| Singles no. 1's |
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Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera
Moves Like Jagger |
| UK |
Sac Noel
Loca People |
| AU |
Gotye & Kimbra
Somebody That I Used To Know |
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| 04-12-00 |
Beastie Boys and Sonic Foundry collaborate on promotional remix contest
Audio software manufacturer Sonic Foundry and the Beastie`s record label Grand Royal are running a new promotion that will allow to remix their new single. On Grand Royal's website you will find loops and tracks from the Beastie's new single “Alive.” |
| 03-12-00 |
Ozzy Osbourne loses first round in lawsuit against MCY
A US court has denied a request by Ozzy Osbourne for a temporary restraining order against MCY barring the company from showing the Ozzfest 2000 pay-per-view show online. Ozzy Osbourne, together with Pantera, Godsmack, Disturbed, Static-X, Methods Of Mayhem, Soulfly, Kittie and Slaves On Dope, sued MCY for copyright infringement for airing an Ozzfest as a pay-per-view special.
Former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters makes album preview available online
Former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters' live album "In the Flesh" has made album preview available on his own website, www.roger-waters.com. Waters has put up the album's art and graphics and 30 second sound samples of all tracks. The live albim combines Pink Floyd favorites with Waters solo material, including one new song, titled "Each Small Candle." |
| 02-12-00 |
Artists get compensated for webcasts
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has established a new online royalty payment program to collect performance fees for music webcasts. The program entitled Sound Exchange will be the first organization to allow copyright holders to collect royalty payments from non-intercative internet webcasts. Get more information at www.soundexchange.com. |
| 30-11-00 |
Madonna sets record with live webcast
A record nine million people watched Madonna on their computers as she did her London gig last week. Paul Morrison, the managing director of Done and Dusted, the London production hired by MSN to televise the event, seized the former dance hall with thirty-five cameras and 130 foot soldiers in tow for the webcast. The webcast broke the previous record for online viewers held by Paul McCartney, which attract three million viewers. |
| 28-11-00 |
David Bowie to collaborate with.MP3.com
MP3.com has signed a licensing deal with David Bowie for the right to stream his music catalog over the web. Bowie is represented by EMI Group-owned Virgin Records but owns the copyrights on some of his master recordings. This makes him one of a handful of major artists not covered by previous settlements worked out with major record labels. MP3.com still faces ongoing litigation from some independent labels and artists. |
| 23-11-00 |
EMusic crawling for its Napster songs
EMusic is offering a web crawler to identify songs purchased from the download retailer that show up on Napster. EMusic says that between one-third and one-half of the site's 140,000 licensed songs, which cost 99 cents apiece, are available for free at Napster. EMusic has met with Napster more than six months ago to try to develop a system to remove its licensed songs, but Napster said they could not remove individual tracks.
Alanis Morisette sells more MP3.com stock
Alanis Morissette plans to sell 70,000 shares more of her stock in MP3.com. The singer announced her intentions on November 21 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Morissette has acquired 329,328 shares of the stock in April 1999 and has sold 189,000 shares for a total value of $1.5 million in the last three months. |
| 21-11-00 |
Ozzy Osbourne sues MCY.com over broadcast rights
Ozzy Osbourne is suing MCY.com for £20 million over broadcast rights to his annual “Ozz-Fest” show..
Osbourne and fellow plaintiffs Pantera, Godsmack, Kittie, Static-X, Disturbed, Slaves On Dope and Methods Of Mayhem, claim that MCY.com have unlawfully put together a pay-per-view Ozz-Fest concert special
The Eagles remove online live in concert tracks
The Eagles have been forced to remove 8 of the 12 live tracks the band recently made available online from its box set "The Eagles: Selected Works 1972-1999." The label has withdrawn the downloads due to unforeseen publishing licensing problems. Only the songs "Hotel California," "Take It To The Limit," "Funky New Year" and "Those Shoes" will remain available as downloads.
Tommy Boy to collaborate with MP3.com
Tommy Boy Music has agreed to a licensing pact with MP3.com, which will add songs from artists such as De La Soul, Everlast and Naughty By Nature to its catalog. Last week, MP3.com reached a settlement in a copyright infringement case brought against it by the Universal Music Group and will pay the company $53.4 in damages.
EMI expanding online venture by signing new deals
EMI has signed three new deals to boost its internet venture. EMI, has signed various deals to provide its music catalog to US and European online partners. The record company has signed a deal to provide its recorded music to US partner Streamwaves, an Internet- based subscription music provider that streams music over the Internet, acting as an effective jukebox. EMI announced it has also teamed up with digital service providers DX3 Ltd and On Demand Distribution, to download and sell EMI's music in Europe. |
| 20-11-00 |
Scour service closed down
Scour has closed down its controversial file-exchange service, targeted at ending the lawsuit against it and smoothing the way for a sale of its remaining assets. Scour Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection last month and asked the court for permission to end its peer-to-peer service, which allowed individual computer users to swap music and video files. The Scour Web site still exists, offering users a search engine, links to music and videos and movie trailers. San Francisco-based Listen.com has bought the company for $5 million and 500,000 shares of stock. |
| 19-11-00 |
Tonos Entertainment launches new online platform
Tonos Entertainment has announced the closure of a deal worth $10 million in a capital funding round led by Softbank Venture Capital and Sequoia Capital. The funding will be used by the music company to launch an online music creation/collaboration platform in January of 2001, which Tonos hopes will change the way music is created and discovered online, and provide a networking database for musicians at all levels.
