US District Judge Dismisses Record Label Price Fixing Charges

US District Judge Loretta A. Preska for the Southern District of New York has dismissed charges brought by a consumer group that alleged major labels conspired on digital music pricing levels. The recently unsealed decision revealed that Preska strongly dismissed the allegations that Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, EMI Music, and Warner Music Group used joint ventures and third-party agreements to fix prices on...

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Native Instruments Releases True Strike Tension

Native Instruments has released True Strike Tension, a new percussion Kore Soundpack, which was specifically designed to add mystery and tension to cinematic film scores and similar musical styles. True Strike Tension is built on unique studio-quality sample material that has been carefully selected from ProjectSAM’s “True Strike 2” library. It draws upon various charismatic percussion instruments from Africa, Japan...

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