News tagged with music retailers
Swedish crackdown on piracy leads to fall in illegal filesharing
Sweden's tough new anti-piracy law has led to a sharp drop in illegal downloading but critics say the effects will be short-lived and argue it is an excessive breach of personal privacy.
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Engineers use song-annotating algorithms to study music playlists (w/ Video)
Electrical engineers recently pitted Genius - the music recommendation system in Apple's iTunes - against two experimental music recommender systems. Genius appears to capture acoustic similarities among songs ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 27, 2009 |
3.3 / 5 (3) |
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Music service Lala heralds MP3-killing iPhone app
(AP) -- Online music retailer Lala is preparing to launch an iPhone application that its co-founder says paves the way for the end of downloading songs in the MP3 format.
Oct 27, 2009 |
3 / 5 (3) |
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Apple sells 10 billionth song -- a Johnny Cash tune
(AP) -- Apple Inc. said Thursday that it has sold 10 billion songs from the iTunes Store since it opened in 2003, cementing its position as the world's largest music retailer.
Feb 25, 2010 |
3 / 5 (2) |
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Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales
(AP) -- Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: a British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled.
Mar 11, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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