Fans use Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to protest against copyright law – New Zealand law will give authorities power to cut internet connections

Music fans worldwide are using Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to protest against a new New Zealand law that could mean users who illegally download music internet see their connections severed.
Under the “Guilt Upon Application” law, which could come into force from February 28, New Zealand internet users accused of copyright infringement can have their internet [...]

95 % of all downloads are illegal

The music industry has transformed its business models, offering consumers an increasing range of new services with leading technology partners. Yet generating value in an environment where 95 per cent of music downloads are illegal and unpaid for is still the biggest challenge for music companies and their commercial partners.
The digital music business internationally saw [...]

Dig Out Your Soul in the streets of New York City

From Wednesday 14th January MySpace Music and Oasis’ MySpace profile page will be premiering an exclusive 18 minute Oasis documentary shot by The Malloys. It will mark the first HD debut of a documentary in the history of MySpace Music.
The Malloys – who have directed numerous White Stripes videos – followed Oasis last September in [...]

MySpace reveals it’s top 8 artists of the year

Gorillaz have topped a list of the most popular acts on MySpace this year, ahead of the likes of Coldplay, Oasis and Lily Allen.
The website has revealed its top eight most watched, most listened to and most popular acts, along with the top eight most watched videos.
In the list of most popular music acts, Gorillaz [...]

Guns n’ Roses Break MySpace Record

Even though it leaked to the Internet this week, anybody still doubting the existence of Guns n’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy can check out the aural proof, as Axl Rose’s complete opus is up on the music site. We recommend you all rush over there and give it a listen, as Axl still has 96 hours [...]

Ein neues Zeitalter der Musiknutzung hat begonnen: Die vier größten Plattenfirmen lassen nun online alles umsonst anhören

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Als der Produzent und Pop-Visionär Rick Rubin vorschlug, die vier größten Musikkonzerne der Welt – die sogenannten “Majors” Universal, EMI, Warner und Sony – müssten sich auf ein Abo-Modell einigen, wenn sie auch in Zukunft überleben wollten, wurde er von vielen für verrückt gehalten.
Es hieß, eher bringe man vier verfeindete Mafiabosse an einen Tisch [...]

MySpace Music launches // Sony Ericsson set to launch Apple iPhone rival next year

MySpace Music, the new music service from the social networking site, launched in the USA last night and will launch in the UK soon.
The new service allows artists to upload their entire back catalogues onto their MySpace profiles for streaming.
Users, meanwhile, can post up to ten songs on their own profiles for visitors to listen [...]

Can MySpace Music Save the Record Biz?

The next great hope for the music business is about to come out of the gate. Though they still don’t have a firm release date, the MySpace store has moved forward with their first big promotional push, debuting massive billboards in New York’s Time Square that feature the Jonas Brothers and Lil Wayne and play [...]

MySpace Music Store Launching Soon

Social-networking giant MySpace will open its long-promised music store later this month, allowing fans to download and stream millions of songs — including new music and back catalog — from three of the four major labels (Sony BMG, Universal and Warner Music Group). In an attempt to differentiate themselves from the two leading digital-music retailers [...]

Facebook overtakes MySpace as biggest networking site

Facebook has overtaken MySpace in terms of the amount of users who have signed up to its services, making it the biggest social networking site worldwide.
Around 132 million people are members of Facebook, after the amount of users it had increased by 153 per cent between June 2007 and June 2008.
In the USA the amount [...]