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Article | 15/05/2013 Google launches subscription music service
Google is rolling out a subscription music service that will bring users unlimited access to millions of songs in return for a monthly fee.
Article | 13/05/2013 France should soften Internet 'three strikes' law, says gov't report
France should stop cutting off the Internet access of those accused of illicit file sharing, and close down the agency that polices online copyright b...
Article | 1/05/2013 Belgian ISPs sued for providing Internet access without paying copyright levies
Sabam, the Belgian association of authors, composers and publishers, has sued the country's three biggest ISPs, saying that they should be paying copy...
Article | 19/04/2013 Twitter launches its music service with iTunes, Spotify and Rdio integration
Twitter today unveiled a music service that uses activity on the microblog to help users share and discover new music. The songs shared via the servic...
Article | 12/04/2013 Twitter-branded music site indicates app is on the way
Tweets may soon have beats. Twitter appears to be readying its own music application designed to let users discover new artists and songs based on tre...
Article | 5/04/2013 Hands on: Nokia Music app for Windows 8 hits the right notes
Following on the heels of an updated Windows 8 Music app from Microsoft, the software maker's BFF in the mobile space has released its own Windows 8 m...
Article | 4/04/2013 BlackBerry to discontinue BBM Music by June
BlackBerry is to discontinue its BBM Music service on June 2, and is referring current customers to the Rdio music service for 30 days of free music.
Article | 2/04/2013 Judge rules ReDigi music resale service infringes copyright
Selling a pre-owned digital music file is quite different from selling an old CD in the physical world, and may infringe copyright, a court in New Yor...
Article | 2/04/2013 Speakerfy sees mini-concerts, more social music sharing with new app
Imagine you're working out with friends at the gym and you all want to listen to a song, but only one person has it downloaded. Not a problem: Beaming...
Article | 19/03/2013 Piracy doesn't hurt online music sales, according to EU study
Illegal music downloads have negligible impact on digital music sales according to a new study by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC...
Article | 4/03/2013 Music labels settle with Chinese Internet firm over piracy
In another breakthrough for China's anti-piracy efforts, four major record labels have signed a deal to license music to a Chinese Internet firm in ex...
Article | 18/02/2013 Kim Dotcom's Mega file-sharing service to accept bitcoin
Mega will accept the virtual currency bitcoin for subscriptions for more storage space on the file-sharing service, cofounder Kim Dotcom announced on ...
Article | 4/02/2013 Google and Mozilla hail WebRTC interop between Chrome and Firefox
Developers now can create audio and video communications applications that work across the Chrome and Firefox browsers without the need for plug-ins.
Article | 30/01/2013 File-sharing site Mega fields 150 copyright infringement warnings
The file-sharing service Mega has fielded 150 copyright warnings since its recent launch as founder Kim Dotcom grows a risky new business while under ...
Article | 28/01/2013 Nokia offers paid upgrade to music service
Nokia plans to roll out in the first quarter of this year its Nokia Music+, a new subscription-based upgrade to its free-to-stream mobile music servic...