Monthly Archives: January 2010

New Royalty Free CDs

Royalty Free Music Library is proud to announce the addition of two new corporate music CDs: Business Volume 1 from Radical Music Library, and Business Volume 2 from Radical Music Library. Each of these CDs contains 10 fantastic songs with … Continue reading

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Production Music and Heart Rate

There is a new digital music player on the market called Activa.  The Active can be worn on your wrist like a watch and store up to 4GB of music.  The interesting thing about the Activa is that it is … Continue reading

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Music Ownership Myth

Peter Drescher recently wrote an article titled The Myth of Music Ownership.  It’s a long article, but very well thought out and very well written.  Check it out.

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Pandora vs. FM Radio

Traditional FM radio is not what it used to be.  Very few people will disagree.  Over the past several years, more and more radio stations have been swallowed up by corporate giants like Clear Channel and conformed to a “format … Continue reading

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Hypocrite of the year award

2010 may be young, but we already have a candidate for the hypocrite of the year award.  With over 11 months left to go, this one may be hard to beat. Napster, the former file-shareing abomination that helped to ignite … Continue reading

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The quest for the new music model rages on

By now everyone knows the music industry is in total disarray.  There have been several failed attempts at ad-supported sites.  The latest in line to test their business model is Free All Music. Under this model, the user would be … Continue reading

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True copyright irony

Ever heard of Hadopi?  Probably not, but they are playing an important part in the fight against internet piracy.  The reason you have not heard of them is that they are the French agency given the task of enforcing strict … Continue reading

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New Royalty Free Images site

Commercial Research Image Archives has announces the launch of a new website where they will be licensing both historical and contemporary images at flat rates on a royalty free basis.  The company and site are founded by well-known author and … Continue reading

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Krist Novoselic weighs in

Last week, we posted a blog about Bono stepping up to the podium with his views on the distribution on intellectual property and file sharing.  It appears that Bono has been heartily attacked for his views on social networking sites … Continue reading

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Apple to Offer Television Subscriptions

According to anonymous sources, Apple is planning to offer television subscriptions over the internet.  As the rumors stand, the service would give customers access to certain TV shows from participating networks for a monthly fee.  One would assume that the … Continue reading

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