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Music execs crying about royalties again; Time for a start-over

There's an interesting piece by CNET's Greg Sandoval today about royalty fees in the music industry and how the songwriters, composers and music publishers aren't getting their fair share from iTunes, based on today's royalty rules. It's gotten so extreme that those folks even want a cut of the free...

Tags: RIAA, U.S. Congress, Rule, Music Industry, Music, Greg Sandoval, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-17

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Feds: Top e-tailers profit from billion-dollar Web scam

Three companies have generated more than $1.4 billion by "misleading" Web shoppers into signing up for so-called loyalty program memberships, according to a Senate report. Three companies have generated more than $1.4 billion by "misleading" Web shoppers into signing up for so-called loyalty program memberships, according to a Senate...

Tags: Web, Online Retail Company, U.S. Senate, E-business/E-Commerce, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, scam, Greg Sandoval CNET News

News items 2009-11-17

Verizon to test sending RIAA copyright warnings

Verizon is expected to begin issuing 'copyright notices' on behalf of the RIAA to those accused of illegally downloading songs from the web. Verizon Communications, the second-largest phone company in the US, is expected to begin issuing 'copyright notices' on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America to...

Tags: RIAA, Verizon Communications Inc., Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Channel Management, Digital Media, Internet, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, copyright, Verizon, Marguerite Reardon and Greg Sandoval CNET News

News items 2009-11-13

'Smoking gun' emails in Viacom-YouTube case

Is this a smoking gun in the Viacom-YouTube suit? News.com's Greg Sandoval reports that evidence has surfaced that may undercut YouTube's argument that it has safe harbor protection under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act: Internal YouTube e-mails indicate that YouTube managers knew and discussed the existence of...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-10-07

RealDVD hearing: Don't block the software because of what-ifs

If I could be be punished for the things I could do - instead of what I actually do - I would been behind bars years ago. Hollywood movies studios are trying to punish RealNetworks for something that its software could do, not what it actually does,...

Tags: Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Congress eyes LimeWire over inadvertant P2P breaches

LimeWire is in the hotseat as the flagship P2P application. This time the issue is not music filesharing but security breaches through inadvertant file sharing. A House committee has sent letters to Lime Group chairman Mark Gorton, the FTC and the Justice Department, announcing that it would reopen a previous...

Tags: LimeWire, P2P, U.S. Congress, Social Security Number, House Committee, Peer To Peer (P2P), Social Security, Operational Accounting, Internet, Government, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-22

We're all aggregators. Get over it, AP.

One of the things to remember about the Associated Press is that it's run by newspaper executives, those same decision-makers who largely resisted the influence of technology on their business models and are now dealing with the fallout of layoffs, bankruptcies and complete closures because of it. ...

Tags: Web, Associated Press, Channel Management, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-08

ISPs sending RIAA letters - but swear they won't suspend users

Comcast and AT&T have started issuing copyright infringement to Internet subscribers. The question is, is this part of the RIAA's litigation-free "graduated response"? Or just business as usual? Denials are flying fast, but what's really going on is a little less clear. Let's rely...

Tags: Comcast Corp., RIAA, Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Digital Media, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Is Craigslist 'Pimp 2.0'?

The Web was supposed to be the "disintermediator" - the destroyer of unnecessary middlemen. Craiglist might have been intended to disintermediate newspaper classified advertising although Craig always denied that but now it seems it has become the ultimate disintermediator - a pimp. At least that's...

Tags: Craigslist, Gender And Diversity, Recruitment & Selection, Sales Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sales, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Why RIAA, ISP cooperation may deliver returns for both sides

The Recording Industry Association of America and Internet service providers are reportedly pairing up to police illegal downloads.  CNET News' Greg Sandoval and Maggie Reardon report: AT&T and Comcast, two of the nation's largest Internet service providers, are expected to be among a group of ISPs...

Tags: RIAA, Internet Service Provider, CNET News, Downloadeverymovieandsong, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-29

ISP to RIAA: Pay up or do your own dirty work

I love stories of the little guy going head-to-head with the big guys, especially when the big guy looks like a fool in the end. CNET's Greg Sandoval tells the story of a small Internet Service Provider in Louisiana whose owner has refused to play ball with...

Tags: RIAA, Jerry Scroggin, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Piracy, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-22

Studios throw the kill switch on Apple and Netflix

You remember the brouhaha over Apple's "kill switch" in the App Store. It's a little backdoor that Apple built in and that developers must agree to that allows Apple to remotely kill any application on your iPhone at will. Apple hasn't used it yet, but ironically the Cupertino computer maker...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Movie, Apple Inc., Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-10

YouTube: It's time to start cutting deals

YouTube may be about to enter a key dealmaking phase kicked off by plans to run full-length ad supported movies on its site. However, the big missing element may be a better cut for the entertainment industry. Let's connect a few dots on YouTube: ...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-06

House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes today

The financial bail-out of Wall Street wasn't the only thing keeping Congress critters working through the weekend. Somehow, House members managed to get it together to withstand lobbying pressure from radio broadcasters and pass the Webcaster Settlement Act. Now, Pandora founder Tim Westergren says, the battle moves...

Tags: U.S. Senate, Broadcaster, Webcaster, Free Trade, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Apple should punt on music subscriptions

In the run up to Let's Rock press event there were a lot of rumors that Apple was preparing to announce a music subscription service called iTunes Unlimited that would cost US$130 per year and would launch in October. Instead Apple announced new iPods and iTunes 8. ...

Tags: Apple Inc., Music Subscription, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Did Woz cut the line for his iPhone 3G?

A News.com post by Greg Sandoval alleges that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak may have cut the line to get his iPhone 3G at the Apple Store in Westfield Valley Fair Mall in San Jose. In fact, according to Doug and Patrice Broussard, Woz actually never waited in...

Tags: 3G, Apple Inc., Cellular Phones, Co-founder, Consumer Electronics, Front, jason D. O'Grady, Personal Technology, Wireless, Apple iPhone

Blog posts 2008-07-13

Apple iPhone 3G launch roundup

"I have an iPhone... and you don't!" I decided (ok, my financial advisor, aka spouse, decided for me) to skip the iPhone 3G frenzy this morning and just sit back and watch the fun. For...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-07-11

RIAA sues Project Playlist

Is Project Playlist legal? The site allows users to build playlists of music found on other websites whether they got there legally or not the site claims disinterest and then streams them to listeners. They pay the relevant performance royalties. A WikiAnswer claims, "It is 100%...

Tags: Performance, RIAA, Music, Music File, Performance Management, Web Site Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Subscription iTunes? It can't come soon enough

Apple may be finally getting a clue about music subscriptions. We can only hope that Apple gets on the subscription bandwagon. The Financial Times reports: Apple is in discussions with the big music companies about a radical new business model that would give customers free access...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-19

RIAA willing to take its lumps in filesharing fight

News.com's Greg Sandoval took a look at the filesharing case against Jammie Thomas from the perspective of the RIAA. Sandoval points out that nothing makes a huge dinosaur industry look worse than slapping a Native American woman making $36,000 with a $200,000 fine for making 24 songs available online, quite...

Tags: Record Company, RIAA, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-09