Recently, on a semester trip with MEISA, I had the pleasure of meeting with CEO John Esposito, and others from the various departments of WEA.…
Cellphone giant Nokia has struck a deal with Universal Music Group to offer buyers of Nokia music phones free access to Universal artist’s music for…
In the wake of an industry turned upside down, everyone is twiddling his or her thumbs, impatiently awaiting music’s next featured product. As Steve Job’s…
Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 introduced new limitations on liability for copyright infringement by online service providers (OSPs). These…
In June of 2007, the Belgian Court of First Instance ordered Scarlet, a Belgian Internet Service Provider, to use filtering technology to purge their network…
In comparison with last year’s holiday season, recorded music sales revenue has decreased markedly. According to Nielsen SoundScan, volume sales of 1) albums (physical and…
If a recent October article in Business Week had been published six months earlier, I would have most certainly thought it to be an April…
The drop in annual recorded music sales is nowadays taken for granted in almost every domestic market. Indeed, global music sales, as reported by the…
For the first time in 28 years, The Eagles, responsible for hits such as “Hotel California” and “Desperado”, released on October 30 their new CD…
According to the music publication NME (nme.com), the newly reunited Led Zeppelin has entered the UK’s Top Forty singles chart with their 1971 classic, “Stairway…
During the last couple of years, there was a spike in vinyl sales. This year, the format is expected to grow 23.4% and Newbury Comics…
The Harvard Law R.A.P. may conjure images of iced-out beat-boxers briefing cases in a dusty old library. However, this clinical program offered by one of…
“The business model is crumbling” From the piano roll to the VHS, from the DVD to the iPod®, the entertainment industry is a constantly changing…
What exactly is sampling and at what point does it become illegal? Sampling is the process of taking a piece of music, whether an instrumental…