Now that Qualcomm has to pay $975 million to settle an anti-trust in China, you’d think that’s the last we’d hear about it. Nope. It appears that South Korea is going… Read more »
Google has decided to shut down Google News in Spain. The decision follows the passage of a law in July that obliges any news aggregator quoting snippets of text or using… Read more »
Aereo is back in court with a brand new legal theory for why it should be allowed to continue to operate. If it prevails, the implications could be nearly as far-reaching… Read more »
From Amazon’s point of view the licensing fees it pays rights owners are merely part of the subscriber acquisition costs for Prime’s two-day shipping plan — a number Amazon needs to… Read more »
Here we go again. The music industry is taking another run at Pandora and other digital services in Congress, claiming they should pay for pre-1972 recordings even though AM/FM stations do… Read more »
Pandora is trying to buy KXMZ-FM in the small town of Box Elder to make a point about unequal music royalty rates, but appears to have tripped over a regulatory hurdle… Read more »
Spotify’s payments to record companies and publishers are pegged to its gross revenue, and increase roughly in proportion to the increase in Spotify’s user base. Performance royalties paid to artists, however,… Read more »
The NFL and Major League Baseball are threatening to take their ball and go home if Aereo is allowed to continue streaming broadcast TV signals to subscribers without paying retransmission fees… Read more »
In a year when many musicians are blaming digital music companies for declining income, folk-singer Billy Bragg offers a welcome dose of common sense. Read more »
Pink Floyd’s attitude to companies like Pandora and Spotify appears to have changed dramatically since this summer when the band very publicly attacked streaming music services. Read more »