| 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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| 31-08-00 |
Blink-182 release new song online
The new Blink-182 album won't hit stores until November, but the group will release a new song online this week already. The band is previewing the song "Man Overboard" on www.mtv.com, www.kroq.com and the band own website www.blink182.com this Friday. The song is a new studio track recorded for "The Mark, Tom And Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back)," the band's upcoming live album. The new song will be made available to radio on September 18.
New Doobie Brothers songs available online
The Doobie Brothers will make 15 newly recorded tracks available for free download on Friday at www.windowsmedia.com, as part of a promotional campaign for their new album "Sibling Rivalry." The new album is due to be released on October 3. Next, consumers are directed to e-tailers and www.imix.com, which will make the 15 tracks and another four new ones available for sale as custom CD’s or individual downloads. Later this year, a Doobie Brothers live album, entitled "Live Millennium," will be made available the same way. |
| 29-08-00 |
Universal Music against MP3.com court battle continues
Universal Music Group went back into court on Monday to seek $825 million in damages from MP3.com in its copyright infringement suit. Earlier, a US District Court ruled that MP3.com broke copyright law by creating a database of over 80,000 albums, which when combined with its software, allows users to store music digitally and then access it via any computer. All other plaintiffs have reached settlements with MP3.com that allow their music to be used in the database. MP3.com are still hoping to reach a settlement with Universal. According to MP3.com, the company could be held liable for infringing on about 5,500 Universal albums, although it will challenge Universal's claim on many of those albums on technical grounds later on in the trial. The court already determined that MP3.com broke copyright law, but in the next phase will try to establish the company's intent or state of mind of the company. Worst case scenario leaves MP3.com to pay $150,000 per album, which would put total
damages at least $825 million.
US CD sales figures better than ever
Compact discs sales in the US have reached an all-time high in the first half of 2000, by growing with six percent, compared to the year-ago period. In total 420 million units were sold, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The total music purchasing market and the dollar value grew 9.9 percent to nearly $5.7 billion. The RIAA attributed the increase in CD sales mainly to first-quarter release successes including Britney Spears, 'N Sync and Eminem. |
| 28-08-00 |
Napster gets unexpected support
Several industry groups of consumer electronics, computer, technology, and internet companies apparently have filed additional briefs with Napster's appeal. Although they are not taking any position on the lawsuit of the Recording Industry Association Of America versus Napster, the companies contend that the temporary injunction against the site erred in its application of existing standards or laws. Among the companies are big names like Microsoft, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sony Electronics; the Digital Music Association, which includes AOL, RealNetworks, and Liquid Audio and lobby group NetCoalition. |
| 27-08-00 |
Dave Matthews Band provides online preview of new album
The Dave Matthews Band is giving fans a preview of their forthcoming album, via a clip of the new song "Digging A Ditch" at www.davematthewsband.com. The new Twix commercial stars the band's violinist/fiddle player Boyd Tinsley. He donated his fee Feed The Children and H.O.P.E. (Healing Of People Everywhere). The parent company of Twix, the M&M/Mars candy company, was so moved by Tinsley's gesture that they decided to match the amount given to H.O.P.E. |
| 26-08-00 |
Judge limits MP3.com damages
In a recent ruling, a federal judge reduced the potential damages that MP3.com will have to pay the recording industry, saying that any damages will be assessed per CD infringed, rather than per song. MP3.com has over 80,000 CDs available on its site. The judge said that federal law allows statutory damages of $750 to $30,000 (US$) for each copyright infringed. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which brought the lawsuit on behalf of major record labels, had asked for damages of $150,000 for every major-label owned song in MP3.com's archive. A trial is scheduled to begin in Manhattan Monday to determine how many copyrights the company violated and whether MP3.com acted willfully, as well as to assess monetary damages. |
| 24-08-00 |
MP3Board stretches it with AOL/Time Warner lawsuit
An attorney for MP3Board, a search engine that locates MP3 music files for free download, has acknowledged that the company's lawsuit against American Online and Time Warner, is probably a legal stretch. MP3Board.com filed a so-called third-party complaint against AOL and Time Warner as part of an ongoing dispute between MP3Board, the Recording Industry Association of America and 14 major music labels. The suit provoked a counter-complaint from the company against the music industry. The latest MP3Board complaint states that if MP3Board is to be found guilty of copyright infringement by the music industry for directing people to MP3 files by hyperlinks, then so too must AOL and Time Warner be found guilty. The prospective merger mates, MP3Board insists, are responsible for creating one of MP3Board's primary link destinations: the peer-to-peer file-swapping service Gnutella. The company's complaint against AOL and Time Warner is available at http://www.starlinks.com/mp3aol.pdf.
