The Pirate Bay 2.0
Dateline London: On June 30, news broke that The Pirate Bay had been purchased by a little known publicly traded company named Global Gaming Factory X based in ... Read more.
BPI Head Spins
Last week Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, made a rather brave admission in an editorial on the BBC web site. He fessed up to the fact that the record ... Read more.
BPI Head Spins
Last week Geoff Taylor, chief executive of the BPI, made a rather brave admission in an editorial on the BBC web site. He fessed up to the fact that the record ... Read more.
Spain, Meet Grokster
If you read my column from last week, you may have gotten the idea that Spain has, until recently, been a piracy hotbed. For many years the main problem was wit... Read more.
Can Spain Finally Fight Piracy?
Since here in the UK we will no doubt have an oversupply of analysis of the Make Britain Digital Report over the coming days and weeks, TMV thought it would be ... Read more.
iPhone 3G S vs. Palm Pre
Due to the hype surrounding the launch of Palm’s Pre Model over the weekend and then three days later the launch of Apple’s iPhone 3G S model TMV thought it... Read more.
Qtrax Update: More Lawsuits & Judgements, No Portability, Launch…
Since writing our first exposé on the dodgy dealings of Qtrax founder Alan Klepshitz in April, there have been some new and interesting eventualities that we t... Read more.
Is The 800-Pound Gorilla Gaining Weight?
It is certainly no secret that Apple has grown into the dominant music retailer. Nobody is even close to them in the digital realm. Amazon is a distant second. ... Read more.
New PRS Streaming Rates: What Do They Mean for Artists and Streaming Businesses Alike?
Last week’s announcement by PRS that they were cutting the streaming rate by almost 75% down from £0.022p to £0.0085p per stream raises more questions than ... Read more.
Variable Pricing – What It Should Really Mean
Yesterday, I was quoted in the Los Angeles Times story on the impending iTunes pricing changes, it read like this: Some music industry veterans are criticizing ... Read more.