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Q&A: Microsoft chief privacy strategist Peter Cullen
Comment Cullen, who works under Scott Charney, chief trustworthy computing strategist, joined Microsoft in 2003 from the financial services sector, notably Royal Bank of Canada.silicon.com: Sony BMG has recently... [15 Nov 2005]
Microsoft targets Sony copy-protection tool
News The Redmond, Washington, software maker has determined that the "rootkit" piece of the XCP software on some Sony BMG Music Entertainment CDs can pose a security risk to Windows PCs, according to a... [14 Nov 2005]
Apple 'already in talks' over video iTunes and iPod
News According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Jobs and co have already approached execs from the big four record companies - EMI, Sony BMG, Universal and Warner - over licensing their catalogues for... [18 Jul 2005]
Aussies trash Kazaa in court
News Major record labels Universal Music Australia, EMI, the merged Sony/BMG, Warner, Festival Mushroom and 25 additional applicants are suing Sharman Networks and associated parties - including Brilliant... [29 Nov 2004]
Big record labels give songs to P2P network
News Sony, BMG and Universal have announced their P2P system, named Peer Impact, will be available in the first quarter of 2005 and will be "content distribution service that will provide legal, peer-to-peer... [26 Nov 2004]
Music industry ditches hardcore copyright for 'free love' tunes
News Record companies in Europe, however, still seems to be worried about the prospect - Bertelsmann BMG, the world's fifth-largest record label, recently launched CDs in three formats including luxury and no-frills version... [06 Oct 2004]
Bertelsmann launches 'anti-piracy' CDs in Germany
News Bertelsmann BMG is currently understood to be in discussion with Sony regarding a possible merger. Bertelsmann BMG, the world's fifth-largest record label, is to offer different types of... [05 Jul 2004]
Punishing UK downloaders 'will alienate customers'
News In the US, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which represents the world's big five music companies, Universal Music, Warner Music, EMI, BMG, and Sony Music, has begun suing individual... [18 Sep 2003]
Napster: While you were sleeping...
Comment Music giant BMG had broken ranks with the other members of the 'Big Five' - EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner - and was putting together a bid for the defunct file-sharing service. However, in the end it... [29 Jul 2003]
Vivendi puts entire music catalogue online
News The 'big five' labels - BMG, EMI, Sony, Vivendi and Warner - have all signed deals in the past year with various digital distributors, such as MusicNet and PressPlay, in an attempt to push their music... [21 Nov 2002]
MusicNet and Pressplay have sympathy for the devil
News Pressplay announced on Monday that it has signed a deal with BMG and said it is close to reaching an agreement with Warner Music Group. Pressplay CEO Michael Babel said in a statement that the deal with... [16 Oct 2002]
ISPs sued over Napster-like site access
News The copyright infringement suit was filed in Manhattan federal court by music industry giants BMG, Sony, Universal and Warner Brothers, and demands that the ISPs block access to Listen4ever.com. A group... [19 Aug 2002]
Napster's nemeses not so happy now
News AOL Time Warner, BMG, EMI, Sony and Universal are being investigated over the launch of online music services MusicNet and Pressplay which it is claimed contravene competition laws. The 'big five' record... [25 Feb 2002]
Mac users get Pressplay support
News The site, jointly owned by Sony and Vivendi Universal, was launched just before Christmas at the same time as rival venture MusicNet, which is backed by BMG, BMI, Warner and Zomba Records. Music download... [18 Jan 2002]
Napster relaunch put back to 2002
News It is not known how Bertelsmann will balance the distribution of its music label BMG between Napster and MusicNet. The two glaring absences in Napster's CV are Vivendi and Sony," Mulligan added. Napster... [30 Oct 2001]
