Posts Tagged with ‘universal-music-group’

Well, it?s happened. Sony BMG announced it is ?finalizing plans to sell songs without copyright protection? sold via the Web.
And here we were just starting to appreciate the resistance the recording giant had thus far erected in the face of inevitable change.
Okay, actually, to be straight with you, no, we didn?t so much as give the company a passing smirk in our own coverage of its stubborn refusal to bend to consumer demand. But let?s shelve the nasty talk [...]

Today, BusinessWeek has reported that Universal Music Group, the largest record label in the world, is in the process of developing a digital music service that will compete with Apple's iTunes.
What seems most interesting about this news is the fact that Universal is trying to convince other major record labels to get on board. “Morris has already enlisted Sony BMG Music Entertainment as a potential partner and is talking to Warner Music Group .”
Total Music, as the service is [...]

Two stories concerning Universal Music emerged recently. One, an ongoing tale concerning the continuous threats of lawsuits level at Veoh by the media giant, which has in turn led a very peeved and exasperated Veoh to throw back a counter suit in which the video startup is seeking “a declaratory injunction to bar Universal from taking legal action” against the site. Another, making the rounds in the media just this morning, about the music group’s intention to “test the digital [...]