Creative expanding digital music empire with Nomad Jukebox
Sim Wong Hoo from Creative believes the portable music player will be "10 times more successful" than his company's Sound Blaster line of sound cards. Sound Blasters created, and now control, the market for PC audio. He expects to ship more that 200,000 of the $500 Jukebox players during the first year of distribution, but expects that will be a fraction of the potential demand. Sim is investing heavily in content providers and infrastructure companies while simultaneously pursuing relationships with record labels to bolster future Nomad Jukebox products. |
| 18-11-00 |
Controversy over Universal/MP3.com settlement threatens legal position MP.com again
MP3.com is not out of its legal trouble yet as the four record companies that it reached a settlement with, are now fuming that Universal Music received twice as much as they each did. They are said to be considering legal action to try to force MP3.com to increase their settlement payments. If successful, it would set MP3.com back another $134 million, on top of the $163.4 million it has committed itself to pay already. |
| 10-11-00 |
eBay not responsible for possible illegal recordings on site
The San Francisco Superior Court has rejected a lawsuit against eBay.com charging that the online auction house knowingly sells illegally made recordings. According to the ruling, under federal law internet companies are not responsible for how third parties use their services. The complaint argued that a significant portion of the recordings of live performances or unreleased studio material auctioned at eBay are bootlegs or pirated and that eBay's services are designed to aid in illegal sales.
Backstreet Boys make preview of three new songs available online
The Backstreet Boys have made four songs available online as well as the "Shape of My Heart" video on the group's web site www.backstreetboys.com. On the site Liquid Audio and Windows Media versions of "The Call," that are available as downloads and also includes samples of three other tracks in streaming audio, as well as a video message which shows the group thanking their fans for their support. The songs are titled "Get Another Boyfriend," "I Promise You (With Everything I Am)" and "Time."
Madonna's UK concert live on the internet
Madonna's first concert in seven years at London's Brixton Academy on November 28 will be broadcast live on the Internet. The concert will be attended by 3,500 specially invited guests. The concert will be available at www.msn.co.uk/madonna and is Madonna's first online concert. |
| 07-11-00 |
Cher rerecords old Sonny & Cher track
A 30-year-old Sony & Cher track will be rerecorded and released for the first time. The song is being rerecorded by Cher for her internet only album, called "Not.com.commercial." The song is written by her late ex-husband Sonny Bono and is about the Vietnam war. The track apparently was locked away in a vault for the last 30 years having been shelved in 1971 after US radio refused to play it.
Napster should apologize to Metallica says RIAA
A letter from RIAA chief executive Hilary Rosen to Napster asks Napster to extend an apology to Metallica and its drummer, Lars Ulrich. Ulrich and his band Metaliica have been critics of Napster, advocating musicians' rights for financial compensation. They have sued the file-exchange company for alleged copyright violations. According to Rosen the band and their team feel very undermined by the deal with BMG, even though many people support it. As Metallica took a stand on behalf of all artists, they should benefit.
MP3.com launches wireless file-exchange service
MP3.com predicts that it will replace Napster as the leading online source for free music. MP3.com has launched a wireless service that will let users download music files directly to portable players, mobile phones and personal computers at the same time. The new wireless service will rely on software from FusionOne, which enables users to save music files to more than one device at the same time.
The Eagles promote new compilation with free downloads
Eagles fans can download 12 songs from the group's new compilation, titled "The Eagles: Selected Works 1972-1999," for free starting November 14, the day that the four-CD set is released. The live performances, including "Hotel California" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling," will be available from eight online retail sites, including Borders.com, Tower Records.com, Amazon.com, musicland.com and TWEC.com, will offer cuts such as "Hotel California" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling," drawn from the band's Dec. 31, 1999, concert at Los Angeles' Staples Center.
Massive Attack release new track online
Massive Attack release a new track, titled "The Nature Of The Threat," exclusively online this week for a limited period. The band will be posting the track on ten different websites on Wednesday. Also downloadable images by 3D and rare band material will be available as part of the package. Websites taking part are www.redcross.org.uk, www.photonet.org.uk and at www.the-raft.com. |
| 04-11-00 |
Scour sold to Listen.com
Scour's parent company has sold its assets to Listen.com, which plans a new, copyright-friendly file-exchange program. Like Napster, Scour faces copyright infringement lawsuits from the entertainment industry, but Listen.com intends to create a new version of the program that will properly compensate copyright holders. The deal is backed up by the five major recording labels as investors.
Napster helps Tim McGraw to hit
Tim McGraw is the first artist to chart a track from a fan-taped version of a song. McGraw performed the song "Things Change" during the Country Music Association Awards and a fan uploaded the recording to Napster for fans to download. The recording subsequently received radio airplay and entered the Billboard Country chart at Number 63 last week to move up to 50 on this week's chart. Tim McGraw will release a 15-song greatest-hits album on November 21. |
| 01-11-00 |
Bertelsmann to collaborate with Napster
Bertelsmann will collaborate with Napster to develop a secure membership-based service that will guarantee royalty payments. Bertelsmann will provide a loan to Napster to fund development of the system, and once implemented, its music division BMG will withdraw its lawsuit against Napster and make its music catalogue available through the file-exchange service. |
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