Digital Download Sales Doubled In 2006
Global online music sales nearly doubled in 2006 to about $2 billion, or 10 percent of all sales, but failed to compensate for an overall decline in sales of CDs, the global music industry trade body reported. However, the report revealed that growth in online sales has slowed compared with 2005, when sales nearly tripled to $1.1 billion from $380 million in 2004. Single-track downloads totaled nearly 795 million in 2006, up 89...
XM Must Battle RIAA In Court Over Inno Portable
A federal court has denied XM’s motion to dismiss the recording industry’s copyright infringement lawsuit against XM, according to court documents. The case, originally filed May 2006 in New York federal court, alleged that XM’s portable Inno device infringes on copyrights and transforms a passive radio experience into the equivalent of a digital download service like iTunes since it can store music.
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