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- RIAA Asks ISPs To Police Music Pirates
- Warner Music Removes Its Videos From YouTube as Licensing Talks Stall
- Return of the last-minute Playlist gift guide
RIAA Asks ISPs To Police Music Pirates
CRN NY
The RIAA has taken controversial approaches in going after music pirates creating a firestorm in pursuing cases such as trying to sue a dead person and a 13-year-old girl reported The Wall Street Journal which broke the story Friday. The RIAA’s legal maneuvers during the past five years and 35000 cases later were ineffective and unconstitutional according to critics such as The Electronic Frontier Foundation. “Ending the lawsuit campaign is long overdue” said Fred von Lohmann senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “The campaign has been by any measure a failure. The lawsuits have not reduced unauthorized file-sharing and have not gotten a single artist paid. In switching tactics the organization is seeking cooperation from ISPs: if an Internet user appears to be pirating music the RIAA will.
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Warner Music Removes Its Videos From YouTube as Licensing Talks Stall
New York Times United States
Warner’s deal with YouTube expired “many months ago” a spokesman for Warner Will Tanous confirmed. The other labels are all thought to be negotiating for new licensing pacts although representatives for those companies did not respond to requests for comment on Sunday. Digital revenue including electronic song downloads and ad-supported music video streams is increasingly important to the labels as sales of physical CDs continue to diminish. Warner reported $639 million in digital revenue for the fiscal year that ended in September. Less than 1 percent of that was generated by YouTube’s ads and fees said an executive close to Warner Music who requested anonymity because the company doesn’t disclose details about individual agreements. “If we don’t get this business model right it’s going to be a lot harder to fix down the road” the executive said. Warner is expected to continue distributing music videos with the other Web sites it has licensing arrangements with including.
Return of the last-minute Playlist gift guide
Macworld CA
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