Amazon Takes On Apple With Copy-Protection-Free Music

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

(Via USA Today.) by Jefferson Graham, USA TodayThe music industry is fianlly comfortable selling digital music without copy protection, but the huge shift hasn't resulted in dramatically higher sales.Instead, it produced something that major music labels have long sought: a strong No. 2 competitor to Apple.

Buy a refurb’d iPod nano, get a $15 gift card

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

(Via Insanely Great Mac.) A sure sign of the apocalypseApple's giving something away

Sony BMG developing iPod-compatible online music subscription service

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

MacDailyNews "The CEO of Sony BMG Music Entertainment says that the company is developing an online music subscription service that would give users unlimited access to its music and be compatible with a host of digital music players," Matt Moore reports for The Associated Press.

Why iTunes Is In Jeopardy

Friday, December 28th, 2007

(Via myapplemenu.) by Don Reisinger, CNET News.comAs Amazon's service grows and people realize they can do much more with those songs than iTunes', how long will it be before Amazon becomes the downloading service of choice?I doubt it; so long iPod maintains its lead, the iTunes Store is going to be ...

Mix: EMI, Greenpeace, Google Maps, iPhone

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

(Via iLounge.) According to a Reuters report, EMI may be planning to significantly reduce its payments to industry trade groups such as the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and others that represent the music companies and help fight piracy. EMI was recently ...