The services are not really free, but payment is included in the cost of, say, a new cellphone or a broadband Internet access contract, so the cost to the consumer is disguised. And, unlike pirate sites, these services provide revenue to the music companies.
Music Industry Imitates Digital Pirates to Turn a Profit - NYTimes.com
(This quote may be the best two-sentence explanation of fee-for-all music plans.)
Music Industry Imitates Digital Pirates to Turn a Profit - NYTimes.com
These phones come with (masked fees for) music on an “unlimited basis.” This model has skeptics on both sides, but device manufacturers and phone companies are willing to give it a try.
Maybe this will be a test case for a broader implementation of a standard that charges a small flat fee for unlimited download access to music content.
Music Ally: RIM CEO talks BlackBerry music
BlackBerry disappoints with mere utterings about “Music 2.0” and “getting the artist closer to the fan.” It appears that business devices and media devices will fail to be integrated for even longer. BlackBerry or iPhone is still the typified industry dichotomy.
iTunes Songs Don't Have DRM, But They Contain Your Email Address (via Techdirt)
So, Apple’s announcement was all good news for just a little while. Digital watermarking of e-mail addresses raises vexing issues as Mr. Longino points out in the article.
Triple-Digit Growth for Last.fm (via Wired.com)
Last.fm has definitely grown up fast. As anecdotal evidence, I have spent more time using and contributing to the site.
Photo Business News & Forum: Derivative-Work Liability - Copyright Infringement?
Shepard Fairey’s iconic street art image of Obama is one so-called unattributed, unlicensed derivative work (of a Reuters image). Yet, it appears far too embedded in the campaign-gone-by as to be a wise specimen for a case on infringement.
SoundExchange, CPB Agree On New Royalty Rates
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting reached an agreement with SoundExchange on royalty rates for its Internet radio transmissions. Commercial Internet radio (Pandora) is still hanging in the balance.
ISPs can profit from busting file sharers | Digital Media - CNET News
ISP owner Jerry Scroggin sounds off against the RIAA again.
Is Someone Playing A Joke? Why Would Penguin Force Colbert To Take Down Lessig's Remix?
This article has the embedded video of the interview with Lessig. A visit to Colbertnation.com confirms the topic of the article. It is strange.
I find the appearance of Lessig on Colbert to be quite timely, since I just recently finished his Remix.
