Hats off Mr. Branson!

You would have thought that Nokia's (check blog archives) Comes With Music was revolutionary enough. Sony Ericsson did and will be releasing a service along those lines in January 2009.

However, both of these services have a serious catch: DRM.

All of a sudden, Datz shows up with a new business model. Sure, only EMI and Warner have signed, but it is only a matter of time before Sony BMG and Universal strike a deal.

In a nutshell, 100 pounds, 1 year, unlimited download of DRM FREE music!!!

Steve... we have a situation...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7699000/7699487.stm

The iTunes Store can wait... Really!

Can you buy your favorite Beatles tracks from the iTunes store? No
Would you like to? Yes
How about being Paul Mc Cartney instead!!

Forget iTunes, we are going new business model!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/business/media/30music.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Yes you can Google it...

As if it was not enough for Google to acquire the official status of verb... care for some books?

Google it!

Witch hunt is not a game...

You thought the RIAA and the IFPI did their fair share. They did and are still hunting digital pirates of any age everywhere. Thankfully, organizations such as the EFF and the FAC are here to try to monitor it all from the consumer and artist standpoints.

However, today yet another giant of the entertainment industry (game industry) has started a witch hunt of its own and the first victims.... your parents????

Play on...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7697898.stm

Watch out iTunes Store!

A revolutionary idea has been developed by Nokia and it is called beware music industry!!! In a nutshell, you buy a decent cellphone and get FREE access to five million tracks to download!

What... is the catch?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7595622.stm

Another round of applause to Richard Branson for selling the Virgin Music Megastore chain... from savvy to Zavvy.