Peter Gabriel Launches We7 – Ad-Supported Music Downloads

Peter Gabriel has partnered with technology entrepreneur Steve Purdham and financial authority John Taysom to launch We7, a new store that will offer free music downloads “grafted” with advertisements. The new platform gives advertisers a new ad delivery mechanism that embeds the commercials onto the downloads based on a consumer’s demographics such as location, age, gender and could even be extended to musical...

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Yahoo! Triumphs In Sony BMG Launchcast Infringement Suit

Yahoo!’s Launchcast is not liable to Sony BMG Music Entertainment for copyright infringement according to a New York jury. After a six-year litigation, the jury decided that Launchcast was not required to negotiate licenses as an “interactive” service with Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Instead, the service’s compulsory licenses as a “non-interactive” service, which it obtained from SoundExchange,...

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