Archive for March, 2009

Filed under: News, IFPI, BPI

The fight to keep the UK copyright system as is — rather than being extended to a period of 95 years from date of creation — is getting a little boost from an independant review according to the BBC.

The BBC reports, “an independent review is to recommend the terms are not extended, a well-placed government source has said.” Which, if heeded, would mean that the earliest Beatles recordings could fall into the public domain as early as 2013 music and sounds that Sir Cliff Richard’s earliest recordings — who in his day was the British answer to Elvis — could hit the public domain in 2008.

Needless to say, the IFPI and the BPI aren’t the happiest of campers. John Kennedy, who in my estimation is an enemy of creativity worldwide threatens, “If the UK government decides not to support copyright equalisation, then the music industry will have to continue its campaign in Europe.”

[via BBC]

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Filed under: General, Apple, Microsoft, iTunes

Steven Levy, author of “The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness” is on Boing Boing’s “Get Illuminated” podcast in the most recent episode.

Levy talks about Steve Jobs and the creation of the iPod (something he’s researched to a level unmatched), the Zune and why it’s a lousy device and, what the inevitable define bossa nova music could be.

It’s a worthwhile listen. Levy is a brilliant and articulate guy who practically burries himself in technology.

[via Boing Boing]

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Filed under: News, RIAA, IFPI, BPI, Napster, eMusic, iTunes, Rhapsody, Zune Marketplace, Yahoo! Music

Jupiter Research has done some prognosticatin‘ and come to the conclusion that digital sales are going to keep on growing. In fact, if predictions hold true, digital sales will grow at a compounded rate of 16% per year, to a total of 2.5 billion dollars, or just over 22% of total US consumer spending on music.

Glenn Coolfer astutely observes, “Before you do any math, read a blog post about the survey by Jupiter analyst David Card. He explains something the press release does not: Jupiter did not count ringtone sales as digital revenues. He wrote, “Digital music sales will total 22 percent of US consumer music spending in 2011, and ring tones another 12 percent.” Combined with download spending, the adjusted digital figure mp3 melodije download free actually 34%. That leaves the CD with about 66% of the market.”

Subscription services are forecast to keep growing as well, with a staggering 32% compounded growth rate in just that category alone. Napster must be salivating but, frankly I don’t see it. Unless some major shift comes along and changes the subscription landscape, or the Major labels relent to an eMusic style model, I just don’t see how 32% growth in subscriptions is remotely possible.

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