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1. No webcast to be allowed in RIAA Case

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 17 April 2009

   ... Warner Brothers, Sony BMG, and other companies involved in the hearing petitioned against the ruling, citing a law which states that "except as specifically provided in these rules or by order of the court, ...

2. Macworld 2009: iTunes now DRM-free, iPhone music purchases over 3G network are a go

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 06 January 2009

   ... in DRM-free format as Apple inked the deal with Universal Music Group, SonyBMG and Warner Music Group. The last three labels now join EMI who agreed to offer its music on iTunes in 256 kbps AAC encoding ...

3. Warner Music videos removed from YouTube

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Monday, 22 December 2008

   ... from musicians and record labels. Two years ago, Warner Music, Universal Music, Sony BMG and EMI reached licensing agreements with YouTube. According to the terms, the labels would receive a small fee ...

4. RIAA changes tactics, wants ISPs to help fight music pirates

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 19 December 2008

     The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is reporting today that music companies and associations, like the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), will stop going after music pirates directly. No longer ...

5. Sony’s expands 66-cent-per-song music attack at Apple

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Monday, 06 October 2008

   ... 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 catalog of Universal ...

6. SlotMusic: Can microSD cards replace audio CDs?

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Sunday, 21 September 2008

   ... with PCs, cellphones and other portable devices: Flash memory cards will soon be sold with preloaded, DRM free music.   The format introduced by EMI, Sony BMG, Universal and Warner Bros. is called ...

7. Sony to buy Bertelsmann's Sony BMG stake for $900 million

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

   Tuesday, 05 August 2008

   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 artists ...

8. Amazon spin-off brings rare music to consumers

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Tuesday, 06 May 2008

   ... 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-print albums back in full glory. Seattle (WA) - If you're looking for ...

9. Free unlimited Sony BMG downloads hit Nokia phones

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 22 April 2008

   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.  ...

10. President Bush caught in a little iPod scandal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 07 April 2008

    ... last October, when judge ordered Jammie Thomas to pay $220,000 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 ...

11. Sony-BMG working towards a music flatrate

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 25 March 2008

      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 Rolf Schmidt-Holtz ...

12. Yahoo intros social networking for cellphones, acquires Maven Networks

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 12 February 2008

    ... content for media companies, including Fox News, Sony BMG, CBS Sports, Hearst, Gannett, Scripps Networks, and the Financial Times. ...

13. Sony BMG, Universal questioned about venture talks

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 08 February 2008

    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 Thursday. ...

14. Qtrax to offer 25 million songs for free

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sunday, 27 January 2008

    ... working on your primary machine. The company promises to share ad revenue with the song owners and claims that deals have been made with the four major record labels: Universal Music, Sony-BMG, Warner ...

15. Sony drops DRM on Amazon MP3

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 10 January 2008

    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 of ...

16. Sony to distribute DRM-free songs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 04 January 2008

    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 ...

17. Yahoo China loses copyright suit for online music search

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 21 December 2007

    ... 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 Chinese company with a 40% U.S. ownership interest, at ...

18. Yahoo grabs online video deal with Sony BMG

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 20 November 2007

    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 ...

19. Sony Ericsson works on own music store

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 07 November 2007

    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 ...

20. Myspace, Sony hook up for streaming music deal

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 16 October 2007

    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 ...

21. Changing of the guard: Sony waxes while Apple wanes

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Tuesday, 16 October 2007

    ... a time when both were at the top of their game – 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 ...

22. Can 24 songs be worth $222,000?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 05 October 2007

    ... week marked the beginning and the end of Sony BMG, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings, Capitol Records and Warner Bros. Records v. Jammie Thomas, a 30-year-old single mother from a ...

23. Single mother loses big in music piracy case

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 04 October 2007

    ... Sony BMG, Arista Records, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings, Capitol Records  and Warner Brothers Records all claimed that Thomas downloaded and shared 1702 songs, but concentrated their case on ...

24. Music industry to launch "ringle" CD format for holidays

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 11 September 2007

    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 to ...

25. Sony rootkit concerns resurface with USB drive

    (Security/Security Features)

    Monday, 27 August 2007

    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 USB ...

26. Wal-Mart moves into DRM-free music arena

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 21 August 2007

    ... 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 charges 89 cents for music tracks ...

