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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MTV Set To Announce Rock Band Deal With The Beatles?

MTV Networks has scheduled a big press conference today that will reportedly announce a licensing arrangement with the Beatles to incorporate the Fab Four’s catalog into the company’s popular Rock Band video game. In their invitation MTV revealed that they had reached an “exclusive agreement” with Apple Corps (executor of all things Beatles) to develop an “unprecedented global music project.” No...

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