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Blur Threaten Strike To Protest Universal, EMI Merger
posted: October 2, 2012
It’s not just antitrust legislators who are up in arms about the behemoth merger between Universal Music Group and EMI. In a symbolic act of disapproval, British rock band Blur have threatened to withhold the…
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Licensing Landscape
posted: August 30, 2011
We all know how much the music industry is changing. Technology is evolving and most people have ditched their CD collection for an iTunes library full of illegally-downloaded music. And while file-sharing seems to be…
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Are Major Labels Finally "Getting It"?
posted: August 2, 2011
The “Big Four” Music Labels”Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and EMI”have been notorious for being behind the curve when it comes to innovation in today’s ever-changing music industry. While fans have…
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Industrial Revolution: LimeWire/RIAA Settlement – Sound, Fury, Etc.
posted: June 9, 2011
The popularity of LimeWire, the now-defunct peer-to-peer file-sharing network, predictably drew the ire of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which went into full-attack mode within the last year. The RIAA first went to…
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Industrial Revolution: Warner Brat'ya
posted: June 2, 2011
Warner Music Group was sold to Russian-American billionaire Len Blavatnik earlier this month for some bootleg Beatles tapes and black-market blue jeans. But seriously, it went for $3.3 BILLION. How on earth could a record…
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Industrial Revolution: Radiohead Do Whatever They Want
posted: April 7, 2011
Years ago Radiohead reached the point where they could operate with near-complete autonomy. Their fruitful relationship with Parlophone/EMI came to a close in 2004, right around the time it started to become apparent that being fruitful…
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