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The Register: Universal's Larry Kenswil on Threats to Legitimate Digital Music

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 2, 2006 - 7:19am.
New York - Threats to legitimate digital music sales today include makers of satellite radios that can record streams, ISPs offering tiered Internet pricing, and "the capitalism-is-evil crowd," like the Slashdot online community, according to Larry Kenswil, president of major label Universal Music Group's digital division. Kenswil made the comments at the Digital Music Forum, a two-day event in New York produced by Digital Media Wire, The Register reported. The Universal executive also criticized the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital civil liberties group, and similar-minded groups Zeropaid and Downhill Battle. "One wonders if they haven't got anything better to do," said Kenswil. "With all the crap going on in the world, is Sony BMG the worst corporation in the world? Is it worse than the spammers, or the people who write viruses on purpose?"
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The Register: Apple Nixes Plan to Sell Mobile Phone Ringtones

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 19, 2005 - 7:25am.
London - The Register reports that Apple has nixed a plan to sell ringtones through its iTunes Music Store, possibly due to pressure from wireless network operators who would lose some of the lucrative ringtone revenue they currently share with record labels. The feature was reportedly to be a headline feature of iLife '06 introduced at the MacWorld Expo next month.
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