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‘Stairway To Heaven’ Case is becoming one big joke… Yesterday (June 21st), it was Led Zeppelin’s turn to present their case to the Judge. Robert Plant took to the stand in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles to testify how the band created ‘Stairway To Heaven’, but like the other members of Led Zeppelin there was very […]
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More people in the UK buy CDs as opposed to streaming music… According to research conducted by Kantar Worldpanel Entertainment, only 14% of people in the UK actually pay for a music streaming service. A survey population of 15,000 were sampled, and of the people that participated, 62% of the 14% of people who claimed that […]
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Troy Ave escapes murder charges… Last month at a T.I. concert, a gunman opened fire at Irving Plaza at approximately 10:15 pm. That was right before T.I. was due to perform on stage, creating major chaos at the venue that had approximately 950 people in attendance when the shootout took place. But, the gunman opened fire […]
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It had music, but never a soundtrack. One of the most classic movies of modern cinematic history is now getting a proper soundtrack release. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, part of the canon of 80s and 90s youth culture, will have a proper album release by La-La Land Records. That will be a collaborative effort with […]
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Year-on-year increase in DMCA take down requests, but is anything being done about this? DMN takes a look… Google have experienced a year-on-year increase in the number of DMCA takedown requests. But over the past two years there has been a major incline – DMCA takedown requests have quadrupled. In 2014, Google reportedly processed a […]
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The DMCA reform battle continues… The DMCA was enacted in 1998, and was forged during the formative years of the internet. In the current atmosphere, it simply isn’t doing enough to prevent piracy, and often encourages it. Just moments after infringing content is taken down from a place like Google results, the exact same content […]
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”Never heard them, Never met them”, says John Paul Jones in ‘Stairway To Heaven’ case… On Friday (June 17th) John Paul Jones – Led Zeppelin’s Bassist took to the stand to testify in the high-profile ‘Stairway To Heaven’ case. Jones says that not only had he never heard of Spirit’s music, he never met them and certainly […]
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5o and Dre hit with a lawsuit, but it isn’t the first time… According to a TMZ report, 50 Cent and Dr Dre are being sued over the 2003 hit ‘P.I.M.P’ from 50’s album Get Rich or Die Tryin’. The lawsuit has reportedly been filed by Producer Brandon Parrott. Parrott alleges that he sent some songs to […]
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So, it’s official, Spotify have 100 million active users. The Swedish streaming service announced today (June 20th) that it’s subscriber base has grown to 100 million active users, despite strong competition from major rival Apple Music, which entered the music streaming market in June last year. This was followed by the addition of the high-fidelity streaming […]
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That’s a 16% year-over-year increase… But, what’s more interesting, is that TuneCore reports that their growth in revenue was fuelled by a 126% increase in gross revenue from YouTube, which includes a 730% increase in revenue from YouTube’s Art Tracks initiative. TuneCore CEO Scott Ackerman says, “This year we’re going to almost triple the YouTube revenue in that […]
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