New CD and DVD Recording Software Available with Advanced Features and Intuitive Interface
PARIS, France (Droppix Communications/ www.droppix.com) - Droppix, the new gold standard in digital media technology, announced today the availability of its next-generation CD and DVD creation software, Droppix Recorder 1.2, with a revised architecture and many new features. Droppix Recorder is advanced, ...
| Napster Offers Consumers Free Digital Music 'To Go'
LOS ANGELES (Napster/ www.napster.com ) - Napster, the biggest brand in digital music, announced details today of its upcoming Napster To Go Cafe tour to promote the consumer launch of the world's first portable subscription service. To symbolize the concept of To Go and underscore the value of portability, ...
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Apple Unveils New iPod mini Starting at Just $199
CUPERTINO, CA. (Apple) - Apple today unveiled the second generation iPod mini lineup with a new 4GB model priced at just $199 and a new 6GB model with 50 percent more storage priced at $249. Both iPod mini models feature increased battery life of up to 18 hours, USB charging and an ultra-portable, lightweight ...
| The Music Industry is Evolving to Compete with Free Downloads and Piracy
NEW
YORK (www.dualdisc.com) With illegal downloading of music from the
Internet becoming more common, the music industry had to come out with
a way to combat it, but not in the way that you may think. There are
music labels that are filing lawsuits for illegal downloading of their
music but that ...
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Over 10 Million Music Videos Downloaded On 3
LONDON,
UK (SONY BMG Music Entertainment UK) - 3, the UK's first and
largest video mobile network, today announced that more than 10 million
music videos have been watched by its customers on their mobiles since
the launch of its video jukebox service only 6 months ago.It is
also announced ...
| Macrovision Introduces RipGuard DVD To Dramatically Reduce Digital DVD Piracy
NEW
YORK (Macrovision Co) - Macrovision Corporation, the world's leading
supplier of content and software value management solutions, announced
the worldwide availability of RipGuard DVD a digital rip-control
solution for DVD Video. RipGuard DVD plugs the "digital hole" created
by PC-based DeCSS ...
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MGI And NetMusic Launch 'Listen, Click And Buy' Online Radio Platform
NEW
YORK (NetMusic Entertainment) - NetMusic Entertainment Corporation,
which controls the largest catalogue of independent music on the
Internet, launches the "Listen, Click and Buy" platform in partnership
with MGI, a lead provider of digital content over electronic networks.The
music industry ...
| From MP3 To The Contract With The Music Industry!
NEW YORK (https://webplaza.pt.lu/merlo/) - The new CD by Vittorio Merlo "Ho sognato Bruno Vespa" is on line. It
has been recorded in Italy with professional musicians and with the
production of Maestro Vince Tempera (producer and arranger of Zucchero,
Angelo Branduardi, and many others). Vittorio ...
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Apple Honors Grammy Award Winning Artists
CUPERTINO, CA. (Apple/ www.apple.com) - In recognition of the tremendous achievements of this year's GRAMMY award winning artists, Apple is offering special pricing on all albums that include a GRAMMY award winning track on the iTunes Music Store in the US. The iTunes Music Store has been an integral ...
| Artists Embrace MP3 Blogs
NEW
YORK (www.dilvie.com) - Independent musicians are looking to the
Internet as a powerful avenue for music promotion, and new technologies
make the job a lot easier. Blogs exploded in popularity in 2004, and
musicians are taking notice. Many musicians are releasing free MP3s as
promotional ...
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MP3tunes Online Music Service Opens Today with 300,000 Songs
SAN DIEGO (MP3tunes/ www.mp3tunes.com) - MP3tunes, a new digital music store started by Michael Robertson, founder and former CEO of MP3.com, opened for business on the Internet today at https://www.mp3tunes.com. Robertson, CEO of MP3tunes, unveiled his new venture at the Desktop Summit in San Diego ...
| MSN Music Offers Free Grammy-Nominated Songs
REDMOND, WA. (Microsoft Corp./ www.microsoft.com) - For the first time ever, top GRAMMY-nominated songs are being given away free, as MSN Music (https://grammys.msn.com) celebrates the GRAMMY Awards with free downloads of top Best Song nominees. Every day from Feb. 8 through Feb. 12, in the United States ...
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Michael Robertson To Launch New Digital Music Venture, MP3tunes
NEW
YORK (MP3 Tunes) - Michael Robertson, the founder and former CEO of
MP3.com, will announce next week that he is starting a new digital
music company called MP3tunes. The company will focus on music products
and services with an emphasis on the MP3 format to maximize
interoperability and consumer ...
| New Round Of Lawsuits Against 717 Illegal File Sharers Includes Continued Focus On University Network Users Who Illegally Download Music
LOS
ANGELES (RIAA) - More than seven hundred illegal file sharers were sued
today by the music industry for copyright infringement as part of its
ongoing effort to protect the work of record labels, musicians,
writers, producers and others from theft through illegal downloading on
the Internet. ...
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Gracenote Incorporates MPEG-4 AacPlus V2 Format Into Mobile Media Management Applications
NEW
YORK (Gracenote) Gracenote, the global leader in digital entertainment
technology, today announced that it is supporting encoding and playback
of the aacPlus v2 format, also known as High-Efficiency AAC v2, in the
Gracenote Media Manager. By offering this standard codec in its mobile
music ...
| Norwegian ruling finds Napster 'link site' guilty
LONDON, UK (IFPI) - The recording industry has welcomed a court ruling in Norway that will help protect the newly-emerging online music business and boosts the global fight against internet music piracy. Norway's Supreme Court has upheld a conviction that ordered a Norwegian student to compensate the ...
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'Download Only' Releases Offered By JetSpeed Records
LOS ANGELES (JetSpeed Records) On February 10th 2005 JetSpeed Records
will become the first "Mid-Size" Independent Label to offer some of
their catalog as Downloadable Only Releases!JetSpeed Records
President, Courtland Tyler states, "Given the advantage to the consumer
and to our artists that this ...
| New Software, iHoopla Label Edition, Allows Record Labels To Control Digital Multimedia File-Sharing
NEW
YORK (HSM/iHM) - Two aggressive young digital-music companies, Hip
Solve Media and iHoopla Music, today announced iHoopla Label Edition
software, which encourages consumers to share digital downloads and
unlocks a new, no-middleman business model for record labels and other
digital content ...
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Tunetrader Launches Promotional Service for Independent Artists Online
NEW
YORK (Tunetrader) Independent artists looking to promote their music
will now have the opportunity to gain unique exposure and earn money by
registering their tracks with Tunetrader at www.tunetrader.com.
The UK-based company in Portsmouth is open to receiving demo
submissions online or by ...
| Ecma Standardizes Holographic Information Storage
GENEVA,
Switzerland (Ecma) Ecma has created Technical Committee 44 (TC44) to
develop a standardization strategy for Holographic Information Storage
(HIS) systems, initially based upon the Collinear Technologies of
Optware Corporation, a leading developer of Holographic Versatile Disc
(HVD) storage ...
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