IFPI Statement on Adoption of Copyright Law in France on 30 June 2006
LONDON, UK (IFPI) - "The copyright law adopted by the French Parliament is a great improvement on the December text of the National Assembly which would have stopped the development of legal online music services in their tracks. The current text, while it still raises a number of concerns for the recording ...
| IFPI STATEMENT ON YAHOO CHINA
LONDON, UK (IFPI) - Yahoo China is an mp3 link site which is infringing IFPI member companies' rights on a large scale by making available copyrighted songs for download from its service without any permission from the record companies. In April 2006 IFPI wrote to Yahoo China on behalf of its member ...
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James S. Mutter Joins Parlay's Board of Directors
OAKVILLE, ONTARIO (Parlay Entertainment Inc.) - Parlay Entertainment Inc, the world's leading supplier of Internet bingo solutions, is pleased to announce that Mr. James S. Mutter has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective on June 27, 2006, subject to normal regulatory approvals. Mr. Mutter ...
| GREM USA and International Recording Artist Bill Leverty Enters into Exclusive Endorsement
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (GREM USA) - GREM USA announced today that recording artist Bill Leverty of FireHouse has entered into an exclusive endorsement with GREM USA. As quoted by President and CEO Edward Miers, "These are truly exciting times for GREM USA as we are now in the breakout stage of our developmental ...
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MP3 Archive Musicalfamilytree.com Releases Compilation CD 'Delicious Berries' Featuring Indiana Bands
INDIANNAPOLIS, IN. (MUSICAL FAMILY TREE) - Musicalfamilytree.com is an archive of mostly Indiana music that was started in early 2004 to document the Bloomington Indie rock scene of the 1990s. Starting with bands like Sardina, Antenna and United States Three the site has quickly grown to encompass over ...
| Court gives green light to BPI action against AllofMP3.com
LONDON, UK (BPRI PR) - The British recording industry has successfully jumped the first hurdle in its battle to have unauthorised Russian download site AllofMP3.com declared illegal. Trade association the BPI issued proceedings late on Thursday (June 29) against the operator of the site and was given ...
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MUTEK Festival Wrap-Up
Quebec City, CA. (MUTEK) - After having taking a breather during the last few weeks, the MUTEK team would like to take this opportunity to recap what has been another great year for the Festival. Now that the dust has settled, we can now look back on the five action-packed days of activities and emotions ...
| The Rubber Capitol Goes International!
Akrion, OH. (Millennium Music Mission Records) - Millennium Music Mission Records and MaD MaXxx based in Akron Ohio, agreed in terms with CashBack Alliance Telecom, Inc. (Canada) to jointly produce, market and distribute Independent & Major music on multiple continents. Together they will market Millennium ...
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eMusic Discovers Trove of Unknown Sun Records Material From Artists Charlie Rich, Rosco Gordon and Bill Justis
NEW YORK, NY (By Alexis Tedford/ Shore Fire Media for eMusic) - Experts at eMusic, the world's largest digital retailer of independent music and the world's second-largest digital music retailer after iTunes, have, astonishingly, discovered nineteen previously unknown and unreleased songs from Sun Records ...
| BRIT school student bags Ne-Yo song writing award
LONDON, UK (BPI) - Lily Mackenzie-Lynam, a year 13 student at The BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology, is set to release a single on Def Jam after US urban star Ne-Yo picked her song as the winner in a competition to uncover the UK's best up and coming urban song-writing talent. After running ...
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CBA And GMA Present 'The Power Of Music' On Opening Night At ICRS
NASHVILLE, TN. (Gospel Music Association) - The Gospel Music Association (GMA) has partnered with CBA, Christian retail's trade association, for the first time to present 'The Power of Music' at the opening of CBA's International Christian Retail Show (ICRS) in Denver, Colo. on July 9. 'The Power of ...
| Statement Regarding Warner Music Group Proposal To Acquire EMI
NEW YORK, NY. (By Will Tanous/ Warner Music Group) - Warner Music Group Corp. today confirmed that the EMI Group plc (EMI) board of directors had declined WMG's June 27 proposal for the acquisition of 100% of EMI's outstanding shares of common stock for 320 pence per share entirely in cash. The WMG ...
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A2IM CELEBRATES 'INDEPENDENT'S DAY' – ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF INDIE LABEL ORGANIZATION
NEW YORK (By Tiffany Shipp/ Sunshine Consultants) - July Fourth marks the first anniversary of The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), who celebrated their milestone on Monday, June 26 at Buddakan in New York City. The A2IM anniversary blow-out was hosted by Koch Entertainment Distribution ...
| Titan Global Entertainment's Music Division Signs Multi-Million Selling Country Star Ty Henrdon
NEW YORK, NY (Titan Global Entertainment) - Titan Pyramid Records, a division of Titan Global Entertainment, distributed by Universal Music Group, proudly announces the signing of country hit maker Ty Herndon. The first release will be Herndon's newly completed album "Right About Now." Herndon, who ...
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Sparrow Launches Its Own MySpace Page
Brentwood, TN (Sparrow Records) - Need a new friend? Sparrow Records has launched its own page at MySpace.com! Enjoy news, music, insider blogs, and more about your favorite artists from Avalon, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Bethany Dillon to David Crowder*Band, Switchfoot, and Chris Tomlin at www.MySpace.com/SparrowRecords. ...
| Titan Global Entertainment Annouces the Release of Their Second Generation Web Music Entertainment Portal 'Titan Tunes'
MIAMI, FL (Titan Global Entertainment) - Titan Global Entertainment, Inc. announces the release of the second generation web music entertainment portal "Titan Tunes." The "Titan Tunes" portal is the first of a series of portals that will be launched from the "Titan Universe" Entertainment Distribution ...
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The Orchard and ICG Announce Major U.S. Publishing Administration Deal
NEW YORK and NASHVILLE, Tenn. (By Paul Verna/ The Orchard) - The Orchard, the world's leading digital distributor and marketer of independent music, and Integrated Copyright Group, Inc. (ICG), a leading independent global copyright licensing and administration company, have announced a global partnership ...
| Creation Northeast Festival Postponed
Mount Union, PA (www.creationfest.com) - Due to the large amounts of rain that have fallen in the past 48 hours and the additional heavy rain fall that is expected this week, Creation 2006 Northeast, scheduled for June 28 – July 1, 2006 has been postponed until June 27 – June 30, 2007. This ...
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Arif Mardin 1932-2006
New York, NY (Atlantic Records) - Arif Mardin, a longtime member of the Atlantic Records family, passed away this weekend after a long illness. For more than 40 years, Arif was one of music's most prolific producers and one of its most well-liked personalities. Born in 1932 in Istanbul, Turkey, Arif ...
| Tower Records Unveils 'Tower Records Digital' Download Store
SACRAMENTO, CA. (Tower Records/ www.towerrecords.com) - Tower Records, America's leading independent music and entertainment retailer, today unveiled 'Tower Records Digital,' a music download store at Tower.com/Digital. As the most recent addition and the primary component of Tower's integrated digital ...
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