new subscription plan
that offers unlimited streaming of songs from its library of seven million
tracks, plus five MP3 downloads, for $5 per month.
Scribd Debuts Digital Publishing Service for WritersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 18, 2009 - 10:16am.
San Francisco
- Scribd, a website that lets users share text documents, on Monday launched a
new service that lets publishers charge for their documents, and keep 80% of
the revenue, The New York Times reported.
Qtrax Launches Free, Ad-Supported Music Download ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 13, 2009 - 12:49pm.
New
York - Qtrax on Monday launched
its free, ad-supported music download service, after securing licensing
agreements with all four major labels and the major music publishers.
UK MP3 Store 7digital Integrated With AOL's Winamp PlayerAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 8, 2009 - 11:37am.
London - U.K. digital
music retailer 7digital.com announced that AOL's Winamp has integrated its
online music store into the free media player. The deal will put links to
7digital.com's catalog of over 6 million MP3s in front of Winamp's 77 million
worldwide users, and make the store Winamp's partner in European countries including
the U.K., France, Germany,
Spain, Italy, Austria,
Portugal and Ireland.
Along With Apple, Amazon MP3, Others Hike Digital Song PricesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 8, 2009 - 8:39am.
 Seattle
- While Apple (NASD: AAPL) got the most coverage for launching variable pricing yesterday at
the iTunes Store, where top songs may now be priced at $1.29 and catalog tracks
at 69 cents, the change affected much of the rest of the digital music retail
market, with similar price hikes seen at Amazon MP3 (NASD: AMZN), RealNetworks' (NASD: RNWK) Rhapsody,
Walmart.com (NYSE: WMT) ($1.24) and Lala.
tags: Music | Apple | DRM | Retail | Rhapsody | iTunes Store | Lala | Variable Pricing | Walmart.com |
Apple Debuts Tiered Song Pricing on iTunes; Removes All DRMAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 7, 2009 - 10:20am.
 Cupertino,
Calif. - Apple (NASD: AAPL) on Tuesday
introduced its new tiered pricing structure at the iTunes Store, where new
release and popular songs may now be priced at $1.29, while older, catalog
tracks may be sold for 69 cents each -- although the majority of songs are
expected to remain at the current 99 cents price point. The major record labels
have long pressed Apple to institute variable pricing at the iTunes Store; the
new pricing also coincided with the removal of digital rights management (DRM)
restrictions from all songs sold at the store.
Verizon Wireless Launches MP3 Store With 5 Million TracksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 3, 2009 - 11:05am.
Basking Ridge, N.J. - Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) this week added more
than 5 million MP3s to its online media store, enabling downloads to its
music-enabled handsets and any MP3-capable devices. The company is launching
tiered pricing at the store on April 7, when new releases and best-sellers will
be priced at $1.29; "most major contemporary releases" will cost 99
cents; and "most classic catalog releases" will sell for 69 cents
each.
DRM-wrapped SpiralFrog Songs to Become InaccessibleAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 23, 2009 - 12:55pm.
San Francisco - In the wake of the company's decision to
shut down, users who downloaded ad-supported tracks from SpiralFrog will soon no
longer be able to access the songs, CNET News.com reported. Songs offered on
SpiralFrong came wrapped with digital rights management (DRM), and when the
site becomes unavailable in two months, users will no longer be able to login
to access their downloads.
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