digital music

Sony's Cloud-Based, Digital Music Service Now on Android

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:01:49 -0400

Full article: MSNBC
Athima Chansanchai
Following recent announcements this spring from Apple, Amazon and Google about cloud-based, digital music services, Sony has now made available on Android its version, Music Unlimited, which boasts access to about seven million songs.

Amazon Introduces a Digital Music Locker

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:44:27 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Claire Cain Miller
Amazon plans to introduce a service that will let people upload their digital music to the Web and access it from browsers on any computer and from Android phones.

Spotify Cracks the Million-User Ceiling

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:25:56 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Ben Sisario
Spotify, a streaming music service in Europe that is trying to enter the American market, has reached something of a milestone for digital music: a million paid subscribers.

Investors Are Drawn Anew to Digital Music

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:42:00 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Ben Sisario
Since it emerged in the 1990s, digital music has been hugely popular with fans, but for online music companies and their investors it has almost never been profitable. And yet the money has again started pouring in.

Digital Music Sales Catching Up to CDs

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:13:33 -0400

Full article: San Jose Mercury News
John Boudreau
In this all-things digital era, CDs still dominate the U.S. music market -- but not for long. While CDs made up 65 percent of all music sold in the first half of 2009, digital downloads are quickly catching up, according to a recent report.

iTunes Music Store Finally Ditches DRM, Adds New Prices

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:43:44 -0500

Full article: Wired
Eliot Van Buskirk
After years of fits, starts, threats and ultimatums, Steve Jobs and three major labels have come to terms on a deal: Music will be available immediately on iTunes without DRM restrictions.

EFF Berates Apple over Open Source iTunes Project

Stevie Converse — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:19:08 -0500

Full article: IDG News
Robert McMillan
Apple's attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said.

Digital Sales Surpass CDs at Atlantic

Stevie Converse — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:00:28 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Tim Arango
Atlantic, a unit of Warner Music Group, says it has reached a milestone that no other major record label has hit: More than half of its music sales in the United States are now from digital products, like downloads on iTunes and ring tones for cell phones.

Nesson, Harvard Law Professor, Sues RIAA

Stevie Converse — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:59:26 -0500

Full article: The Crimson
Helen X. Yang
A Harvard Law School professor filed a counterclaim against the Recording Industry Association of America that challenges the constitutionality of the RIAA's efforts against those caught downloading music from file-sharing services.

RIAA Win: Tennessee to Police Campus Networks

Stevie Converse — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:48:29 -0500

Full article: CNet
Greg Sandoval
Tennessee has agreed to filter computer networks for unauthorized music downloads at the state's colleges and universities.