A study of file-sharing's effects on music sales says online music trading appears to have had little part in the recent slide in CD sales.
Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the world's second largest music label, has become the last of the top four majors to scuttle digital rights management (DRM) software on music downloads.
Police have prosecuted a man for selling 200 pirated CDs and DVDs at a market in Sydney, resulting in a AU$22,000 fine.
Google on Thursday launched a new service intended to give searchers fast links to song lyrics, musical artists and CD titles on the main search results page.
Declining CD sales cannot be blamed on the rise of Internet file-sharing networks, according to a new report into the state of the global online digital music industry.
Sony has once again been outed for putting its customers at risk from attack by creating software that could help criminals hide malware on a PC.
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If you're going to all the work to create an excellent mixed CD, don't dumb it down by just scribbling the name on it.
One sure way to stop pirates is to make music free. Distributors could pick up the tab and get their investment back from marketers and advertisers.
Sales of electronics gear that can play compressed audio files are set to rise by 30 percent a year as people continue to rip CDs to play elsewhere, says market researcher IDC.
The software giant digs its roots a little deeper into the music business as Macrovision agrees to license its Windows digital rights management technology for CDs.
SunnComm Technologies, one of several companies developing anti-CD copying products, has licensed a new technique that can hide data, video, software or an identifying watermark inside music files.
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