...des one of the industry’s own big players. Dada.net, which is operated at a 50/50 share by Dada USA and Sony Music Entertainment (formerly Sony BMG ) today said that it has begun offering the music cat...
Monday, October 06, 2008 11:44
...ash memory cards will soon be sold with preloaded, DRM free music. The format introduced by EMI, Sony BMG , Universal and Warner Bros. is called “SlotMusic” and will be available initially throu...
Monday, September 22, 2008 00:51
Bertelsmann will sell its 50% stake in Sony BMG to Sony in a $900 million deal, the companies announced Tuesday, giving the Japanese company full ownership of the joint venture whose roster of arti
Tuesday, August 05, 2008 14:35
...nswer for you. The custom CD company announced this week that it has teamed up with EMI Music and Sony BMG , two labels usually up for starting new trends in the digital age, to bring out-of-prin...
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 16:00
Consumers who buy a new Nokia phone will be able to download as many Sony BMG songs as they want for a year, as part of an expanding promotional program from Nokia's recently launched music service.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:50
...20,000 to the record labels for sharing 24 songs online ($9250 per song). It was during that trial that Sony BMG 's chief of litigation, Jennifer Pariser, testified: "When an individual makes a copy of...
Monday, April 07, 2008 11:09
In an effort to turn around a declining music business, Sony -BMG is
currently in discussions to offer a flatrate-based music download
service. In an interview with a German newspaper, CEO Rol
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 12:57
...o manage, distribute and monetize premium online video content for media companies, including Fox News, Sony BMG , CBS Sports, Hearst, Gannett, Scripps Networks, and the Financial Times....
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 09:29
The U.S. Department of Justice has requested information from Sony BMG and Universal Music Group about their talks to launch an online music subscription service, said a record company executive on Th
Friday, February 08, 2008 09:04
...he song owners and claims that deals have been made with the four major record labels: Universal Music, Sony -BMG , Warner Music Group and EMI. Interestingly enough, those labels haven’t yet...
Monday, January 28, 2008 03:18
Sony BMG will be joining Amazon MP3 as the last of the four major music labels to offer music download without copy protection. Seattle (WA) – Sony BMG will be joining Amazon MP3 as the last o
Thursday, January 10, 2008 16:59
Yes, even we thought it might never happen, but Sony BMG has apparently waved the white surrender flag on DRM and plans on distributing a portion of its music collection as DRM-free songs. New York
Friday, January 04, 2008 12:38
...copyright law. The case was originally filed in China by 11 music companies, including EMI Group, Sony BMG , Warner Music and Vivendi SA. This latest ruling comes down against Yahoo, a Chin...
Friday, December 21, 2007 09:05
Yahoo today announced that it has reached a deal with Sony BMG music to allow users to essentially have free use of tracks under the record label. Los Angeles (CA) - Yahoo today announced that it has
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:02
Even though Sony admitted failure with its Connect digital music store, the company's mobile phone division is mulling its own music platform. London (England) - Even though Sony admitted failure
Wednesday, November 07, 2007 08:00
News Corp has signed a deal with Sony to bring Sony BMG music to Myspace in the social networking site's first major licensing agreement. New York (NY) - News Corp has signed a deal with Sony to
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 13:01
...ndash; which is the case right now as well: In the portable music player market, Apple is weakening and Sony is suddenly looking like they are getting their game on. Analyst Opinion - If you were wat...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 11:40
...e seems to be a sour taste left in the mouth of justice. This week marked the beginning and the end of Sony BMG , Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings, Capitol Records and Warner Bro...
Friday, October 05, 2007 15:37
...rd companies and has been ordered to pay statutory damages of $220,000 or $9250 per song. Record labels Sony BMG , Arista Records, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings, Capitol Records and Warner B...
Friday, October 05, 2007 01:21
As another effort to breathe life back into the physical CD format, Sony has created a new standard that will incorporate single tracks with cell phone ringtones. New York (NY) - As another effort t
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 07:49
Sony is the face of a new malware threat that deals with fingerprint-authenticating USB drives. Foster City (CA) - Sony is the face of a new malware threat that deals with fingerprint-authenticating
Monday, August 27, 2007 10:56
... still five cents less than the standard price for a song with copy protection on Apple's iTunes or Sony 's Connect, the two top online music sellers. Wal-Mart's online music store ch...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:27
... will sell ad space alongside the lyrics, the revenue from which will be shared with record companies. Sony BMG , Sony /ATV, Universal Music, Warner Music, and EMI are all part of the 100 companies tha...
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 09:42
... In the past eight years, the EU has opened up numerous antitrust cases, including ones against Bayer, Sony BMG , Microsoft, and almost all European airplane and air supply companies. ...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007 10:40
... new music by buying just the single and a credit toward the purchase of the complete album," said Sony BMG president Thomas Hesse. ...
