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Investor's Business Daily   Saturday, 24 March 2007
Investor's Business Daily - The method of downloading music and shows to enjoy later on an MP3 players grew 2% points to 13% in the past year, according to a media research group. Awareness of podcasting reached 37%, up from 22% in '06. Video podcasts grew 1% point 15 11%, which some industry experts consider slow. The survey found more people 55 years or older using podcasts than those 18 to 24. Also, the average podcaster was twice as likely to have an advanced degree as nonusers. The study found podcasters were twice as likely to click on banner ads.
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EU regulators pause Sony-BMG probe
AP   Friday, 23 March 2007
AP - EU regulators suspended an antitrust investigation into Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG's 2004 deal to merge their music units after the companies failed to turn over necessary data, the European Commission said Friday.
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EU regulators put Sony-BMG merger probe on hold
AFP   Friday, 23 March 2007

Headquarters of Sony Music in Tokyo in 2003. EU regulators have suspended their antitrust probe into the merger that created music giant Sony BMG because the companies have failed to provide requested information.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - EU regulators have suspended their antitrust probe into the merger that created music giant Sony BMG because the companies have failed to provide requested information, the European Commission said Friday.


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Music publishers sue XM over copyrighted songs use
Reuters   Friday, 23 March 2007

The logo of XM Satellite Radio is shown at a Washington area electronics store February 20, 2007. The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) filed a lawsuit against XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc on Thursday for providing radios that allegedly let users reproduce and distribute copyrighted music without paying appropriate royalties. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) filed a lawsuit against XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc on Thursday for providing radios that allegedly let users reproduce and distribute copyrighted music without paying appropriate royalties.


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Elton John Tunes Up
E! Online   Wednesday, 21 March 2007

Elton John Tunes Up(E! Online)E! Online - Call him the pocket Rocket Man.

Elton John has signed a deal to make available his entire back catalogue of music, comprising more than 30 albums, for digital download later this month.


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Kids label Sony Wonder going under: sources
Reuters   Wednesday, 14 March 2007
Reuters - Children's audio and video label Sony Wonder, once the home of "Sesame Street" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," will soon be history. Sources say parent company Sony BMG Music Entertainment is shuttering the label to focus on its core music business.
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Malaysia uses sniffer dogs to fight movie pirates
Reuters   Tuesday, 13 March 2007

A Labrador dog sniffs a package for hidden DVDs during a demonstration at a storage centre at Malaysian Airlines cargo near Kuala Lumpur March 13, 2007. Malaysia deployed two sniffer dogs in its battle on music and movie piracy on Tuesday, becoming the first country in the world to use the animals to hunt out discs with illegal recordings hidden in cargo. (Zainal Abd Halim/Reuters)Reuters - Malaysia deployed two sniffer dogs in its battle against music and movie piracy on Tuesday, becoming the first country in the world to use the animals to hunt for disks of illegal recordings hidden in cargo.


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U.S. Patent Office Says Free Music Downloads Could Harm Children, National Security
TechWeb   Tuesday, 13 March 2007
TechWeb - The report states that peer-to-peer networks could manipulate sites so children violate copyright laws more frequently than adults, making them the target in most copyright lawsuits.
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Samsung Ships 8-Gbyte NAND Flash
PC Magazine   Monday, 12 March 2007
PC Magazine - Samsung Electronics said Monday that it had begun shipping an 8-Gbyte NAND flash memory module, signaling the next generation of flash-based MP3 players and other devices.
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Record labels' digital strategy -- do nothing
Reuters   Saturday, 10 March 2007

A customer checks out Music Store with Apple iTunes at an Apple store in Tokyo in this August 25, 2006 file photo. Record labels need the digital music market to take off. (Kiyoshi Ota/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Record labels need the digital music market to take off. So why aren't they helping it any?


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Is DRM Doomed? The Case Against Digital-Rights Management
TechWeb   Saturday, 10 March 2007
TechWeb - In the wake of Steve Jobs' call to eliminate anti-copying technology, are the music and movie industries poised to move from protection to monitoring?
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