27. Yahoo music store to offer lyrics

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 24 April 2007

    ... It 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 that ...

28. iTunes under fire from Europe for antitrust issues

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 03 April 2007

    ... with the EU to resolve this matter," said an Apple spokesperson. In the past eight years, the EU has opened up numerous antitrust cases, including ones against Bayer, Sony BMG, Microsoft, and almost ...

29. iTunes offers pro-rated album prices for previously purchased tracks

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 29 March 2007

    ... giving music fans the best of both worlds -- the ability to discover great new music by buying just the single and a credit toward the purchase of the complete album," said Sony BMG president Thomas ...

30. Sony Bravia IPTV link gets priced, dated

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 27 February 2007

    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 Internet ...

31. YouTube strikes deal for 60s TV shows

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 13 February 2007

    ... CBS, NBC Universal, Universal Music Group, Warner Music, and Sony BMG have all entered into such agreements.  ...

32. EMI considers DRM-free music downloads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 09 February 2007

    ... four. Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, and Warner Music Group round out the dominating record companies.  Warner has voiced strong opinions about lifting DRM restrictions for its music, which outlines ...

33. Steve Jobs chastizes music industry, wants DRM-free music

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 06 February 2007

    ... posted on the main Apple website. 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 ...

34. Sony and FTC settle over music CD "root-kits"

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 30 January 2007

    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 preliminary ...

35. Scalers beat HD DVD and Blu-ray at CES 2007 - analysis

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 17 January 2007

    ... each unit that changes hands. 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 ...

36. Sony settles with 40 more states in rootkit debacle

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 29 December 2006

    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 result ...

37. Sony BMG to pay more than $1.5 million to settle rootkit suits

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 20 December 2006

    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, calling ...

38. DRM-free MP3s starting to attract major players

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 07 December 2006

    ... new initiative to offer files that are stripped of all digital restrictions. Currently, the most popular places for buying digital music, like iTunes and Sony Connect, encode all purchased songs such that ...

39. Japan wants strict Youtube video screening

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 05 December 2006

    ... Youtube has set up an audio recognition system that can better spot copyrighted material automatically. The site also has struck licensing deals with CBS, Warner Music, Universal Music, and Sony BMG.  ...

40. Zune zooms out to retailers across the country

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 13 November 2006

    ... pay for a 30 GB iPod video. According to Microsoft, the player 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 ...

41. UPDATE 2: Google to acquire YouTube in $1.65 billion deal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 October 2006

    ... decision comes at a time when content 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 ...

42. Google to stream free music videos from Sony BMG, WMG

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 October 2006

    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 content, ...

43. McDonald's launches online content service

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 25 September 2006

    ... videos, and movie trailers, including some from Sony BMG, Universal Music Group, and Sony Pictures. Songs and videos will be made available in "designated multimedia zones within the restaurant," like ...

44. Real Networks embeds Rhapsody music service into Sandisk MP3 players

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 19 September 2006

    ... 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 permission ...

45. Sony BMG releases customized song without copy-protection

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Friday, 21 July 2006

    ... download history, there is a song from a 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 ...

46. No more Sony BMG? Fate of 2004 merger cast in doubt by EU court

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 13 July 2006

    The European Court of First Instance has 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 ...

47. Private equity firm considering Sony BMG buyout: Marketwatch

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 01 May 2006

      From Marketwatch Marketwatch is reporting this morning that a British newspaper has published a story stating private equity firm Providence Equity Partners is considering buying out Sony's stake ...

48. Kazaa faces new court battle

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 23 March 2006

    ... Universal Music Australia, EMI Music Australia, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) and Warner Music Australia. Read the complete story here. (Hollywood Reporter)  ...

49. US Justice Dept. confirms probe into download price fixing

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 03 March 2006

    ... or companies, specifically, may be under investigation. Press reports earlier this morning appeared to indicate that the four major record labels - Sony BMG, Warner Music, Universal Music, and EMI - may ...

50. Sony incident leads government to consider rootkit ban

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Friday, 17 February 2006

      Most electronics consumers had never heard of rootkits before last year's Sony BMG debacle. Most electronics consumers had never heard of rootkits before last year's Sony BMG debacle. Now, rootkits ...