Archive for the 'EMI' Category
BGO: No DRM Infection = Higher Sales
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello June 20th, 2007 in Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious, Digital Music, Digital downloading, EMI, anti-drm, copyright, drm.Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious
For some reason folks are acting all shocked that sales of digital music seem to go up when you dont cripple it with DRM. In a piece thats all over the net right now (here, here, here and here) Bloomberg (the news service not the recently independent, non-presidential candidate) [...]
EMI Goes DRM Free. Offers MP3 trade-in. Really!
2 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello April 2nd, 2007 in Apple, Digital Music, EMI, Groups Opposing the RIAA, Music Musings, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, anti-drm, deals, drm, great ideas, iPhone, iPod/iTunes, mobile phone, social ideas.I know I couldnt believe it myself. But unless everyone from the BBC to the WSJ has gotten it wrong its no joke. Sure it was first reported by the good folks that brought you the RARA joke but thats just a coincidence. The jist of this is that EMI will be releasing DRM free [...]
MAJOR RECORD LABELS WITHDRAW FROM RIAA
4 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello April 1st, 2007 in Apple, Broadband, Digital Music, EMI, Entertainment, Fun with PR, Groups Opposing the RIAA, IFPI, Innovation, Microsoft, Music Musings, RARA, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, Viral marketing, anti-drm, copyright, drm, great companies, great ideas, guerilla marketing, satire, social ideas, tech humor.This amazing bit of news was forwarded by Fred Benenson of Free Culture @ NYU. It’s amazing news and a critical development for the online music space. You can get more information at the RARA site and I’ve duplicated their message in full below without commentary:
From: Press Contact <respectartistaudience@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 31, 2007 [...]
EMI and Last.fm join forces is Pandora Next
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello February 28th, 2007 in Broadband, EMI, deals, drm, last.fm, mp3, ted cohen.After Steve Jobs dropped his anti-DRM bomb on the labels people immediately started talking about which label would be the first to wake up to MP3. Early money was on EMI being the first to buckle, largely because they are in the toughest financial position and Ted Cohen used to run the show. We’ll looks [...]
