Digital deals screwing the indie labels?
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Stick together, advises IODA chief Must the digital music revolution screw the little guy? Kevin Arnold, founder of major digital distributor IODA, thinks not. Arnold issued a warning for labels not to do direct deals with internet companies that can't or won't pay them - or only pay them peanuts.â¦
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Was the Novell/Microsoft deal a worthwhile well-meaning effort between renegade open-source geeks at Microsoft and geeks at Novell that got derailed by salespeople and management, after which it was turned into a nightmare deal with the devil?  I raise this question because I know someone with ties to people at both Microsoft and Novell.  He has a credible story to tell about what really happened, and how much it differs from what we now know about the Novell/Microsoft deal.  Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get him to write up the history - yet.  While I continue to pester him, here's the short version, third hand.
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NEW YORK - If you've tried to buy digital music online lately, you may have noticed your options have blossomed, seemingly overnight.
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Apple has responded to a midnight Wednesday deadline in relation to antitrust concerns over the pricing of songs on its iTunes online music store across different European countries. The European Commission has expressed concerns about Apple setting unfair iTunes pricing prohibiting users in one country from downloading music from a website intended to serve another. A European commission spokesperson said: &quot;They answered yesterday and we are studying [the response] carefully at this point.&quot;
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By Preston Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 8--The world of digital music downloads is, put mildly, one of  blindingly rapid change.
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By Jefferson Graham  LOS ANGELES -- Record labels have consistently rebuffed calls by digital music executives to sell songs online without copy-protection restrictions.
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The price of music downloads has been a contentious issue among fans in the UK, who are quick to point out the pricing scheme often means that downloading a full album costs more than buying the CD.
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Can we offer you a cute logo and losses? A brave Napster is willing to keep pounding away at the unprofitable online music market. Er, unless someone wants to buy the company.â¦
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The holiday mood at independent  music retailers is one of cautious optimism, despite Nielsen  SoundScan numbers showing that overall sales at U.S. indie  merchants were down 7.1% from last year as of Nov. 28.
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Should prices for blank media and recording products include a royalty fee to copyright holders for presumed losses to piracy?
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Revisiting the best online music store for indie fans.
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DENVER (Billboard) - There is a reason people still buy CDs  more than they do digital albums. Actually there are several,  but viruses that come along with music via peer-to-peer sites  (P2P) and a concern over digital rights management (DRM) aren't  the only culprits.
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The British music industry wants to help independent labels utilise the potential for download sales.
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A reported tiff between the label and Apple could signal a new negotiating stance.
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Deal masks an interest in controversial digital content distribution patents?
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Record labels are looking to digital sales as a first step on the road to the larger music marketplace after years of infighting over how to sell music online.
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TechWeb - Steve Jobs and Apple's influence in the online music market is forcing some labels to rethink their strategy even though profit margins on CDs are higher than on music downloads.