Recommended reading: The new business of music

Date: 2002-06-22 22:42

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Copyright, piracy, pricing and payment are among the many subjects touched by the launch of MusicLink. For a quick-study of the latest news on these topics, follow the links below:
* Big five hit with lawsuit for manufacture of copy-protected CDs
(Scarlet Pruitt / InfoWord / June 18,2002)
* File sharer AudioGalaxy forced by labels to remove most songs
(Associated Press at SFGate.COM / June 16, 2002)
* AOL selling 99-cent Warner songs in unencrypted MP3 format
(John Healey / Los Angeles Times / June 15, 2002-REGISTRATION REQUIRED)
* File sharing spans all ages, may help industry, Ipsos-Reid research says
(Richard Fusco / EuropeMedia.NET / June 16, 2002)
LINK TO STUDY NEWS RELEASE

* Ipsos study says CD burning technology is driving, not hurting, music sales
(Brad King / Wired News / June 14, 2002)
* Ipsos-Reid study says 40 million Americans download music
(Nua Internet Surveys / June 14, 2002)
* Sales slump forcing labels to lower price of new CDs
(Jenny Eliscu / Rolling Stone Online / June 14, 2002)
* Sony, Universal implement latest anti-piracy effort
(Teri Robinson / E-Commerce Times / June 13, 2002)
* Content, tech industries debate digital copy protection
(Cara Garretson / IDG News Service / June 13, 2002)
* Cable broadband suppliers eye charging for uploads: Will it kill file sharing?"
(Jane Black / BusinessWeek Online / June 12,2002)
* Level of pirated CDs jumps to 950M units worldwide, group says
(Reuters on CNN / June 12, 2002)
* Sony, Universal selling 99-cent downloads to combat piracy
(Sue Zeidler / Reuters / June 12, 2002)
* Terra Lycos launches subscription movie, music service
(Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.COM / June 11, 2002)
* Britney Spear's "indie" label sells out to Bertelsmann
(Sue Zeidler / Reuters / June 11, 2002)
* File sharing here to stay, despite industry pressure, experts say"
(Jay Lyman / NewsFactor.com via Yahoo / June 10, 2002)
* Anyway you spin it, music industry is in trouble
(Edna Gundersen / USA Today / June 5, 2002)
* NetFlix: The merchandising of movies without middlemen
(Laurie J. Flinn / The New York Times / June 3, 2002)
* Does media conglomeration hinder independent musicians?
(Bill MCConnell / Broadcasting & Cable / June 3, 2002)
* COLUMN: Democratizing content: Opening the info pipelines
(Dave Winer / DaveNet / May 29, 2002)
* Jupiter says labels should focus marketing efforts at online
(Agence France-Press via Nando.NET / May 5, 2002)
* Jupiter study says file sharing is boosting music sales
(John Borland / CNET News.COM / May 3, 2002)
* Jupiter study: One third of music sales online by 2006
(Nora Macaluso / E-Commerce Times / Jan. 15, 2002)
SECOND STORY AT CYBERATLAS

* Taking the "tipjar" to the next level: FairTunes and MusicLink
(Janet Kornblum / USA Today / Jan. 8, 2002)
* Real Networks, other music services, putting price tag on what used to be free
(John Borland / CNET News.com, Nov. 20, 2001)