Archive for the 'pyrrhic victories' Category
UK Music Industry Threatens Prince Over Music Promotions
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello June 29th, 2007 in Digital Music, Music Musings, NARM, Prince, Record stores, TAFKAP, great ideas, pyrrhic victories, social ideas.The Brit tabloid, Mail on Sunday, has come under attack from British music retailers over a promotion its running with Prince (TAFKAP). It seems that the retailers have gotten all bent out of shape because the paper, with 2 million weekly readers, was smart enough to sign a deal with the Purple One to give [...]
AnywhereCD and the $12 MP3 Album
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello April 23rd, 2007 in Conjecture, Digital Music, Music Musings, Record stores, anywherecd, lawsuits, michael robertson, mp3, pyrrhic victories, stupid ideas, warner music.Last week serial business starter and aging Internet super-star, Michael Robertson, launched the 6th iconoclastic Internet venture in his portfolio of disruptive ventures. The new business, called AnywhereCD, billed itself as an MP3 music vendor with a CD delivery option. And while the business itself is a bit of a yawner, its pricing and sales [...]
The Death Knell Tolls for Pandora and Other Webcasters
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello April 18th, 2007 in Conjecture, Digital Music, Foolishness, Pandora, RIAA, RIAA and Record Labels, copyright, last.fm, pyrrhic victories, streaming music, stupid ideas.A couple of weeks ago a little known government body called the Copyright Royalty Board set new rates for webcasters like Pandora, Last.fm and other streaming music services. The new rates made many webcasters and streaming music entrepreneurs apoplectic. Only being tangentially related to the streaming music space I was a bit confused by all [...]
