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EFF's von Lohmann: YouTube worse than DMCA for fair use

I passed Jason's post about getting DMCA'd by Warner Music onto Fred von Lohmann at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. You'll recall that Jason and his wife put up on Vimeo a reunion slideshow with several tracks of music and that Warner Music Group promptly filed a DMCA take-down notice. Fred's...

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, YouTube Inc., DMCA, Warner Music Group Corp., Fred, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Warner Music Group: All your memories belong to us

I would consider myself to be a law-abiding citizen and as a writer, someone who has respect for copyright laws, particularly as it applies to the written word and major works of media, such as music, television shows and movies. So I completely understand why a...

Tags: Memory, Video, Warner Music Group Corp., Music, Material, Vimeo, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-02

YouTube takes down thousands of fair-use videos

Thousands of user-created videos- or at least their audio tracks - have disappeared from YouTube, and the question is who's fault is it? The New York Times reports that many YouTube users have found themselves in the same position as high school sophomore Juliet Weybret, who...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Warner Music Group Corp., Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-23

Amazon adds Warner Music tunes to download service

Amazon adds Warner Music tunes to download serviceIs this like iTunes where some songs are DRM and some aren't?That is one tricky thing about iTunes is that you have to be [b]very[/b] careful about which songs you buy. I know that Steve Jobs says he is against DRM so why...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, RIAA, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iTunes, digital-rights management, music, Warner Music Group Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-27

Warner Music Group boss: We went to war with consumers, and the consumers won

Warner Music Group boss: We went to war with consumers, and the consumers wonSomething elseThe first order of business is to make sure that people who [b]want[/b] to do business with you aren't prevented from doing so.I spend a lot of money on WebScription e-books. No DRM, and all...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), digital-rights management, content company, music, advertisement, Warner Music Group Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-15

Warner Music Group boss: We went to war with consumers, and the consumers won

The boss of Warner Music Group has made a staggering admission - the music industry itself has to shoulder at least some of the blame for the rise in popularity of file-sharing. Edgar Bronfman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Music Group, told the audience at...

Tags: File-sharing, Warner Music Group Corp., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-15

Warner Music Group partners with Internet video service

Warner Music Group partners with Internet video serviceThis is a new beginning!Congradulations are in order. When Townsend Media suggested the idea to Brightcove to incorporate internet and Cable media...we could have never imagined such a response. Good luck to both companies and we look foreward to serving you...

Tags: Business structures, Corporate communications, Warner Music Group partner, Internet video, Warner Music Group Corp., partnership, video

Discussion threads 2007-09-27

What web 2.0 could teach Warner's Music's Eric Bronfman

What web 2.0 could teach Warner's Music's Eric BronfmanHuh?OK yes in a perfect world removal of DRM would be great... For the consumer and music listener. However what you fail to address is the whole industry called the music industry. If they remove DRM, how exactly is the industry...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Web 2.0, Warner Music Group Corp., Web, EMusic, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2007-02-12

What web 2.0 could teach Warner's Music's Eric Bronfman

[Note: At the end of this post Ill be asking for your support so stay tuned.]Im a Sonos owner. A Mac user. An iPod lover. A Sansa enthusiast. Whats wrong with this picture?If you said Digital Rights Management DRM, youd be correct. In the Web 2.0 world everything makes or...

Tags: Web 2.0, Media, Social Media, Microsoft, Google, Mashups, Apple, Community, DRM, digital-rights management

Blog posts 2007-02-12

Google Video, Google AdSense get Warner Music, Sony BMG Music content

Google buying YouTube? Google is aiming to one-up YouTube!YouTube vs. Google Video: In “YouTube trifecta: CBS, Universal Music, Sony BMG Music deals” I present the just announced YouTube content licensing and distribution deals with the three companies.Simultaneously, Google Video has announced “strategic business relationships” with Sony BMG Music Entertainment and...

