digital music in news
High-street shops get digital music delivery
News Sony Music Entertainment has inked a deal with Red Dot Net to digitally distribute all Sony's back catalogue. The customer can then choose which format they prefer - CD, DVD or digital download to a storage device, and it is made up while they wait. [10 Jun 1999]
iGroup and Magex make music together
News iGroup, the ecommerce division of Computacenter, and Magex, NatWest's ecommerce venture which launched last week, will announce a range of digital packaging products and pilot projects for the music industry next week.iGroup plans to provide... [10 Jun 1999]
AOL buys Net music firms
News Spinner runs an Internet music service that it claims attracts 1.5 million users per month, while Nullsoft develops online digital music software including the Winamp audio player. America Online (AOL) is to buy Net music specialists, Spinner... [02 Jun 1999]
Music executives debate online threat
News The conference has been organised by the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) which represents the music industry's efforts over the last few years to come to terms with the threat of the Internet on the music distribution industry. [05 May 1999]
Universal Music unveils digital music plans
News Universal Music Group, part of Seagram, is set to sell digital music online later this year. The music giant has teamed up with US-based InterTrust Technologies, which will provide the software to deliver and protect computerised information online. [04 May 1999]
RealNetworks unveils Web jukebox
News RealNetworks has launched RealJukebox, an online system for recording and collecting music. RealNetworks records and plays back digital audio in all popular formats, not just MP3. RealJukebox is not the first MP3 player on the market, but it... [04 May 1999]
Microsoft to release MP3 alternative
News The battle to deliver music via the Internet will intensify this week as Microsoft launches a rival to MP3 - the de facto standard in digital compression for downloading recordings from the Net. The Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) expects to... [12 Apr 1999]
Computacenter offers ebusiness privacy from InterTrust
News InterTrust MD, Doug Armati, explained: "People will be able to use the same technology that the great companies of the world are using to manage their rights and interests in electronic property; in things like music. [13 Jan 1999]
Clinton signs Internet copyright protection act
News The Act aims to protect copyrighted software, music and text on the Internet by outlawing the technology used to break copyright protection devices. President Clinton yesterday dealt a blow to Internet piracy by signing the Digital Millennium... [29 Oct 1998]
C&WC faces angry customers
News At this year's Telecoms Managers Association event C&WC chief executive Graham Wallace faced the music. We're completely based on ebusiness, and all our systems are digital, so we need these services to operate. [19 Oct 1998]
US government tightens Web copyright laws
News Powerful companies within the US music, film and publishing markets have been pressurising the US government to bring in better online protection. The controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act was passed by the Senate last week and will now go... [14 Oct 1998]
In brief: Music Choice launches online store
News Music Choice - the digital audio service backed by BskyB, Warner Brothers and Sony Music - is launching an online store selling 180,000 music and video titles. The site goes live on 1 October, and will be run by IMVS. [10 Sep 1998]
In brief: MTV streams music channel onto the Web
News PSINet will host the music channel M2, which will have 24 hour a day broadcasting and video interaction. M2 is currently only available in the US, but European users will be able to access the Web site and the channel will eventually be screened on... [13 Jul 1998]
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