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US Internet piracy case brings New Zealand arrests (AP)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – With 150 million registered customers, about 50 million hits daily and endorsements from music superstars, Megaupload.com was amid the world’s greatest file-sharing sites. Massive enough, according to a U.S. indictment, that it earned founder Kim Dotcom $ 42 million last year alone.
The film market howled that the site was creating funds off pirated material. Even though the firm is based in Hong Kong and Dotcom was residing in New Zealand, some of the alleged pirated subject material was hosted on leased servers in Virginia, and that was adequate for U.S. prosecutors to act.
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Google launches music service (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Google Inc has turned on the music at its new on the web retailer, aiming to wrest the lead from Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc in audio entertainment distribution despite the absence of a key record label.
Google Music, with much more 13 million songs, will be integrated with Android Market, the company’s online retailer for smartphone apps and videos as it plays catch-up with its rivals. Apple, Amazon and Facebook have to varying degrees integrated music into their core on the web and mobile products.
Google Music will allow the Net search leader to do… Continue reading
Magisto, for Web video editing, raises $5.5 million from Li Ka-shing
Think about all that video sitting on your hard drive, all these clips of the children, the vacations, the graduations, your karaoke parties. Now imagine truly doing a thing with it.
Enter the Internet-based video-editing service Magisto, which right now announced its public rollout, along with $ 5.five million in a series B funding round led by Horizons Ventures, the private venture firm of Li Ka-shing, the world’s 11th richest man.
Li, who has an estimated net worth of $ 26 billion, is identified for producing sensible early-stage investments in companies like Facebook and Spotify.
Magma Venture Partners, an original… Continue reading
RIM unveils new cloud-based music service (Reuters)
(Reuters) – Canada’s Research In Motion Ltd will unveil a new cloud-primarily based social music sharing service named BBM Music, as companies start to bet on entertainment delivered above the Web that incorporates social networking capabilities.
Analysis in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry phones, stated decide on music from Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music and EMI would be available for the users.
A closed beta trial of the BBM Music service is beginning on Thursday in Canada, the United States and the UK, the firm mentioned.
The music service is expected to be commercially accessible to clients… Continue reading
Does the Internet Make You More or Less Connected?
The other day my buddy Mordy asked me this query:
Are you much more or less linked given that you started out spending so much time on the Web?
I’m much more connected to people I don’t know.
I’m equally linked to the people I do know.
I’m less connected to myself.
The other day, I was watching Arcade Fire play at the Outdoors Lands music festival when I thought to myself: I wonder if Michael Sippey is right here right now? Michael is 1 of numerous pals I’ve made on the World wide web. We all share common… Continue reading
Internet Star The Weeknd Releases Free Mixtape
[Far more from Mashable: Takin’ VC Funds: Rap Song Is An Anthem For Startups]
This Friday morning, the bountiful beast that is the Internet has bestowed upon us a brand new days-of-the-week-themed musical providing: Thursday, a new mixtape from The Weeknd.
The Weeknd, Toronto-primarily based R&B singer Abel Tesfaye, is an Net-born star who released his debut mixtape, Property of Balloons, for no cost through his site in March (click the arrow on his internet site to access it yourself). The album, which is NSFW, managed to capture the attention of both the music biz — the artist… Continue reading
Internet-era radio has vintage looks
Internet radios
You have your first edition of William L. Shirer’s “Berlin Diary’’ on your lap, a mug of Ovaltine by your side, and a wooden radio set on the table.
Were it not for the ear buds you’re wearing, and your iPhone or iPod, you might be able to imagine you are taking a rest from your adventures in wartime Europe.
This digital music player looks so much like a 1940s tabletop radio that you would expect it to play only news from the front or performances by Benny Goodman’s orchestra.
The Victoria Nostalgic Internet Radio – like the… Continue reading
