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Trial set to begin in Mass. music downloading case

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created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Lawyers are to begin formally presenting their case in a music downloading lawsuit filed by the recording industry against a Boston University student.


Paid digital music downloads accounted for 35 percent of all music sales in the first six months of the year

Digital music sales 'to nearly equal CDs next year'

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Compact discs accounted for 65 percent of US music sales in the first half of 2009 but digital downloads are expected to nearly equal CD sales by the end of next year, market research firm NPD Group said Tuesday.


ABC Music Lounge: No cocktails, but nonstop music

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created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Cocktails won't be served, but ABC says a new online "music lounge" will offer a full menu of songs and artists featured on its shows.


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YouTube, Universal mull video venture: reports

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created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google-owned YouTube and the world's largest music recording company Universal Music Group are reportedly discussing collaborating on a premium music video website.


Music videos from Warner were removed from YouTube in December

Warner music videos returning to YouTube

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

YouTube on Tuesday announced a deal to bring Warner Music Group songs back to the world's most popular online video sharing service.


Spaniard sued for music file-sharing networks

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created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Recording companies went to court Tuesday claiming euro13 million ($17.5 million) from a Spaniard they accuse of profiting from computer programs he designed to allow free music downloads over the Internet.


n December, the RIAA said it will stop suing people who download music illegally

US woman to pay 1.92 mln dlrs in music piracy case

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created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (9) | comments 32

A US jury has ordered a 32-year-old woman to pay nearly two million dollars in damages for illegally downloading 24 songs over the Internet in a high-profile digital piracy case.


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MySpace in talks to buy imeem

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Online social hub MySpace is in talks to acquire struggling free music streaming site imeem, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.


Industry wants to ban Minn. woman from downloading

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created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Just weeks after a federal jury ruled that a Minnesota woman must pay $1.92 million for illegally sharing copyright-protected music, the recording industry wants to make sure she doesn't do it again.


Virgin Media and Universal launch music service

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created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Virgin Media, the cable TV operator owned by entrepreneur Richard Branson, launched a new kind of music download subscription service Monday with Universal, the world's largest music company.


Jobs Says Apple Customers Not into Renting Music

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created Apr 27, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs indicates he is unlikely to give in to calls from the music industry to add a subscription-based model to Apple's wildly popular iTunes online music store.


Imeem launched in San Francisco in 2003 and became a popular online locale for streaming and sharing music for free

MySpace buys imeem music site for under $1 mln

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- MySpace's online music venture with recording labels completed its purchase of song streaming site imeem on Tuesday, scooping up its 16 million users and mobile phone applications for less than $1 ...


Mass. student on trial admits sharing tunes online

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created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A Boston University graduate student accused of illegally swapping music online nonchalantly admitted in court Thursday that he has downloaded and shared hundreds of songs by Nirvana, Green Day, The Smashing Pumpkins ...


Like Apple, Amazon, Wal-Mart change music prices

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created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Apple's iTunes Store isn't the only one that has adjusted prices for its digital song downloads recently: Changes are showing up at Amazon's and Wal-Mart's online music stores, too.


Lawyer: Song swapper on trial doing `what kids do'

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created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Boston University graduate student was "a kid who did what kids do" when he swapped songs through file-sharing networks like Kazaa, his lawyer said Tuesday as his copyright-infringement trial began.