Over 200 labels pulled their music from Spotify, Napster, Rdio, and German music service, Simfy. A study from NPD and NARM shows that those who use streaming services buy less music; therefore, the revenues labels and artist receive are decreasing. Other services, such as YouTube, that provide free music also contribute to [...]
Google Music launched back in May, but was available by invitation only. Today Google Music is out of beta and open to the general public. The service offers free cloud storage of up to 20,000 songs. Once uploaded your music collection can be streamed through internet connected devices. Syncing takes place in [...]
A group of musicians are suing the music streaming service Grooveshark for copyright infringement. The suit, filed in Nashville, accuses Grooveshark of having around 200 songs in their streaming library that are copyrighted. The Tennesean reports that Grooveshark says that they are in negotiations with record labels for streaming rights. And they [...]
The Financial Times (FT) reported that Moscow investment group Digital Sky Technologies (DST) will invest $100 million in Spotify bringing the company’s value to $1 billion. Spotify is a UK based music site that gives users on demand access to 10 million songs. The service is only available in Europe, but Spotify plans [...]
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