Despite the official withdrawal of ARIA from talks with the IIA, other organisations representing copyright owners are continuing the talks, believing them vital to the regulation of piracy on the Internet.
Music business analyst Phil Tripp is pushing for a change to the Copyright Act that would give consumers the legal chance to copy music for their personal use.
The Web site at the heart of a legal battle between several music behemoths and Australian ISP ComCen was taken down this morning at 11.30 am.
Major record companies - fronted by Music Industry Piracy Investigations - have spent the year litigating against select individuals and organisations perceived to be involved in pirating music. Since this is unlikely to actually increase CD sales, what are the record companies trying to achieve?
Warner Music Australia has signed an 'in-principle' deal with Telstra to provide content to the BigPond Internet music service, but the partners are staying cagey about the pricing arrangements.
Lately there has been a bunch of musicians who have risen to rapid fame via the Internet. Are they self-styled artists, or a PR-created crock?
Apple Computer today launched its long-awaited iTunes Music Store in Australia, finally giving iPod owners a legal way of downloading music online. Extra: A peek at other Web stores.
In order to survive, the IT industry has gone through some big changes in the last few years. by contrast, the music industry still doesn't get it.
Last week saw two legal wins for copyright owners in their battle against piracy, but raised questions of whether large corporations are playing fair in the marketplace. If they're so keen on globalisation and having a 'level playing field', lets see them walk the walk themselves.
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