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[News] [SOT] Open Source-like Model for Music is a Big Hit

  • Subject: [News] [SOT] Open Source-like Model for Music is a Big Hit
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:22:15 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Nine Inch Nails Sells Out Of $300 Deluxe Edition In Under Two Days

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| Now, before some people start complaining that this will only work for big 
| name bands, there's an easy response to that: these days, the way to become a 
| big band is to get your music out there. Newer bands can easily give away 
| music as a promotion to get attention, build up a following, and throw in 
| these types of options as they get bigger. Besides, smaller, less-well-known 
| acts still have plenty of other offerings they can use to make money, even as 
| a smaller band.      
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080304/162842435.shtml


Related:

Radiohead, 'Juno' blast onto U.S. pop chart

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| Radiohead's “In Rainbows” album topped the U.S. sales chart this week, 
| selling 122,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. 
| 
| It arrived in stores in CD format on New Year's Day, nearly three months 
| after the artsy British rock group unleashed the album to the Web at a cost 
| to be determined by the user -- whatever price fans chose to pay, including 
| nothing at all.    
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/extendedplay/2008/01/radiohead-juno.html


CES - Digital music industry challenged to follow fans' lead

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| Allowing their music to be distributed through ad-supported online music 
| services is a particularly hard sell for artists who worry that having their 
| work be associated with advertising "devalues" it, Wragg added.  
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=436451188&rid=-50


Free Radiohead music pirated

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| Big Champagne, a Los-Angeles-based company that tracks illegal downloading on 
| the Internet said that while 1.2 million people legitimately downloaded the 
| album online, 500,000 picked it up from torrent sites.  
| 
| [....]
| 
| It has also had more copies sold. Radiohead's previous album sold only 
| 300,000 copies in the first week.  
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/18/free-radiohead-music-pirated


Radiohead album bets on fast release, open pricing

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| The release of popular rock group Radiohead's new album next week is the 
| latest wake-up call for a music industry still struggling to deal with the 
| advent of digital music, experts say.  
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http://www.news.com/Radiohead-album-bets-on-fast-release%2C-open-pricing/2100-1025_3-6212107.html?tag=nefd.top


Music industry attacks Sunday newspaper's free Prince CD

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| The eagerly awaited new album by Prince is being launched as a free
| CD with a national Sunday newspaper in a move that has drawn
| widespread criticism from music retailers.
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http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2114557,00.html


Defendant: RIAA abusing courts to shore up "failing business model"

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| After the lawsuit was filed, Njuguna said she boxed up the PC reportedly used 
| for infringement and purchased a new one. She then filed a series of 
| counterclaims to the RIAA's lawsuit in an attempt to have the lawsuit 
| dismissed and her name cleared. One of those accuses the record labels of 
| failing to negotiate in good faith.    
|
| [...]
|
| Njugana also accuses the RIAA of engaging in deceptive and unfair trade 
| practices, arguing that the record labels have demonstrated repeated behavior 
| that has an "adverse effect on the public interest." She also cites former 
| RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen's lawsuit (which seeks class-action status) as 
| evidence that, unless the courts step in at some point, the RIAA will 
| continue its campaign.     
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070913-defendant-riaa-abusing-courts-to-shore-up-failing-business-model.html


The RIAA will come to regret its court win

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| And, he told his blog readers: "If [the industry tries to] keep up the 
| strategy of 'you need us badly and therefore we make the rules' you will lose 
| the artists, their managers... and the audience. Another 12 months for this 
| Radiohead experiment to become the default approach. Get engaged or get 
| outmoded. And do it soon."    
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/08/0810_riaa_comment/


Mom Sues Universal Music for DMCA Abuse

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| The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit today against Universal 
| Music Publishing Group (UMPG), asking a federal court to protect the fair use 
| and free speech rights of a mother who posted a short video of her toddler 
| son dancing to a Prince song on the Internet.   
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10869/mom-sues-universal-music-dmca-abuse

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