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MASHBOXX COMPLETES LICENSING DEAL WITH SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, June 29, 2005—Mashboxx announced today the finalization of its first licensing deal with a major recording company, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. >> Mashboxx

What Reuters has to say about the supreme court ruling rrrrrrrr

WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - CD and movie ticket sales might be down, but Hollywood's bid to stem wholesale theft of its products got a big boost Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that file-sharing companies are responsible when their users copy music, movies and other protected works without permission. >> Reuters

Is this the end of filesharing??

Gotshrimp >> It took the boys and girls a while, but now we have a victory for the recording industry major players, but will this stop people from sharing files? I don't think so! It has not been proven that the decline of the industry has a direct relation with filesharing networks/behaviour. What has been proven is that the industry players are afraid of change and treat their most valuable assets like a piece of .... I think that the bigboss of MGM has his head in the ... of the judges, this is like making gun manufacterers responsible for the killing etc. Money walks....don't get me wrong I beleive intellectual property should be protected by law, but this smells like a shaved bush, not bad but theirs no pussy ;-) >> Supreme Court of the United States of America also check this weblog >> EX RIAA Hilary Rosen

Now we just wait untill new technologies evolve on the back of this development. What about self distributing files?? Gotfiles? >> A copyfighters's musings VIVA!

Jesse 6 years old thanks everybody

Gotshrimp >> My son Jesse Became 6 on Sunday and celebrated the party with his close friends. What a great party!! >> Pictures Download MOV00103.MPG

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Gotshrimp >> It took a while, but finally the industry has a new credo. Let's wait what they realy mean ;-) VIVA!

LOS ANGELES - Four years after it shuttered the original   Napster with a legal assault, the recording industry is taking a different approach to online file-swapping: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. >> Yahoo

For all the nerds that read my log

>> PBS

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>> Onesoulmusic

Researchers Points to Heavy Portable MP3 Player Growth

Despite concerns over cannibalization by mobile phones, research groups continue to point to aggressive portable mp3 player growth. In-Stat is the latest to diagram a hockey stick, projecting quadrupled demand by 2009, with total player sales crossing 104 million units. According the finding, released Tuesday, the massive increase will be propelled by lowered prices, increased storage, and the ever-popular iPod. Total revenues on both flash-based and hard drive players will surpass $4.5 billion in the next five years, a 200 percent jump over current volume. Interestingly, In-Stat also noted that Apple retains a 30.2 percent share of the total portable mp3 player market, a far more conservative estimate than other recent reports.

Overall, the market seems to be evolving and differentiating rather rapidly. "As competition heats up, vendors are striving to differentiate products by offering a wide range of price points, memory capacities, and features," explained Stephanie Guza, an In-Stat analyst. "As a result, we are seeing increased segmentation. For example, the hard disk drive (HDD) digital audio player segment can be sub-divided into two categories: the 1-inch or smaller segment and the 1.8-inch segment." That diversification makes sense given the heavy demand projection, with an increase in users likely to encourage a wide variety of different devices. Meanwhile, Apple is starting to feel some pressure from competitors like Samsung, Rio, Creative and iRiver, though a quiet price war may result in an industry shake-out. >> Digital music news

More music consumers using legal downloads

LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - Around 35% of music consumers now download tracks legally via the Internet and the percentage will soon pass the 40% who have pirated music, according to a new survey released Monday by Entertainment Media Research. >> Reuters

Virgin Megastores Hellas Launches Greek Digital Music Service Powered by Loudeye

ATHENS, Greece and SEATTLE, June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Virgin
Megastores Hellas and Loudeye Corp. (Nasdaq: LOUD), a worldwide leader in
business-to-business digital media solutions, today announced the launch of a
Virgin Greece digital music service. The service, powered by Loudeye's OD2
services, is designed to give Greek consumers an affordable digital music
package with a wide array of content from a Greek language site.
    The service, available at http://www.virginmegadownloads.gr, operates on a
'pay-as-you-go' model, meaning music buyers only pay for what they want. The
service will also be supported by a Pre-Paid Card system, which will allow
consumers to purchase music, not just by credit card, but with a card paid for
in advance. These cards will be available in amounts of 5, 15, or 30 Euros,
initially from Virgin Megastores Hellas and later from other retail outlets in
Greece. >> Virgin