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A blog post on the New York Times website leads to a study done by the University of Washington regarding DMCA takedown notices.  Here is an excerpt from the overview:
Although the implications of being accused of copyright infringement are […]

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Ian Rogers posted his advice to Guy Hands at his blog and it makes for some very interesting reading. His core premise:

“With the disappearance of advantaged label competencies such as superior production, distribution, and marketing, reconfigure your labels to be based around affinities and focused narrowly enough to serve roughly the same audiences from […]

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Pew has just published a new study on consumer purchasing habit,s and the impact of the Internet as well as traditional media on their decision making. Clearly, the digital arena continues to grow in importance but it is only one part of the media mix, and carries different weight among different consumer groups.
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If you are a last.fm fanatic, here’s a great site that will waste hours of your time as you see all the cool things that last.fm can do with the help of its user community. From social networking applications to desktop apps, there’s something here for all but the most casual last.fm user, and […]

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Ahead of the actual discussion led by Jim Griffin at SXSW Friday, Wired has posted and overview of a notion that has been whispered about in the hallowed halls of the major labels for years…a fee imposed on ISPs that provided end users with an “all you can eat” music service. Read Music Industry […]

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This article from Fortune/CNNMoney.com about who is using digital marketing more effectively for campaigning should be discussed at every major label marketing meeting.  The entire article is worthwhile, but this particular Q&A exchange between Fortune and Publicis CIO Rishad Tobaccowala hits the bullseye.  The major labels have historically taken a more Clinton-esque approach despite public […]

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From Mashable: “The Web-based social music service of great renown has assembled a nifty thing dubbed the SXSW Group page, where site members can nab themselves their very own “Band Aid.” What’s a Band Aid? Simple. A list of bands whose SXSW shows you might be interested to catch while down in Texas. The names […]

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The ever astute Paul Resnikoff offers his viewpoint on the brewing battle between publishers and digital music provider MusicNet. This is a perspective worthy of consideration. Back in the early 90s when I was in the wholesale end of the music business, it seemed like the CD price wars at retail and the […]

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R.E.M. Releases New Videos Under Open Source License : “R.E.M. today released 11 videos for the first song from their forthcoming album, all in MP4 format in HD and under an open source license. ‘Supernatural Serious,’ is the first single from the band’s next album, ‘Accelerate,’ due to be released April 1st.“
(Via ReadWriteWeb .)

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While similar to countless similar rants of years past (clueless record industry should provide better digital offerings and value to consumers), I have to give this one a lot of credit for pointing out the value of “convenience services and marketing”. Sure…there are always folks for whom “free” will be the prime motivator, but […]

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Web 3.0: Is It About Personalization?: “On the UK’s Guardian newspaper site today, writer Jemina Kiss suggested that Web 3.0 will be about recommendation. ‘If web 2.0 could be summarized as interaction, web 3.0 must be about recommendation and personalization,’ she wrote. Using Last.fm and Facebook’s Beacon as an example, Kiss painted a picture of […]

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Social Sites Don’t Deliver Big Ad Gains - WSJ.com: “As Microsoft Corp. makes a $44.6 billion bet on Internet advertising with its unsolicited offer for Yahoo Inc., there are signs that some of the biggest new places where consumers are flocking on the Web — social networking and video-sharing sites — are yielding advertising revenue […]

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Duncan Watts questions The Tipping Point: “‘If society is ready to embrace a trend, almost anyone can start one–and if it isn’t, then almost no one can…’“

This is a great read for anyone interested in marketing.
(Via Hypebot.)

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“with sites like Digg, it’s the wisdom of the crowds or the tyranny of the mob. You never know what you’re going to get.“
Slashdot’s founder questions the wisdom of crowds in this article:
Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog

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Real Time - WSJ.com: “…the key point isn’t the idea of releasing a steady stream of music instead of an album a year at most — that’s an interesting discussion, but not a new one. Rather, it’s asking what music fans will most readily pay for. Debates about serializing music tend to revolve around the […]

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hypebot: UPDATE: Qtrax Launch Delayed As All 4 Majors Deny Deals

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hypebot: WMG, Universal Deny Qtrax Deals plus Commentary: “Qtrax’s announcement on Sunday that it was launching its ad supported download service at midnight with music from all four major labels may have been premature or at the very least misleading.  Both Warners and Universal are denying deals with Qtrax.”

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“Qtrax launches today making available 20-30 million tracks floating around on P2P’s available for free and legal download via its new ad supported service.  All four major labels have signed on.
Users download and launch a player that runs ads while they search for and download tracks.  DRM prevents the tracks from being burned and counts […]

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The Album is Dead… - Blog Maverick: “So the question arises, why don’t artists serialize the release of songs ? Why not create a ’season’ of release of songs, much like the fall TV season and promise fans that Flo Rida is going to release a new single every week or 2 weeks for the […]

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Bloomberg.com:
Opinion: “The only future for recorded music — as bands such as Radiohead have already discovered — is to give it away free on the Internet. But whether a private-equity firm like Terra Firma can be that bold is open to question.“

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