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  | U.S. record stores send out S.O.S. with event Found at 4/19/2008 via www.goupstate.com
In an iPod world, the neighborhood record store no longer seems to be on many people's playlists. More...
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| U.S. record stores send out S.O.S. with event Found at 4/19/2008 via www.goupstate.com
In an iPod world, the neighborhood record store no longer seems to be on many people's playlists. More...
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| UK music industry gets even more desperate/unpopular - demands iPod tax Found at 4/17/2008 via uk.news.yahoo.com
The UK music industry needs your help - those yachts, limousines, expensive awards festivals and tax haven homes don't come cheap you know. So to help them keep a life of luxury, the trade body (the Music Business Group) wants a tax on iPods. More...
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| UK music group pushes for media player tax Found at 4/16/2008 via www.macnn.com
The British government should tax the sale of media players, a body of the UK music industry is advocating. The Music Business Group is said to have rejected a recent government proposal, which would see people legally able to transfer music from CDs to media players for free; while the practice is widespread and taken for granted by the public an... More...
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| Use SkreemR to find MP3 files on the Web Found at 4/16/2008 via websearch.about.com
You can find DRM-free music, podcasts, speeches and much more with SkreemR, an MP3 search engine. For instance: Kermit the Frog Barack Obama Radiohead Mozart Neato! Want to find even more music and multimedia? Here... More...
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| US punters don't want mobile music Found at 4/16/2008 via uk.news.yahoo.com
Punters in the US aren't interested in buying music on their phones, regardless of the price, says a new study from Jupiter Research. More...
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| UC Merced Illegal Music Crackdown Found at 4/16/2008 via abclocal.go.com
The recording industry believes about half of all college students break the law by downloading music illegally. They've decided to make an example of several who are doing it at U.C. Merced. More...
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| UK music industry demands iPod tax Found at 4/16/2008 via www.macworld.co.uk
UK music industry groups are pushing for a levy to be applied on sales of iPods in exchange for granting music lovers the right to rip music from their own CD collection legitimately. More...
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| US punters don't want mobile music Found at 4/16/2008 via go.theregister.com
Can pay, won't play Punters in the US aren't interested in buying music on their phones, regardless of the price, says a new study from Jupiter Research.? More...
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| UK Music Biz Would Rather Tax iPods Than Legitimize Format Shifting Found at 4/15/2008 via biz.yahoo.com
The British record industry has challenged a UK government proposal that would legalize "format shifting" from CD to gadgets like iPods - and instead demanded portable music device makers pay a levy to support the practice. More...
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| UMG: Keep Your Promo CDs; Tossing Them is Piracy Found at 4/9/2008 via www.addict3d.org
Yes, you read that right. In a brief filed by Universal Music Group (UMG) in federal court yesterday, UMG said that giving away or even throwing out a promotional CD is piracy. More...
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| US teens have iPods, want iPhone Found at 4/9/2008 via www.macworld.co.uk
Piper Jaffray has introduced new research which shows Apple to be the predominant digital music and device brand among US teenagers. The researchers identified that 87 per cent of US teens own an MP3 player, and 86 per cent of that group own an iPod. More...
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| UMG Says Throwing Away Promo CDs is Illegal Found at 4/8/2008 via 
In a brief filed in federal court yesterday , Universal Music Group (UMG) states that, when it comes to the millions of promotional CDs ("promo CDs") that it has sent out to music reviewers, radio stations, DJs, and other music industry insiders, throwing them away is "an unauthorized distribution" that violates copyright law. More...
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| UMG v. Augusto Found at 4/8/2008 via
An eBay seller is taking on Universal Music Group (UMG) in court after the record industry giant targeted his online music sales with false claims of copyright infringement. More...
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| UWO continues fight against illegal downloads Found at 4/7/2008 via www.thenorthwestern.com
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is making efforts in the fight against illegal music downloading as the government may soon force all colleges into that battle. More...
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| Universal extends music market share Found at 4/4/2008 via today.reuters.co.uk
LONDON (Reuters) - Amy Winehouse and Mika helped Universal Music extend its dominance of the recorded music sector in 2007, taking its share of the market to almost 30 percent, according to new research. More...
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