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  • Destra signs up Sony for online music

    Sony Music Entertainment Australia has signed up with Australian Digital Rights Management (DRM) provider Destra Corporation Limited to sell their music -legally" online.

  • Gearing up for April's online music price war

    Digital Rights Management provider Destra Corporation has slashed the download prices of its entire music catalogue to 89c, undercutting BigPond's April price of 99c.

  • Destra launches online music catalogue

    Digital rights management provider Destra has re-launched its online music service, making just under 100,000 tracks available via a series of online retail partners for AU99 cents and above per song.

  • UPDATE: Telstra dives into online music

    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.

  • The (online) music man

    In 1995, RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser pitched skeptical record labels on using the company's then-new audio-streaming technology to build a "jukebox in the sky."

  • Aust music boss tips surge of new online players

    2004 will be the year of portable "music gadgets" and see a number of new businesses entering the online music market, according to Domenic Carosa, chief executive of digital music provider Destra Corporation.

  • AFP raid Sydney Internet caf

    A Sydney Internet caf has been raided today by the Australian Federal Police (AFP), after the cafe allegedly provided extensive access to illegal downloads of movies and music.

  • ninemsn grabs new team-mates

    HMV Australia and ninemsn have teamed up to launch a co-branded music download store that will deliver both digital and physical music to Australian customers.

  • Broadband takeup hits Aust music business

    Australia's peak record industry body has cited the rapid uptake of broadband as one of the reasons for a decline in music sales in 2004.

  • Ninemsn says it gives music pirates a choice

    Microsoft and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) online media joint venture, Ninemsn, hopes its new online music store launched in Sydney late yesterday will curb illegal music file sharing.

  • Has the music industry won the digital battle?

    The record companies are celebrating. Digital music has finally been transformed from a threat to an opportunity, a music industry lobby group claims.

  • BigPond, Destra claim sharp boost to music site performance

    BigPond Music's traffic and download has increased by 300 percent since the start of its 99 cents-per-track April promotional offer, the Internet provider said today.

  • Music price cuts "act of desperation": Analyst

    "An act of desperation". This was music industry analyst Phil Tripp's comment after BigPond and Telstra slashed their online music download prices for the month of April.

  • BigPond to launch Aussie Idol single

    BigPond has announced its latest effort to attract more customers to its online music store; the Australian Idol winner's debut single.

  • P2P provider pushes advertising model

    Online digital entertainment distributor Altnet has confirmed plans to share revenue generated by advertising on popular peer-to-peer applications with independent music labels.

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