Tags: Google Inc., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, video

Blog posts 2006-10-09

As copyright enforcement strategies go, licensing beats litigation any day (and DRM isn't even in this race)

The big news today is Warner Music Group's agreement to license music to YouTube and its users. TechCrunch has some details as to how this is likely to work: YouTube and Warner Music Group Corp. will announce...

Tags: Warner Music Group Corp.

Blog posts 2006-09-18

YouTube partners with Warner Music

YouTube partners with Warner MusicSmartNever did understand the concept of selling music videos--aren't they just advertisements for the artist/album? Who would pay for an advertisement?Here you get the exposure to sell cd's and you can probably make some money by including other ads. Smart.Head Up A$$ syndrome.Universal needs...

Tags: Business structures, Moby, YouTube partner, YouTube Inc., advertisement, Warner Music Group Corp., partnership

Discussion threads 2006-09-18

Google, YouTube: multi-billion dollar 'fair-use' risky bets

The “fair-use” doctrine is critical to Google’s multi-billion dollar business and to YouTube’s hoped for billion dollar valuation.Google CEO Eric Schmidt proudly waves the “fair-use” flag in defense of Google’s mission to obtain all the world’s content for free and YouTube directs its online copyright agnostic volunteer army of video...

Tags: YouTube Inc., YouTube

Blog posts 2006-09-18

EMI drops plans to buy Warner Music

EMI drops plans to buy Warner MusicThe RIAA sucks!All RIAA stock should plummet to pennies per share

Tags: Warner Music Group Corp., EMI Group Plc., RIAA

Discussion threads 2006-07-28

Warner Music faces 14 lawsuits over download fees

Warner Music faces 14 lawsuits over download feesOh my[pre]Meanwhile, sales from digital-music downloads in the quarter ended March 31, were $90 million, equaling 11 percent of the company's total revenue and almost tripling sales from the same period last year[/pre]Yeah.. and the other 89% comes from raping the industry and...

Tags: Sales strategy, Digital music, music, DarbyOhara, quality copy, Flea, Oh-my, Warner Music Group Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-05-06

Warner Music readies CD-free 'e-label'

Warner Music readies CD-free 'e-label'Cross Platform?If Warner will be offering a cross platform solution (i.e NOT wma format) that is easily burned to a CD, then bring it on. Sounds good.If not, forget it.I hope they fail miserably...I hope Warner chokes big time on this. Some friends of...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Digital media, Warner Music Group Corp., CD

Discussion threads 2005-08-22

Music market shares: Universal - 25.5%, Sony BMG - 21.5%, EMI - 13.4%, Warner Music - 11.3%

55% of the music sold in 2004 was bought by people older than 30 compared with 48% in 1999, according to the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry. Universal Music had 25.5% of the market, Sony BMG was second with 21.5%, EMI was third with 13.4%, Warner Music has 11.3%....

Tags: music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Blog posts 2005-08-02

Warner Music Group Streamlines Management and Storage of Digitally Formatted Data

With its broad roster of new stars and legendary artists, Warner Music Group WMG is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry. WMG wanted to replace their existing data infrastructure, which lacked the flexibility needed to handle new and standardized XML based data and...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Storage, RIAA, Warner Music Group Corp., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Case studies

Warner Music Italia Increases Supply Chain Efficiency With Business-to-Business Portal

Warner Music Group is the parent company for some of the most prestigious record production companies in the world. Warner Music Italia has developed a business-to-business portal using the Microsoft .NET Framework to support 1,500 small business outlets. This solution forms the basis for the development of Warner's international supply...

Tags: Supply Chain, Warner Music Group Corp., Warner Music Italia, Supply Chain Management (SCM), B2B, Enterprise Software, Software, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet

Case studies

Additional Resources

Zucker & Chernin vs. YouTube: Sink or swim?

Is the soon to be launched “largest Internet video distribution network ever assembled,” doomed before it even sets video sail?After all, the who needs YouTube strategic alliance engenders coopetition risks between News Corporation and NBC Universal, the venture’s founding partners. What’s more, not only are the deal’s principals direct competitors,...

Tags: YouTube Inc.

Blog posts 2007-03-22