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Warner Music Group’s Quarterly Report Signals Future Trends
By Nathan Drake & Barry Neil Shrum Warner Music Group's ("WMG") year-end financial reports for 2010 came as little surprise when you take into account two factors: (1) the general economic downturn in the U.S. [...]
New Formula for the Music Industry
by Ross Hill & Barry Shrum The new formula for the music industry, as described by Techdirt's Mike Masnick, is “CwF + RtB = $$$$,”5 which, translated means “connect with fans,” and give them a [...]
New Collaboration “Baby Be My Valentine” Released on iTunes
I have to put a plug in for my brother, C. Kim Shrum, whose collaboration with the artist, Lance Songs, Baby Be My Valentine was released this week on iTunes. You can check out the [...]
Congress proposes Copyright Protection for Fashion Design
In response to concerns in the fashion industry, a bill originally introduced by Senators Schumer and Senator Clinton in 2006 has been revised and reintroduced to the new Congress as Senate Bill 3728. The new bill would amend Title 17 of the Copyright Act of 1976 of the United States Code to include copyright protection for "fashion design." If it passes, this would represent the first addition of a new protected class of copyrighted works since Congress passed the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act in 1989
Nashville-based Identical Entertainment Finds Uncommon Success With Diverse Team of Writers and Artists
(Nashville, Tenn. – Feb. 1, 2011) Thanks to a uniquely talented roster of writers and artists, Nashville-based publishing and artist development firm Identical Entertainment is making quite a name for itself in the music and [...]
New on Billboard: Jonathan Knight Breaks
New on Billboard: Jonathan Knight Breaks Silence: 'I Have Never Hidden the Fact That I Am Gay' http://ow.ly/1b6sZA
New on Billboard: Macy Gray Aiming to Re
New on Billboard: Macy Gray Aiming to Release Two Albums in 2011 http://ow.ly/1b5Mwm
New on Billboard: Demi Lovato Finishes R
New on Billboard: Demi Lovato Finishes Rehab: Report - Demi Lovato has left rehab and is back to her normal rou... http://ow.ly/1b51Rh
Music industry news: Musicrow updates Go
Music industry news: Musicrow updates Golden Ensembles pack for Reaktor to v2.39 and introduces Red Snapper http://ow.ly/1b4OY5
New on Billboard: Weekly Chart Notes: En
New on Billboard: Weekly Chart Notes: Enrique Iglesias, Bruno Mars, Decemberists http://ow.ly/1b3XdY
New on Billboard: Mike Watt Revisits Min
New on Billboard: Mike Watt Revisits Minutemen's Music for 'Hyphenated' Rock Opera http://ow.ly/1b2SJx
Music industry news: Latin Music Industr
Music industry news: Latin Music Industry Insiders' Report at the California Copyright Conference http://ow.ly/1b2SJG
Music industry news: Crysonic announces
Music industry news: Crysonic announces Fourth Generation Intelligent Spectral Audio Vitalizer Spectralive NXT V4 H... http://ow.ly/1b2FU1
New Copyright Paper
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New on Billboard: Trent Reznor: Oscar No
New on Billboard: Trent Reznor: Oscar Nom 'Amazing and Flattering' http://ow.ly/1b1Qor
Patent Infringement: AliveCor and the Apple Watch
By Katy GasperAliveCor, self-proclaimed “global leader in FDA-cleared personal electrocardiogram [...]