Posts Tagged with ‘music-downloads’

We already had iTunes plugin Moody, a way to tag and color code your music according to your mood in iTunes. Now Guitarati wants to take the Moody philosophy to a paying Web 2.0 concept. Since not everyone thinks of moods as colors, it will be interesting to see if Guitarati is able to succeed where Moody hasn't yet.
The first thing that stands out with Guitarati is its business plan. It is a Web 2.0 company that actually wants to [...]

Music Web 2.0 applications are hot right now. There are tons of complex applications out there right now as companies try to create the first, best monetized model for online music, like Grooveshark . What about the people who don’t want the time involvement and learning curve of a more complex site like Grooveshark? For them, there is now Muxtape.
Muxtape is the Web 2.0 version of those mixed tapes you made for people in your high school and college [...]

Grooveshark is a new monetized music sharing application currently in private beta. Grooveshark has a simple business idea: everyone in music getting paid. Their lofty goal is to change the music industry, and after having used their site for a few days to try it out, I think they might just succeed.
Much of their potential for success replies on their main claim being true: that their service is legal because they can make sure the artists and labels [...]

Limewire is trying to follow in the footsteps of P2P music download cousin Napster by adding a store to its P2P download service. The company says the store will be connected to the P2P service it offers, but does not specify how yet. The music being offered in the store is compatible with all major MP3 players, including the iPod.
Limewire is joining the DRM free revolution in addition to going legit. All songs in their catalog will be [...]

Really, “indoctrinating” kids against correct copyright practices and fair use before the details have even been hammered out in the courts is a better description of this seemingly innocuous little site than “teaching”, in my opinion. The computer giant has created a site called MyBytes, aimed at kids and teens, whose sole purpose is to give them “real experience” of how P2P file sharing can affect a musician and “educate” them on file sharing laws in the way Microsoft sees [...]

After purchasing Last.FM for a cool $280 Million USD last year, CBS kept its plans for the company close to the vest. The company held a press conference today to reveal the direction it was taking its acquisition. Some sites have speculated that the big secret was going to be video on demand, but that wasn't the case (at least not yet).
The news from CBS today was that they were making Last.FM into a streaming audio service. After [...]

Trailing behind it main rival WalMart and such online stores as Amazon, Target announced that it is finally going to offer digital music downloads. Even bargain basement retailer KMart had music downloads before Target jumped on board, though they lost their dedicated music site in their bankruptcy a few years ago.
Target's digital music rollout begins with the first album, a Sony BMG release called Live From Philadelphia by John Legend. Target has not stated whether it will offer a [...]

Amazon today announced that its completely DRM-free catalog of MP3 downloads was expanded through the addition of Sony BMG music, which should be available to consumers by the end of the month.
With all four major music labels now on board, it looks like AmazonMP3 can now be considered a real threat to iTunes and its more limited variety of DRM-free music (over 3 million at AmazonMP3 compared to just 2 million at iTunes). “All four major labels will [...]

There are a number of things the government has no business legislating. Some of these things are because government doesn't belong in a certain type of decision. Some of them, however, are because the government doesn't fully understand the issue. HR 4279 falls into the second category, along with the SAFE Act discussed here yesterday. The matching Senate bill, not yet voted upon, is S 522.
What is the purpose of HR 4279? Good question. Sponsored by Rep John Conyers Jr [...]