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MusicTank endeavours to maintain a comprehensive library of industry news. Some links may require subscription to be read in their entirety. MusicTank is not liable for the content of external links.

Jun 26, 2009

PRS Says Oldies Worth Their Weight In Gold

Music industry legends and groups enjoying comebacks have given a 30pc boost to UK music tour revenues. PRS for Music, the organisation responsible for licensing all UK live performances, found the value of the biggest tours rose from £311m in 2007 to £403m last year. The figures suggest a steady rise in touring value at the top, mainly driven by older performers, that has bucked the economic downturn.

Jun 18, 2009

Nicholas Lezard: Don't Force Digital Radio On Us

Analogue radio's death knoll has been confirmed, with the target - set in the new report, Digital Britain - for a switchover to DAB to take place by 2015.

Jun 18, 2009

Spotify Joins Push To Get Music Lovers To Pay For Content

Spotify plans to bolster its existing premium service with a range of value-added services in a bid to get fans to pay for content. The music streaming service hopes to convert its 1m users to a premium subscription by offering extras such as mobile and living-room access, higher quality streams, bundled downloads, recommendation, ticketing and social features.

Jun 18, 2009

Italian Court Orders MP3 Pirates To Pay €2.4 Million

An Italian court has ordered 54 people behind illegal music download sites to pay more than €2.4 million (£2 million) in damages for copyright infringement following a six-year investigation. The case was first brought against various music download sites in 2003 by the Federation Against Music Piracy—which represents all four major labels in Italy—the IFPI-affiliated Italian Music Industry Federation (FIMI) and the Italian Fiscal Police.

Jun 18, 2009

Build Your Band And The Brands Will Come

"As an artist, you must become a brand unto yourself. It's only then that a major marketer will desire this transference of values." So says music-brand agency, Rock River Music's Jeff Daniel.

Jun 18, 2009

Facebook Hit By Privacy Blow

European privacy regulators could be about to throw a spanner into the works of attempts by social networking sites such as Facebook to find new ways to increase profits as they try to restrict the way internet groups release personal data. The European move marks the first attempt by regulators to address the "open" internet platforms that the social networks, led by Facebook, have rushed to create. By letting other applications ride on top of their systems, tapping into personal data about their members, the networks have sought both to tie in users for longer and create money-making opportunities.

Jun 18, 2009

An Indie Label Sounds Off: Why We Don’t Love Grooveshark

An open letter from Ben Patterson, who runs indie Web music distributor DashGo, about his experience with the Grooveshark service.

Jun 18, 2009

Music Labels Win $2 Million In Web Case

The Universal Music Group, owned by Vivendi, and other record labels were awarded $1.92 million on Thursday in the retrial of a Minnesota woman accused of swapping music over the Kazaa Internet service. The federal jury in Minneapolis said the woman, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, 32, of Brainerd, should pay $80,000 for each of the 24 songs that were posted on the site so others could download them.

Jun 18, 2009

Songbird Releases iPhone Sync Workaround

Open-source Mozilla-based music player Songbird just announced a slew of new features including the long anticipated ability to get music onto the iPhone [via iTunes].

Jun 18, 2009

Behind The Music: Can Artists Stop People From Covering Their Songs?

The trend for instant cover versions entering the charts at the same time as the originals is robbing performers of royalties.

 
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