Recording Industry

The Music Industry Might Actually Not Be Dying

Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Cary Sherman, Digital Music, Digital Media, Video, Riaa Sales, Recording Industry, Music Industry, Subscription Services, Riaa, Entertainment News

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) recently released their report on 2011 Year End Shipment Data, in which states that "total [music...

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Vinyl Is Forever: In Praise of Indie Record Stores

James Rotondi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Rolling Stones, Independent Record Stores, Record Store Day, Music Business, Sixties-Music, Punk Rock, Vinyl Is Back, Analog, Grammys, Pop Culture, Music, Rock, College Radio, Phonograph-Records, High Fidelity, The Beatles, Pop Music, Alternative Rock, Punk, Jazz, Vinyl Records, Mgmt, Music Industry, Top 10 Albums, Rock and Roll, Turntables, Recording Industry, Music Retail, Retail Sales, Technology, Amazon.com, Itunes, Entertainment News

This piece was originally posted at the MTV Music Blog For those who only buy their music on iTunes, Amazon.com, or other online digital music servic...

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Radio Gives Payola a Facelift to Stay Afloat

Jason Schmitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kid Rock, Radio, Recording Industry, John Dingell, Music Industry, Eliot Spitzer, Payola, Entertainment News

Radio will take a bone wherever one is thrown and major labels have paid an arm and a leg to have their songs played frequently on stations across the nation.

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Download Illegally, It's the Right Thing to Do

Jason Schmitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peer to Peer Downloading, Digital Downloads, Music Downloads, Recording Industry, Music Industry, Illegal Downloading, P2p, Music, Technology News

The plea from the music industry, which seems to have only gross sales in mind, is that if you illegally download you are hurting the artists themselves. This logic is far from true.

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After American Idol with Anoop Desai

Fabio Periera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recording Industry, Simon Cowell, American Idol, American Idol 2009, Entertainment Industry, Anoop Desai, Entertainment News

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA--Now in its ninth season, American Idol has broken some of the most recognizable names in pop music the world over: Kelly Clarkson,...

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Joel Tenenbaum: Record Companies Try To Muzzle Student Who Illegally Downloaded Music

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recording Industry, Illegal Music Download, Record Companies, Illegal Downloading, Joel Tenenbaum, Copyright Laws, Illegal Downloads, Technology News

BOSTON — A graduate student who must pay four record labels a combined $675,000 in damages for downloading and sharing songs online has been ordered...

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Minnesota Woman Ordered to Pay $1.9 Million for Downloading Songs

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recording Industry, Illegal Downloading, Riaa, Riaa Lawsuits, Music Downloads, Media News

June 19 (Bloomberg) -- A Minnesota woman accused of swapping music over the Kazaa Internet service was ordered by a jury to pay Vivendi SA's Universal...

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For the Justice Department-RIAA Connection, the Fifth Time is Not The Charm

Gigi Sohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recording Industry, Department of Justice, Copyright, Riaa, Jenner & Block, Intellectual Property, Ip, Ip Law, Justice Department, Intellectual Property Law, Politics News

While there are a number of lawyers and others in the White House and elsewhere with a more balanced view of copyright, having so many recording industry lawyers concentrated in the Justice Department is particularly troubling.

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Move Over Wall Street, Hollywood and the Chamber of Commerce Want Their Handouts Too

Gigi Sohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recording Industry, Department of Justice, Wall Street Crisis, Justice Department, Copyright, Hollywood, Economy, Business News

These lawsuits could be brought even if the copyright holder has sued the alleged violator for civil damages; your tax dollars could be used to punish the same person or company twice.

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RIAA Says No To Transferring Legally Purchased Music From CD To PC

Washington Post | Marc Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: RIAA Personal Use, Recording Industry, File Sharing, Music Sharing, Riaa, Media News

Despite more than 20,000 lawsuits filed against music fans in the years since they started finding free tunes online rather than buying CDs from recor...

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Branson Ditches Virgin Megastores

The Guardian (U.K.) | Owen Gibson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recording Industry, Richard Branson, Virgin, Virgin Megastores, Retail, Home News

Sir Richard Branson yesterday severed his last remaining link with the high street, offloading his Virgin Megastore chain at a time when record shops ...

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