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MAY
2013
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APR
2013
Dutch public libraries launch free digital music streaming service for members
In the week of World Book and Copyright Day and the upcoming World Intellectual Property Day, a Dutch conglomerate of libraries (Stichting Bibliotheek.nl) has launched a new platform on which their members can listen to licensed music. The service, called ‘eMuziek’ (eMusic), is available to library members free of charge and currently covers 900.000 tracks of music owned by labels such as...12
MAR
2013
Spotify negotiates expanding radio-streaming service to outside the U.S.
Spotify is close to reaching agreements with several record labels to offer free mobile radio outside the U.S., according to sources at Bloomberg. The radio-streaming service would be expanded to other countries where Spotify is already available, starting April this year. The radio-streaming service will be offered under the same conditions as in the U.S.; non-paying customers have less...08
MAR
2013
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke on ‘pay-what-you-choose’ download model: more harm than good for artists
Thom Yorke, frontman of Radiohead, has given a comprehensive interview in the Guardian. In this interview he also looks back at the band’s choice to make the album “In Rainbows” available on a ‘pay-what-you-choose’ basis, as a response to the digitalization of music-consumption. When platforms such as Kazaa and Napster first arose, many artists were unsure whether this would be good or bad for...06
MAR
2013