Music Media Entertainment Group

DATE PUBLISHED:                       Apr. 13, 2003

AUTHOR/PRODUCER:                 Tim O’Reilly

PUBLICATION:                              oreillynet.com

SUMMARY:

Research on the RIAA that includes over the last 5 years, the recording industry has shipped out more than 2 billion physical units of product, adding up to a retail value of more than $20 billion.

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3056

DATE PUBLISHED:                       Mar. 04, 2003

AUTHOR/PRODUCER:                 All Business

PUBLICATION:                              All Business

SUMMARY:

UK based digital music service provider Broadchart, has announced that it has acquired NetPD, the digital rights management provider and online media monitoring service.

http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/technology-services/479194-1.html

DATE PUBLISHED:                       Jan. 22, 2003

AUTHOR/PRODUCER:                 Dean Vuletic

PUBLICATION:                              Radio Prague

SUMMARY:

The global music industry has experienced a slump in sales in recent years, and the situation for its Czech component is no different. One of the major threats to the music industry is piracy, and last year there was a record number of piracy cases discovered in the Czech Republic.

http://www.radio.cz/en/article/36701

DATE PUBLISHED:                       Jan. 19, 2003

AUTHOR/PRODUCER:                 BBC News

PUBLICATION:                              BBC News

SUMMARY:Singer Robbie Williams has said he believes music piracy is a “great” idea. He made the comment at a music trade fair in Cannes, predicting it would anger his record company EMI.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2673983.stm

DATE PUBLISHED:                       Dec. 18, 2002

AUTHOR/PRODUCER:                 BBC News

PUBLICATION:                              BBC

SUMMARY:

The circulation of pirated music in the UK has risen by more than 36% according to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2588013.stm

DATE PUBLISHED:                       Nov. 22, 2002

AUTHOR/PRODUCER:                 Joanna Glasner

PUBLICATION:                              Wired

SUMMARY:When the Mexican Supreme Court moved some of its offices last week to a quieter workspace, few federal officials saw it as anything more than a sensible relocation. After all, the court is located smack in the middle of Mexico City, surrounded by traffic, street vendors and crowds of tourists and commuters. The Recording Industry Association of America, however, saw things differently. According to the RIAA, the court’s relocation was directly related to music piracy.

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2002/11/56522

DATE PUBLISHED:                       Mar. 31, 2004

AUTHOR/PRODUCER:                 Earl Mardle

PUBLICATION:                              A Networked World

SUMMARY:

Researchers believe that music piracy is not responsible for declining record sales. The Researchers monitored 680 albums, chosen from a range of musical genres, downloaded over 17 weeks in the second half of 2002. … The most heavily downloaded songs showed no decrease in CD sales as a result of increasing downloads.

http://www.kn.com.au/networks/2004/03/net_music_pirac.html

DATE PUBLISHED:                       Oct. 29, 2002

AUTHOR/PRODUCER:                 BBC News

PUBLICATION:                              BBC

SUMMARY:The music industry risks alienating its core consumers by selling copy-protected CDs without warning labels, according to research. The industry has been experimenting with ways of stamping out CD piracy, which it blames for a marked slump in sales.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2372387.stm

DATE PUBLISHED:                       Sep. 29, 2002

AUTHOR/PRODUCER:                 BBC News

PUBLICATION:                              BBC

SUMMARY:

Britney Spears is among the pop stars fronting a new advertising campaign aimed at warning people against online piracy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2283072.stm

DATE PUBLISHED:                       Sep. 26, 2002

AUTHOR/PRODUCER:                 BBC News

PUBLICATION:                              BBC

SUMMARY:Popular file-swapping system Kazaa has released a new version of its core software and announced an important alliance. The swapping network has signed a deal with European net service provider Tiscali which will see both partners promote each other to their respective audiences.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2277987.stm