Britney Spears to host second online advice column
The BBC has hired Britney Spears to write an advice column continuing on the advice she wrote down in her book Heart to Heart for the "So..." teen segment on their website. Spears has proven to be an expert on youthful topics, including all-important struggles with dating and relationships, dress codes and self-esteem. You can find Britney's advice column at http://www.bbc.co.uk/so/.
Alan McGee launches online Poptone
Former Creation Records boss, Alan McGee, has launched the online section of his new multi media business Poptones. The website www.poptones.co.uk is offering a sneak preview of the label's unique style and attitude. Poptones is also hosting a regular Wednesday club night named Radio 4 at the Notting Hill Arts club in West London from 6pm. |
| 23-08-00 |
BMG into online downloadable music in September
BMG Entertainment will launch its digital download service in September with approximately 50 individual songs and 50 albums available. The label plans to sell various digital versions of its songs, including acts such as Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton and Santana. Prices will range from $1.98 to $3.49 for individual songs and $9.98 to $16.98 for a full-length album .
Sony settles with MP3.com
Sony Music has settled its copyright-infringement suit against MP3.com. Terms were not disclosed, but sources say each of the majors will be paid $20 million by MP3.com. Like MP3.com's previous settlements with BMG, Warner Music and EMI, Sony has agreed to license its catalog to MP3.com on a non-exclusive basis for use in its My.MP3.com system. By settling with MP3.com, Sony Music has left Universal Music as the only remaining major-label plaintiff in the legal action case against MP3.com. |
| 22-08-00 |
Napster lawyer accuses court of bias
A lawyer for Napster alleged that a federal judge displayed biased and erroneous reasoning when she issued a preliminary injunction in July that could have forced the company's popular music file-sharing service to shut down.The lawyer said that the judge assumed that Napster has a negative effect on CD sales, ignoring studies that show evidence to the contrary. The judge was accused of putting the burden of proof improperly on Napster, while resolving uncertainty in the evidence in favor of the recording industry. |
| 18-08-00 |
Online provider of cell phone melody downloads sued by EMI
EMI has filed a $45 million copyright infringement lawsuit against Global Music One. In a complaint EMI contends that more than 300 of its copyrights were posted without a licensing agreement on www.yourmobile.com, which allows visitors to download song melodies for free use as ringing tones on their cell phones. A spokesperson for the online company said that as of Tuesday all tracks had been removed. Global Music One states that it has sought a license from EMI, but was turned down.
Universal expanding its music downloading format
Universal Music Group has announced that it will expand its digital format and wants to offer a secure system that protects artist copyrights by the end of the year. Two weeks ago, the record label began trials with around 60 songs from artists like Blink 182, George Benson and Luciano Pavarotti. The experiment will take off in the fall in the US, UK and Holland. Universal Music declined to say what kind of security measures it might take, including a suggestion of watermarks on CD's. |
| 17-08-00 |
RealNetworks launch additional online subscription services
Streaming-media/software company RealNetworks is launching additional online subscription services with its RealPlayer GoldPass service.. For an additional $9.95 a month, buyers of its premium RealPlayer Plus software, which costs $29.95, will get access to a range of software and services, as well as exclusive content including on-demand House Of Blues concerts and ABC News footage. The service will also include previews of music videos and movies. |
| 16-08-00 |
Robbie Williams offers online previews on new album
Robbie Williams' new album will be titled "Sing When You're Winning." On Robbie's website www.robbiewilliams.com, fans have the opportunity to hear one track per day of the new album, which will be released on Monday August 28. |
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