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News.blog: Mother sues Prince over YouTube vid

News Under the terms of the agreement, YouTube agreed to remove material from any Universal artist who declines to participate. According to sources knowledgeable with the agreement, only one artist represented by Universal has elected to opt out of the...

Tags: universal, label, deal, copies

31 October 2007, 9:33

News.blog: Technology infiltrates toyland

News The first two series, known as Cosmos and goSeries, feature nine characters designed by artist Yahid 'Serial Killer' Rodriguez. A new artist series was launched at Toy Fair featuring characters from contemporary artists like Tado and Shawnimal...

17 February 2006, 11:51

'Half' of teens' MP3s are illegal tracks

News Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now has almost 900 illegal tracks each on their MP3 players. Young people are getting almost half of their music collection through...

Tags: cent, sharing, industry, research

17 June 2008, 8:51

Photos: Visualisations of Web viruses

News Security company MessageLabs commissioned Romanian artist Alex Dragulescu to create visual representations of Internet viruses, trojans and worms. MessageLabs provides Dragulescu with the original code of the malware, and using the particulars of...

Tags: email, malware, worms, detection

12 March 2008, 9:08

Google whistles new tune

News Google Music will allow a user to type in the name of a band, artist, album or song in the main Google search bar, and results will appear at the top, accompanied by icons of music notes, said Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and...

15 December 2005, 11:01

Photos: A view from the E3 floor

News Near the entrance to the main show floor at E3, street artist Kurt Wenner creates a chalk drawing promoting forthcoming Xbox 360 game Gears of War, due out later this year. Visitors to E3 check out an elaborate booth touting Vivendi Universal's...

12 May 2006, 12:09

Homegrown Star Wars, with big-screen magic intact

News Three years ago, graphic artist Shane Felux came home with a digital camera newly purchased on eBay and gave his wife Dawn a deadline: three months to write a 40-minute Star Wars script, and then lights, camera, action.

25 April 2005, 13:53

Spam plants thrive in the art world

News For several years, the Romanian-born computer artist has applied techniques in computational modelling and information visualisation to invent a new form of artistic expression. Most people see Viagra ads and Nigerian email scams as more data to...

27 July 2006, 10:22

Report: Eminem sues Apple

News Eminem's music publishers have not given Apple permission to offer the artist's music for download, according to the report in Tuesday's paper, although Eminem's music is available through Apple's iTunes Store.

1 August 2007, 8:21

Warner and MTV to clip music videos for phones

News The selection will range from the record label's stable of emerging stars to established artists, such as hip-hop artist Sean Paul and rock group Green Day. Warner Music Group and MTV Networks will work together to create short music videos from...

27 September 2005, 9:41

Photos: New Alienware gaming laptops at E3

News A design by a DC Comics artist will appear on the chasis of the 250 desktops, while there will be a Superman logo on the back of the 350 limited-edition laptops. At E3, Alienware lifts the curtain on the Aurora mALX 19-inch laptop.

10 May 2006, 9:25

News.blog: Sony BMG links with Nokia music service

News After buying one of the devices, users will get unlimited free access to the music of Alicia Keys, the Foo Fighters or any Sony BMG artist for a full year. The concept behind Nokia's new music service 'Comes with Music' is starting to catch on with...

Tags: labels, nokia, concept, music service

23 April 2008, 9:22

MSN Music pulls the plug on downloads

News After 14 November, the 'Buy' buttons that you're used to seeing on MSN Music album and artist pages will change to links that connect you to Zune and to Real Rhapsody," MSN Entertainment general manager Rob Bennett said in an e-mail to MSN Music...

3 November 2006, 9:59

News.blog: Apple to sell iTunes songs through Bebo

News According to the Financial Times article, any band or artist with a Bebo profile -- there are approximately 500,000 of them -- that's already part of the iTunes catalogue will be able to embed an iTunes widget into its page and sell its music...

13 June 2007, 9:08

iTunes update raises privacy concerns

News To provide those recommendations, the software sends information about the selected song, such as artist, title and genre, back to Apple. A new version of Apple's popular iTunes software, released on Tuesday, is drawing barbs from privacy advocates...

13 January 2006, 10:05