MySpace embracing music

Many bands and artists around the world have a MySpace page. The company has finally decided to add a "bonus" by cutting Facebook short.

Keyword: iLike...

Sensational advertising!

Video amateurs, movie buffs, Harry Potter fans... the day has come!
Entertainment weekly will be using a revolutionary technology for ads comparable JK Rowling's The daily Prophet... Moving ads on magazines!!!!

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MJ's death and the internet

The death of Michael Jackson had a serious impact on the internet.
I quick graphical overview.

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Dutch entertainment industry - What recession?

If you watch the news, listen to the radio, or read the newspapers, you would most certainly be aware of the amount of people losing their jobs and companies filing for bankruptcy.

However, the Dutch entertainment industry seems to be speaking a different language.

Read more (in Dutch).

The man who sued the RIAA could win

You most certainly have heard about the Pirate Bay case and the numerous other lawsuits the RIAA and MPAA have filed in the past against Peer-to-Peer "devils".

Meet Gary Fung, a Vancouver based university of British Columbia graduate, owner of isoHunt.com, which he claims is none other but a search engine as none of the copyrighted material is hosted...

This case is to be followed very closely as, regardless of the verdict, its outcome will change quite a few aspects of the law...

Your opinion?

What is wrong with the music industry...

Chris Purifoy is on mission trying to determine today's music industry's main problems. He has started to compile a rather impressive list (for a start) and awaits your input to update it to an even more comprehensive one.

Do you agree with all the listed points? What else can you think of?

The Pirate Bay verdict

Today the verdict in the case of The Pirate Bay Four was announced. All four defendants were accused of ‘assisting in making copyright content available’....

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BBC news online
Torrentfreak

One-eyed filmmaker meets geeks = eyeborg project

a nice open-source project......

Business is booming

The world wide recession is not effecting everybody, you just need to be in the right business!

Mixing 2.0 - new way of sample based music/video

take 20 different youtube movies....and mix them together to create a new track.

brilliant!

update:
And this one is even better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tprMEs-zfQA&feature=channel

Fancy a share of $6 billion?

Then you need to know one OLED from another when you see one!

TicketMaster and Live Nation merge

As rumors pointed out in December 2008; The largest ticket sales service in the Netherlands and the biggest concert promoter in the world merge.....
Discussion: will this benefit the costumer.... ?

Music Marketing: Now that is smart!

We have heard about video games, websites, events, free download and so on from artists who experimented with new sales channels and marketing means, but Groove Armada seem to have embraced an interesting approach...

Attention Nokia people

Rumors, one can only love them... If you are a mobile phone user, then you must have heard of application that can be bought through Apple's iTunes store for your iPhone and iPod Touch. Well, Nokia seems to be seeing the light...

If it is true, will it survive?

The sky is the limit... not anymore...

Have you ever wanted to surf the Web whilst flying. Yes we can! The fee is not too high but the fever is rising due to some concerns...

Where do you stand?

Bye Bye Blu-ray

Just before you buy that new Blu-ray player, you're too late.......

Gmail... gotta love it!

Have you ever sent the wrong email to the wrong person? Have you ever forgotten about an attachment you should have included in an email?

The Gmail labs have been busy and it shows...

Google Earth... literaly!

If you do not use already, you might at least have heard about Google Earth and its capabilities. As if that technology was not sufficient, from now on Google Earth takes you underwater too!!!!

Another use for Video games...

Students a Durham university modified a game for simulation purposes. Gamers, however, seem to enjoy obstacles and fail to grasp the seriousness of the matter...

The music industry is getting frustrated

It was not Eve's fault, it was the Apple's! You might have heard of the price renegotiation between Apple and the music industry... these will pull through eventually but the industry is anxious about the significant proportion Apple could reach if some conditions were to be met...

What do you think people, would the music industry be any better without the iTunes store?

Crowdsourcing

Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business

The White Paper Version: Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.

The Soundbyte Version: The application of Open Source principles to fields outside of software.

The History of the Internet

Great 8 min video about something we take for granted and completely rely on nowadays....