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News It's the iTunes generation that Sarin is hoping to sign up - and Vodafone is making a big deal out of music downloads. They're going for music that's very much the thing of the moment.filling up... [10 Nov 2004]
Music industry: 'We'll make you pay for downloads'
News With the film and music industries at last ready to consider the idea of using the internet to deliver content, the question is - how to make money off it? The record labels are arguably more ready than their... [10 Dec 2004]
Music piracy fight - ISPs must do more
News The music industry is calling for governments and internet services providers (ISPs) to do more in the fight against digital music piracy. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)... [25 Jan 2008]
Music drives call centre customers to distraction
News According to a survey out today by Avaya Communications, poor music can cause over half of callers to ring off, particularly if they are forced to hold for long periods of time. Avaya also found that some call centres... [02 May 2001]
Music industry attacks European copyright proposal
News The music industry has condemned proposed European legislation for protecting intellectual property, saying that it "falls far short" of what is necessary to fight piracy. Unlike the DMCA, the proposed EU rules do not... [03 Feb 2003]
Music industry launches its first 'Napster' alternative
News The post-Napster age begins in earnest today with the launch of the first mainstream legal music download service from Real Networks, backed by music giants BMG, EMI and Warner. MusicNet will be... [04 Dec 2001]
Music giants end months of indecision on online trading
News Major record labels in the US have given their support to a music distribution platform developed in secret by IBM. Madison distributes music files securely over the Web, allaying fears of fraud. Until... [26 Nov 1998]
Music industry takes aim at LimeWire
News After months of issuing warnings, the music industry finally made good on its threat to file suit against peer-to-peer software company LimeWire. A group of music companies, including Sony BMG, Virgin... [07 Aug 2006]
Music industry will come after corporates in file-sharing war
News Large firms whose employees are illegally downloading music from the internet are more at risk from record industry lawsuits than individual file-sharers, according to legal experts. Speaking at an event with... [30 Jul 2003]
Music pirates shun peer-to-peer for iPod-to-iPod
News As legal music downloading takes off as never before, music pirates are shunning peer-to-peer services in favour of using iPods to swap music. According to a report from the Pew Internet... [24 Mar 2005]
Music mad Brits buy nine million online tunes
News Brits are proving to be the most music-loving nation - buying more albums than any other country - and we just can't get enough of digital formats, according to UK music industry trade body the BPI.... [23 Mar 2005]
Music file sharers are up to their old tricks again
News Despite the heavy-handed tactics of the major record labels illegal music downloading could be making a comeback, according to market researchers who note a surge in the use of peer-to-peer services. NPD will continue to... [19 Jan 2004]
Music industry could get green light to hack P2P sites
News The US may introduce radical legislation to allow music companies to hack peer-to-peer (P2P) networks they suspect of distributing pirated material. P2P sites such as Napster, which distribute copyrighted material, are... [28 Jun 2002]
Music fan named and shamed for download habit
News The record industry has claimed its latest dramatic victory in the war against illegal music downloads, by forcing a US court to order ISP Verizon to name a peer-to-peer user who downloaded more than 600 songs in one day. [22 Jan 2003]
Music services rush to be the next iTunes
News Still, the new services are experimental at this point, with few having actually opened their doors yet and most operating on still-unconfirmed assumptions about consumers' likely online music-buying habits. [29 Jul 2003]