Thursday, March 29, 2007 08:31
Sony 's Bravia Internet Video Link, which was the company's main attraction at this year's CES, has been given a finalized price and street date. Las Vegas (NV) - Sony 's Bravia Interne
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:49
... directly uploaded from the company. CBS, NBC Universal, Universal Music Group, Warner Music, and Sony BMG have all entered into such agreements. ...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 14:00
...estricted MP3 versions of songs to consumers. EMI is one of the big four. Universal Music Group, Sony BMG , and Warner Music Group round out the dominating record companies. Warner has voi...
Friday, February 09, 2007 11:21
...You can read the 1800-word letter here. In it he blames the big four music companies, namely Universal, Sony BMG , Warner and EMI of forcing iTunes to use DRM to protect music sales. According to Jobs,...
Tuesday, February 06, 2007 16:13
Sony BMG Music has reached a preliminary settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its use of hidden copy-protection in music CDs. Santa Monica (CA) - Sony BMG Music has reached a preli
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 23:08
...ds. Toshiba is penetration pricing - you could think that they actually want to win this battle against Sony and they are foregoing the healthy margins to get there. Toshiba knows that Blu-ray has a s...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 20:26
Nearing the end of a year full of lawsuits, product recalls, and production problems for Sony , the electronics manufacturer has now settled with 40 states, nearing an end to the legal battles as a re
Friday, December 29, 2006 15:39
Adding to the previous class-action lawsuit brought against Sony because of the anti-piracy software that it hid in its music CDs last year, suits from California and Texas were settled today, callin
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 16:46
... all digital restrictions. Currently, the most popular places for buying digital music, like iTunes and Sony Connect, encode all purchased songs such that they can only be directly transferred to spec...
Thursday, December 07, 2006 18:23
...al automatically. The site also has struck licensing deals with CBS, Warner Music, Universal Music, and Sony BMG . ...
Tuesday, December 05, 2006 17:29
...ayer is is now available at close to 30,000 stores. The device is available in black, brown, and white. Sony BMG , Warner Music Group, and EMI Music have all signed on for the Zune Marketplace - the lo...
Monday, November 13, 2006 23:22
...ent companies have embraced YouTube, most likely because of the Google acquisition murmurs. Just today, Sony BMG , CBS, and once-nemesis Universal Music Group, all announced partnerships with YouTube. ...
Monday, October 09, 2006 20:25
Google today announced that it will begin offering free music video streams from the catalogs of Sony BMG and Warner (WMG). Advertising will create another opportunity for the parties to monetize con
Monday, October 09, 2006 16:19
...earch through and play from a selection of music, music videos, and movie trailers, including some from Sony BMG , Universal Music Group, and Sony Pictures. Songs and videos will be made available in "...
Monday, September 25, 2006 16:27
...players will have 2 to 8 GB of internal flash memory and can be upgraded to 10 GB with a micro SD card. Sony BMG , Universal Music and Warner music, along with some independent labels have granted perm...
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 13:17
...major artists that actually sells without digital rights management (DRM). In a rather surprising move, Sony BMG released Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair" went on sale for $2 this week at Yahoo Mus...
Friday, July 21, 2006 15:52
...annulled a European Commission decision in 2004 that paved the way for the merger of the music units of Sony and Bertelsmann. Now, the two corporations have to prove all over again that their joint ve...
Thursday, July 13, 2006 16:07
From Marketwatch
Monday, May 01, 2006 14:56
The full bench of the Australian Federal Court on Thursday gave 32 record companies the green light for contempt of court proceedings against the operators of the Kazaa file sharing software.
Thursday, March 23, 2006 23:53
A spokesperson for the US Justice Department told TG Daily this afternoon that the DOJ is looking into the possibility of anti-competitive practices in the music download industry. But the DOJ refuse
Friday, March 03, 2006 19:45
Most electronics consumers had never heard of rootkits before last year's Sony BMG debacle.
Friday, February 17, 2006 19:39
Sprint announced that downloads of music files from its Sprint Music Store have topped one million songs.
Thursday, February 16, 2006 19:15
A copy protection system which damages users systems, and a company which threatens to sue anyone who talks about it. Welcome to the world of StarForce.
Monday, February 13, 2006 04:11
...covered the presence of stealth techniques to mask the presence of digital rights management drivers in Sony BMG audio CDs, announced this morning he has discovered rootkit-like stealth in two popular...
Monday, February 06, 2006 17:18
...ontain PCs with the controversial copy-protection software installed by music discs sold by media giant Sony BMG , a security researcher told attendees at the ShmooCon hacking conference this weekend. ...
Monday, January 23, 2006 22:29
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