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RIPS Causes Online Music to R.I.P.
For residents of the country of Singapore who enjoy listening to radio stations over their computers, March 25th will be remembered as the day the music died. The efforts to work out new licensing fees with the Recording Industry Performance Singapore (also known as Rips) were sadly unsuccessful. For those who follow the world of…
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Discovering Online Radio
If you’re just starting to discover the world of online radio, you might be at a bit of a loss as to how to tune in to the wide range of stations available for listening. Most of us are accustomed to turning the dial and scanning through stations on our analog radios. In reality, listening…
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Vintage Posters & Music Memorabilia
If you are a collector of rare and authentic rock & roll memorabilia, then you will love the collection of items at American Royal Arts.com. From autographed music memorabilia to autographed guitars to hand-signed vintage posters, the company offers a wide variety of items associated with rock and roll’s most influential bands, musicians, and entertainers.…
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Panafrica: Dance to a Different Beat
The Kora All Africa Music Awards could be good for local music – if we knew how to exploit them, writes Thebe Mabanga Next weekend’s Kora All Africa Music Awards – the sixth of their kind – will, one hopes, be better received than last year. It was an event fraught with logistical problems, gripes…
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Zimbabwe: Indiscipline Plagues Urban Grooves Artists
With the initial clamour over whether the urban grooves genres was the right thing for the Zimbabwean music industry almost dying down, it’s time for the individual artists who play urban grooves music to take a look at themselves. Initially looked upon as music copied from the western countries especially the United States of America,…
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UMG Files Complaint with the EC Concerning the Mechanical Royalty Rate in Europe
UMI, the international division of UMG, has filed a complaint with the Competition Authority of the European Commission (EC) concerning mechanical reproduction rights in Europe.
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Building Bridges in SE Asia
Across south east Asia, traditional relationships between record companies and music retailers are being transformed, creating new challenges and opportunities for everyone involved.
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Pain and Gain in Artist Contracts
The contractual and working relationships between artists and record companies are currently undergoing a high-profile scrutiny as lawsuits over contractual disputes continue to eat up time and money in the music business.