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Digital distribution news
Tuesday, 31 January 2012 12:00
Copyright infridgement clamped down
SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) / WEB BLOCKING For the last couple of years the three-strikes has been the preferred method of stopping people from downloading music illegally. Now it's court injunctions forcing ISPs to block access to websites that infringe copyrights. This has been successful with websites such as…
Tuesday, 15 November 2011 22:29
BT ordered to block NewzBin2
For the first time ever in the UK an ISP has been ordered to block a file sharing website solely based on copyright infridgement.BT was given 14 days to block the Newzbin2 website accused of promoting illegal filesharing by Hollywood studios, in the first high court ruling of its kind…
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 08:57
EPM Podcast 24: Bonzai All Stars
Following Anderson Noise EPM now brings you a label mix from the founders of the Hard Trance sound, we welcome Belgium’s infamous Bonzai Records, with a mix of some of their classics by the Bonzai All Stars. Bonzai All Stars is the only true Bonzai experience containing music from all…
Tuesday, 09 August 2011 23:51
EPM to distribute the legendary Manchester club / label Fac51 Hacienda
EPM and the legendary Manchester club / label Fac51 Hacienda have completed a distribution deal for the new label with New Order / Joy Division's Peter Hook With its next releases now fully delivered, Haçienda Records can announce both its fully fledged digital distribution deal and upcoming release schedule An…
Sunday, 15 May 2011 19:36
Amazon launches Cloud Drive & Cloud Player
Amazon launch the Amazon Cloud Drive (www.amazon.com/clouddrive), Amazon Cloud Player for Web (www.amazon.com/cloudplayer) and Amazon Cloud Player for Android (www.amazon.com/cloudplayerandroid), the CloudPlayer is currently only available in the US. Together, these services enable customers to securely store music in the cloud and play it on any Android phone, Android tablet,…
Wednesday, 16 February 2011 11:58
EPM Online's catalogue also available on Qriocity's "Music Unlimited"
EPM Online has licensed its content to Sony's Qriocity.The Qriocity streaming service is already live in some countries; in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Germany, France and Italy. US and Canada will also launch at the end of the month.For more information on Qriocity's "Music Unlimited" have a look here: http://www.qriocity.com
Friday, 01 October 2010 10:23
EPM signs InnDigital.com
EPM just signed a deal with InnDigital, an Italian store located at : www.inndigital.com
Friday, 03 September 2010 10:20
GEMA FAILS TO GET INTERIM INJUNCTION IN YOUTUBE DISPUTE
As we recently reported, German collecting society GEMA has been in dispute with YouTube for more than a year now over licensing rates. Licensing talks between the two broke down last May and GEMA asked the German court to issue an injunction to force YouTube to remove any videos containing…
Monday, 23 August 2010 08:42
Digital album sales up with 51% in Germany
Sales of digital albums grew 51% in both unit terms and value terms in first half of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. These details come from German music association BVMI and show that 4.7m digital albums were sold in the first six months of this year compared…
Wednesday, 18 August 2010 10:52
YouTube vs GEMA
As you may have noticed or heard, YouTube is currently blocking a selection of videos on YouTube Germany. This is because negotiations between the German collecting society GEMA and YouTube have broken down.YouTube gives the following explanation: " Our policy has always been to only monetize music in territories where…