Merlin Signs Deal With Snocap To Sell Independent Music On MySpace

Merlin, a new global licensing agency specializing in Indepndent music, has reached an agreement with digital music company Snocap to sell music on MySpace. The downloads will be sold as unprotected MP3 files enabling them to be played on all digital music players. The agreement will enable repertoire from potentially thousands of independent labels across the world to be put into Snocap’s retail MyStore initiative, which...

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IFPI Targets ISPs Who Allow Piracy On Their Networks

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) stated it would move to sue Internet service providers (ISPs) if they continued to allow identified digital music pirates to use their networks. ISPs have been harder to pursue legally than the individual downloaders the IFPI has so far targeted because they can claim they have no knowledge of any piracy occurring on their networks. However, Denmark’s supreme court...

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