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- British Music Rights Comments in Preparation of the DTI Trade and Investment White Paper
- The music industry is a British economic success story contributing approximately £5 billion per annum to the UK economy. Another factor, though more difficult to quantify, are the cultural benefits that the British music industry provides: - it widely promotes the UK in an international context and encourages both further...
- White papers 2004-04-16
- A New Future for Communications: White Paper
- This paper summarizes and gives details about the British Music Rights. British Music Rights is the consensus voice of British composers, songwriters, music publishers and their collecting societies. The members of British Music Rights are the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, the Music Publishers Association, the Mechanical Copyright Protection...
- White papers 2001-02-09
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- The Pet Shop Boys, a British pop-music duo, were recently approached by PETA, the animal-rights organization
- The Pet Shop Boys, a British pop-music duo, were recently approached by PETA, the animal-rights organization. Pet shops, whined the activists, represent the commercialization of animal suffering. Pop-music fans should rather be encouraged to adopt unwanted critters from shelters. The Pet Shop Boys should therefore change their name...
- Research articles 2009-05-04
- Virgin and Universal to offer unlimited music downloads
- Virgin Media and Universal Music are teaming up to offer a music service that could be the first to let users download an unlimited number of songs without digital rights management DRM restrictions. The service will only be available to Virgin Media broadband subscribers. ...
- Articles 2009-06-14
- Payment deal signals reinstatement of music videos to YouTube
- The two organisations previously had a deal, but it ran out at the end of 2008. In March, YouTube blocked access to thousands of music videos after it opted against agreeing to a deal with the Performing Rights Society for Music, which collects royalties on behalf of nearly 60,000 British...
- News items 2009-09-03
- Nettwerk Music Group Signs Artist Promotion Agreement with Mercora; Canadian Record Label Partners with Social Radio Network to Promote Artists and Drive Music Store Sales
- VANCOUVER, British Columbia & SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Nettwerk Music Group, Canada's leading privately-owned record label and artist management company, and Mercora, Inc. today announced an artist promotion agreement that provides worldwide rights to the sound recordings for Nettwerk artists on www.mercora.com. Nettwerk manages established artists such as Sarah McLachlan,...
- Research articles 2006-09-05
- Pounds 51m profit on sale of Boosey & Hawkes is music to HgCapital
- The classical music publisher Boosey & Hawkes is the latest addition to the ABP pension fund's programme of direct investment in assets, rather than face the volatility of the public markets. Under the 126m deal announced yesterday, the British company, which controls the rights to world-famous composers including...
- Research articles 2008-04-12
- Need to know: Bingo tax burden ... Altria profits rise ... Boots health website ...
- View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Interest rates: Bank of England policymakers voted unanimously this month to keep interest rates at 0.5 per cent and to keep the size of its asset purchase programme unchanged at £175 billion, the minutes from the meeting of the Bank's Monetary...
- News items 2009-10-21
- UK threatens Web access block in piracy fight
- By Kate Holton WATFORD, England (Reuters) - Britain is to push ahead with a law to clamp down on illegal file sharing, that would start with a series of warning letters and could result in repeat offenders losing their Internet connection. The proposals, which were set out by Business Secretary...
- News items 2009-10-28
- US judge rules against Fleetwood Mac founder
- NEW YORK AFP — A US judge ruled in favor of the British Broadcasting Corporation Thursday in a long-running dispute with Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood over distribution rights, local media reported. The ruling ended a four-year legal saga over the distribution rights for rare music recordings and videotapes...
- Research articles 2008-02-14
- Apple expected to offer iPhone on new U.S. carriers within a year
- By Neil HughesPublished: 09:00 AM EST Related AppleInsider articles:China Unicom, Apple iPhone deal is...Apple expected to push for greater living room...Reports say iPhone could be coming to British...AT&T pushing to keep iPhone exclusive through...France, Scandinavia to get more iPhone...Apple's worldwide single-carrier exclusivity model for each nation is seen as fleeting,...
- News items 2009-08-31
- UK Proposes Cutting Web Access for File Sharers
- LONDON - Repeat offenders who persist in illegally downloading music from file-sharing sites such as Limewire could be blocked from accessing the Web under British government proposals issued on Tuesday. The government said it was publishing new ideas to speed up the process of tackling unlawful peer-to-peer file sharing to...
- News items 2009-08-25
- Britain moves to curb filesharing
- Britain's government is looking to temporarily cut off internet access for people who download music and films illegally. Treasury Minister Stephen Timms on Tuesday announced a plan that would require internet service provides to block access to certain filesharing sites, throttle internet connections and suspend users' accounts if they were...
- News items 2009-08-25
- Maximum Awards Acquires Plays on the Net
- New CEO and CFO Appointed; Company to Be Renamed Logica Holdings, Inc. TORONTO & LONDON -- Maximum Awards, Inc. (OTCBB: MXRW) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Plays On the Net, PLC POTN, the operator of playsonthenet.com, a provider of downloadable digital content that...
- Research articles 2007-05-21
- EMI Group Buys Up Stake in Motown Hits.(Originated from Daily News, New York)
- Jul. 2--EMI Music Publishing snapped up a 50 percent chunk of Berry Gordy's catalogue of chart-topping Motown hits yesterday, paying $132 million for the rights to classics from "My Girl" to "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." The move was some...
- Research articles 1997-07-02
- Looking back to the future of fun
- As 2008 draws to a close and with 2009 just around the corner, it has been an eventful year for the games industry. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 surpassed expectations, Wii Fit showed us that you can play video games and still keep the spare tyre in check, Gears...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Shire gains as investors seek panacea
- Drugmakers found favour on Monday as the FTSE 100 followed world markets with its sharpest fall in six weeks. Shire led the index, rising 2.2 per cent to £10.19 as investors sought safety in defensive sectors. Takeover hopes also played a part, with Shire up 15 per cent in a...
- News items 2009-08-17
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