Last Week’s Music Industry News And How It Could Effect You…
The major record labels won a big jury trial over illegal downloads and a single Mom now owes them $220K. But was this really a victory for the music industry? We don’t think so. Do you?- The Top 5 Sites For DRM Free Music plus 2 dishonorable mentions. Here at OurDigitalMusic.com we took a look at the list from the fan’s perspective.
- AmieStreet launched a Facebook application that lets you start a fantasy record label and compete for prizes. I had a lot of fun playing with it!
- Popular alternative rockers Radiohead released their latest album without a label selling it as a download using a “pay what you want” model. The Radiohead site was stalled last week by the high demand with most fans are paying full
price according to a spokesperson. - Hypebot asked if eMusic can survive the new Amazon mp3 store? Will more labels leave? Are you sticking with eMusic?
- If you really want to look into the future of the music industry, music futurist’s Gerd Leonhard’s new Music 2.0 book “The End Of Control” is being serialized online free.
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