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Downloads sound the end of cassettes
News According to the electronics retailer, the growth of music downloads has sounded the death knell for the cassette. The Thatcher years saw the biggest boom in cassette buying as portable tape players, led by Sony's Walkman, allowed music fans to... [08 May 2007]
Sony DRM settlement passes final legal hurdle
News Those customers can file a claim and receive certain benefits, such as a non-protected replacement CD, free downloads of music from that CD and additional cash payments. It yanked the affected discs off the shelves, suspended production of CDs... [23 May 2006]
Sony recalls millions of copy-protected CDs
News Sony later replaced that web-based uninstall tool with one that downloads a program with its own instructions, as opposed to one that accepts instructions from websites. Sony notes that the copy-protection software is not activated on an ordinary... [16 Nov 2005]
Supreme Court rules against file swapping
There is no evidence that either company (Grokster or StreamCast) made an effort to filter copyrighted material from users' downloads or otherwise impede the sharing of copyrighted files," Souter wrote. [27 Jun 2005]
Radioactive: Ready or not, here comes mobile music
Comment They've seen CD sales slip so far they need new outlets and the threat of illegal music downloads has encouraged them to realise that the monopoly on the medium (CD, tape or record) has come to an end. [14 Apr 2005]
RealNetworks cuts song price to promote iPod compatibility
News RealNetworks Chief Strategy Officer Richard Wolpert said the Rhapsody subscription service, which currently sells songs that are burned to CD, also will offer multi-format Harmony downloads later this year. [17 Aug 2004]
Leader: The iTunes fight-back starts here
Leader In an overcrowded downloads market, Sony is struggling to mark itself out from its competitors, especially the all-conquering iTunes. With the news last week that music downloads will be getting their very own pop chart came the sign that music... [05 Jul 2004]
Sony launches iTunes-style service
News Like most rivals, Sony is offering downloads for 99 cents and albums largely for $9.99, with access provided through a piece of software that can be downloaded through the site. Earlier Sony devices, including the Net MDWalkman recorders, ATRAC CD... [05 May 2004]
Microsoft sued over music downloads
News Those companies] are offering downloads of music over the internet, which can be downloaded onto CDs for a fee," said E-Data spokesman Gerald Angowitz. The little-known company's claims could ultimately affect businesses on both sides of the... [14 Oct 2003]
Punishing UK downloaders 'will alienate customers'
News They are regular shoppers in record stores today, and they are very likely to buy song downloads in the future, the researchers said. In the US, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which represents the world's big five music... [18 Sep 2003]
EMI invests to protect digital downloads
News The other two major labels - Sony and Vivendi Universal - have announced plans to set up a rival service called Duet. The deal will also see EMI buy a stake in newly-floated Roxio, a software company that claims to control 70 per cent of the market... [05 Jun 2001]
