Tagged: Sony BMG & News
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Record giants sue Irish Govt over music piracy News
12.01.2012 The big four record labels, EMI, Sony, Warner and Universal, are suing the Irish Government over its alleged failure to stop illegal music downloads and for not implementing a...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Media, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment -
UPC victory highlights clear gap in Irish copyright laws News
12.10.2010 UPC’s momentous victory yesterday over some of the world’s biggest music labels including Warner, EMI, Universal and Sony highlights a key gap in copyright laws and this may... -
Vodafone mulls ‘three strikes’ rule on illegal downloads News
16.06.2010 Vodafone has said that while it is in discussions with music rights holders it is still too early to confirm that it will implement the ‘three strikes and you’re out’ rule as... -
Pirate Bay’s new owners outline business model News
20.08.2009 File-sharing site The Pirate Bay’s potential new owners have outlined a new system to identify copyright protected content and either compensate record labels or have it removed.Categories: New MediaTags: Sony BMG, The Pirate Bay, -
BT vows to fight big four music labels’ ‘three strikes’ case News
04.07.2009 Ireland’s second largest telecoms operator has vowed to ‘strongly defend’ against efforts by the big four music labels – EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner – to get it to implement... -
Big four music labels to take UPC and BT to court News
22.06.2009 Big Four music labels – Universal, Warner, Sony and EMI – are taking two of Ireland’s leading alternative licensed operators, UPC and BT, to court over illegal downloads and... -
Muzu TV takes the top prize at the IIA NetVisionary awards News
22.05.2009 Dublin-headquartered online music video site Muzu.tv, which has struck major deals with labels like Universal, Sony BMG and EMI, picked up last night’s top gong at the IIA... -
ISPs say Eircom and Big Four music deal could hit potholes News
30.01.2009 The industry group representing 12 independent telecoms operators in Ireland says Eircom’s settlement with the Big Four record labels – unprecedented in history – could run into... -
Big four music labels and Eircom in landmark piracy settlement News
28.01.2009 A landmark settlement today at the High Court in Dublin between big-four music labels Warner, Sony BMG, EMI and Universal and internet provider Eircom will give the labels the... -
YouTube competitor Muzu’s new recipe for Cooking Vinyl News
28.01.2009 Just weeks after securing deals with top labels EMI and Beggars Group, Dublin-headquartered music site Muzu TV has signed another licensing deal with Cooking Vinyl, the label in...Categories: New Media -
Muzu TV strikes major music deal with EMI News
14.01.2009 Record industry giant EMI has become the latest label to join fast-growing music video social networking site Muzu.Categories: New Media -
YouTube ordered to pull Warner videos – more labels may follow News
23.12.2008 Popular video-sharing site YouTube has been ordered by entertainment giant Warner to remove videos of top artists such as Madonna, R.E.M. and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers because...Categories: Digital Life, New Media -
More record labels flock to industry-saving Muzu’s banner News
11.11.2008 Muzu TV, the new music video platform that has provided the record industry with the monetisation strategy it dearly craves, has signed up a number of new labels as well as an...Categories: New Media -
Can MySpace really take on Apple’s iTunes in the music space? News
26.09.2008 It seems these days that the music industry is really opening itself up to working with every avenue of potential revenue, be it Samsung with its slotMusic device, Nokia with...Categories: New Media -
SanDisk and big labels in tech deal that could save the music business News
22.09.2008 Storage media player SanDisk has joined forces with some of the world’s largest music labels to bring out a new physical music format called ‘slotMusic’ that will see media...Categories: New Media -
Will MySpace Music outshine Apple’s Genius? News
15.09.2008 Apple’s new music recommendation service, Genius, which is built into the latest version of iTunes may have been one of the ‘wow’ factors at last week’s iPod event but this...Categories: Digital Life -
New platform could save the music industry News
17.07.2008 Video saves the radio stars! A new music video web service out of Dublin could provide the music industry with the monetisation strategy it dearly needs.Categories: New Media -
Havok boss wants software firms to think business News
07.07.2008 There is no shortage of software companies in the world with a brilliant idea but that’s not enough to survive long term, warns the chief executive of Irish games tech firm...Categories: Business