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Tuesday, February 6, 2001
TOP STORY:
* EMusic and HP Perform a Duet
NET NOISE:
* SoundExchange.com
DOT DOT DOT:
* Fisher Song on 'Ally McBeal' ... Sonicblue Buys ReplayTV ... DIY
Convention
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TOP STORY
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EMusic and HP Perform a Duet
Struggling music site EMusic.com announced Monday that it would team
up with computer giant Hewlett-Packard for a second time, to offer
free MP3 downloads to buyers of the new HP Pavilion home PC.
The promotion, which started at the beginning of the year and runs
through the end of 2001, lets consumers who buy the HP computer
download up to 25 free MP3s from the Redwood City, Calif.-based
company's library of more than 150,000 tracks. EMusic typically
charges customers between $9.99 and $14.99 per month for unlimited
access to its library.
Last year, HP agreed to pay EMusic at least $3 million for free
two-month subscriptions for people who bought new rewriteable CD-ROM
drives. The deals with HP are an attempt by the music site to reduce
its dependence on the consumer market for paid MP3 downloads. EMusic
has been crippled by competition from the wildly popular music
file-sharing service Napster which - for the moment at least - remains
free.
To read the rest of this story on our site, please visit
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NET NOISE
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SoundExchange.com
If you want to stay on the straight and narrow path of music copyright
law - and Lord knows we've all been well-apprised of the dangers of
veering off that road - cutting a deal with SoundExchange is a start.
Hundreds of labels have signed on for the service, and the U.S.
Copyright Office has "named SoundExchange as the sole administrative
entity for subscription services' royalties." The gist is that you can
hand over the reins and let SoundExchange drive - on a range of
headache-inducing issues, from licensing to royalty administration.
Just one catch: The site is affiliated with the Recording Industry
Association of America, and not everyone thinks that this is
necessarily a good way to do business. The Coalition for the Future of
Music (www.futureofmusic.com), the group that held a musician-centric
conference last month, has "grave concerns about the RIAA's capacity
to act impartially, considering the fact that the organization does
not speak for the entire music industry and is largely funded by and
solely represents the interests of the five major record labels." The
Coalition is circulating a petition supporting the "concept of a
third-party collective that would be entrusted with the task of
collecting Digital Performance Royalties for Sound Recordings and
other monies for parties other than the five major recording labels."
Over at SoundExchange, we're told that the system is working just
fine, thanks. The group says, "We have assembled a unique and talented
staff ranging from seasoned music industry veterans, to Internet
strategists, technologists, and royalty professionals. Together, our
team has developed one of the most modern and groundbreaking music
organizations ever."
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Fisher Song on 'Ally McBeal' ... SonicBlue Buys ReplayTV ... DIY
Convention
There's no reason to doubt that Fisher song "I Will Love You" was
featured on last night's episode of "Ally McBeal," but we can't say it
happened with absolute certainty, since somebody in my family
neglected to program the VCR. (We're not bitter, even if it was Robert
Downey Jr.'s last appearance. Sob.) Anyway, it's quite a coup for the
band, which appears to actually be making the big leap from Internet
popularity (2 million downloads last year) to real-world success ...
SonicBlue, maker of Rio digital audio devices, announced last week
that it is buying ReplayTV. The LA Times lyrically mused that the move
puts the MP3 giant in a position to "similarly stoke the fires of the
digital video revolution."... Forget the star-making machinery,
budding "entertainment entrepreneurs" are invited to pop on over to
Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel next week for the DIY Convention, where a
full day of panels will only set you back $65. For this pittance, you
get to rub elbows with attorneys, major label execs, dot-com CEOs and
the like, with the focus on "creation, marketing, promotion and
protection of independent film, music and books."
STAFF
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Written by Julene Snyder (julene@well.com).
Editor: Steven Zeitchik (szeitchik@thestandard.com).
Deputy Editor: Michele Keller (mkeller@thestandard.com).
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