Record Labels News
 LP33.tv Announces First in Series of Partnership Deals With Indie Record Labels (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) The TV-centric music promotional and discovery site LP33.tv today announced the first of two partnership agreements in an on-going series of promotional and distribution deals with independent record labels that will be rolled out in the upcoming months.
Record Labels to Sue Vuze, Limewire and SourceForge (Linux Today) "The record labels argue that the Vuze and the others are knowingly distributing software with the purpose to permit unauthorized access to copyrighted works.
French Record Labels Go After Limewire, SourceForge (Slashdot) An anonymous reader notes that TorrentFreak is reporting: "French record labels have received the green light to sue four US-based companies that develop P2P applications, including the BitTorrent client Vuze, Limewire, and Morpheus. Shareaza is the fourth application, for which the labels are going after the open source development platform SourceForge. ... Putting aside the discussion on the ...
Observations: Not quite Iraq and roll, but... (Independent) The golden days of luxury and excess for record labels and their artists may be over, but 50C heat in a war zone are officially the most dangerous conditions for recording an album ever. Indeed, a tent on the Iraqi frontline is where the pipers and drummers of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards succeeded in making the world's most dangerous CD.
RIFFS: Michaelson's individualism (The Washington Times) It's easy to forget that Ingrid Michaelson is an independent artist. Record labels have courted the songwriter since 2006, but she is still calling her own shots.
iPodObserver - Rumor: More Labels to Go DRM-free at iTunes Store (The Mac Observer) The Internet rumor mill usually has at least a couple Apple-related rumors floating around, and the latest claims that the Mac and iPod maker is negotiating with the major record labels to bring copy protection-free versions of their libraries to the iTunes Store. So far, only EMI has signed on for Apple's iTunes Plus program
French record labels sue, um, SourceForge (The Register) Open source haven thumped for harboring P2P app The French music industry is suing four US-based companies for distributing P2P applications that can potentially be used to illegally share music.…
Nokia Music Store Italy: More Than 4 Million Songs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Today Nokia has announced the launch in Italy of its new digital music site, Nokia Music Store, which already has a catalogue of more than 4 million songs amongst which can be found top selling records, including records from Universal Music Group, SONY BMG ENTERTAINMENT, Warner Music Group and EMI Group, independent record labels, and new national talent.
Does the mainstream care about DRM? (CNET) Nowhere is the nonchalance more apparent than in iTunes sales figures. As Apple looks into going DRM-free, consumers should learn that copy protection is damaging to them and artists.
McCartney, Guns N' Roses albums to launch on MySpace (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and Guns N' Roses released their biggest hits on vinyl records and compact discs, but on Thursday, their new albums will debut online on MySpace.
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