Posted Tue 21 Apr 2009 12:55PM BST
Google's profits were up yesterday, PRS For Music announced record
revenues today - weren't both sides pleading poverty in their recent
YouTube squabble? Or perhaps they were focusing on what they think they
owe/deserve, rather than what they coul 
So, how do people working in music know who's signing who, what those pesky record labels are up to, what the latest download whatnot is, who is moving and shaking, who is spending and saving, who is planning and scheming, or, for that matter, what Pete and Amy and Britney are up to? Simple, they read CMU Daily, the UK music business' biggest and most popular daily news bulletin. Now you to can get the lowdown from Team CMU, here on the CMU-Blog. You'll find even more at www.thecmuwebsite.com
Posted Tue 21 Apr 2009 12:50PM BST
Copyright-owning Stephen Fry last week tweeted that he felt a lot
of sympathy for The Pirate Bay Four as they were sentenced to a year in
jail for their part in enabling illegal file-sharing online via their
infamous BitTorrent tracker. Paul McCar Posted Mon 20 Apr 2009 12:45PM BST
Barclaycard, it seems, are moving into music bigtime. Following the
announcement they will become the new sponsors of the Mercury Music
Prize, the credit card firm last week confirmed a new sponsorship deal
with Global Radio which will see it spon Posted Mon 20 Apr 2009 12:43PM BST
More from the world of politicians pissing off musicians by using
their music for political campaigning. This time it's The Eagles man
Don Henley who's pissed off.
As
previously reported, numerous musicians complained when their music was
Posted Mon 20 Apr 2009 12:41PM BST
Want a jive anyone? Well, good news people, because Sony are re-launching the Jive UK label.
Although
originally founded by South African Clive Calder in London in the
mid-seventies, Jive, initially the music publishing company and later
t Posted Mon 20 Apr 2009 12:39PM BST
With the entertainment industry applauding the decision, the
blogosphere divided to an extent, but mostly convinced the whole thing
proved the movie and music firms still don't "get the internet", and
with the four pirates themselves vowing t Posted Fri 17 Apr 2009 3:41PM BST
According to The Sun, Amy Winehouse and Mr Snoop Dogg spent a day
in the studio together in LA last year, but failed to finish the two
tracks they started because they kept getting distracted by 'smoke
breaks'. The songs still aren't finished appa Posted Fri 17 Apr 2009 3:39PM BST
Eminem has spoken about the impact the death of friend and D12
colleague Proof had on him back in 2006, and his subsequent battle with
drug addiction. The hip hop star, who releases his new album 'Relapse'
on 18 May, says that his decision to take Posted Fri 17 Apr 2009 3:37PM BST
The boss of cross-industry trade organisation UK Music, that'll be
Feargal Sharkey, has criticised that previously reported report from
the The Open Rights Group and the former National Consumer Council, now
called Consumer Focus, which said that Posted Fri 17 Apr 2009 3:35PM BST
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academic review of the concept of 'authorising infringement', and its
role in helping the music industry protect its copyrights in the online
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