Smithsonian Folkways Inks Deal with Ryko
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New York-based Ryko Distribution will handle Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum.
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These new offerings are the cure for the common kids song.
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After almost 50 years of teaching  folk traditions in Chicago, the Old Town School of Folk Music  is making a bigger move into the world of music retailing.
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Talk about changing your tune: Shawn Fanning, whose Napster software made it possible for music lovers to get songs over the Internet without paying for them, is going legit.
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Apple Inc. has settled its long-running trademark dispute with The Beatles' company Apple Corps Ltd., in a deal which could pave the way for the band's songs to be played on Apple's iTunes music store.
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The latest version of Hymn strips DRM protection from songs purchased from the iTunes 7 store, enabling playback on non-iPod gadgets.  In Listening Post.
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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter, ESQ.) - A rock archive Web site is fighting back against a copyright lawsuit brought by some of music's most notable classic rock acts, dragging two major record labels into the battle.
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(InfoWorld) - SpiralFrog has reached an agreement with EMI Music Publishing, one of the largest music publishers in the world, to use its songs and lyrics for a music download service scheduled to roll out in a beta version by November. SpiralFrog, whichÂ announced its first dealÂ with Universal Music Group last week, plans to offer free song downloads, with the service funded through advertising. "This is just the start of signing major labels and music publishers to offer their catalogs to the users of SpiralFrog," said Neville Hobson, SpiralFrog spokesman. SpiralFrog isÂ one of several technology companiesÂ and music publishers forging alliances in an effort to suppress illegal music downloading, blamed by record labels for falling sales. SpiralFrog said their service will be a high-quality alternative to file-sharing sites that are "characterized by poor-quality music, missing song details and spyware." Music on SpiralFrog will be in Microsoft's Windows Media Audio (WMA) format and encoded with rules on how the track can be used, known as Digital Rights Management (DRM). The record labels will retain the power to set restrictions on how a song can be used, Hobson said. It's planned that songs will be playable on a user's computer and transferable to two portable devices. But the songs can't be burned to a CD, and they can't be shared with other people, he said. The songs will remain playable only as long as a person regularly logs into their SpiralFrog account. The choice of format means the content won't be playable on Apple Computer's iPod media player, which dominates the industry. Songs downloaded from Apple's iTunes Music Store will play on PCs or Macintoshes, but can only be transferred to the company's iPod media players. Users can buy individual songs or entire albums. But Apple's competitors are experimenting with other business models such as subscription services, which allow access to thousands of songs at a time as long as the subscription fee is paid, and ad-funded free services, to lure users away. SpiralFrog's deal with EMI will also allow users to search and display the lyrics from EMI's catalog, the companies said. EMI holds more than one million copyrights, it said, and publishes artists including James Blunt, Eminem, Jay-Z and the Arctic Monkeys.
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For three weeks, it will sell songs for 49 cents and albums for $4.99--a move that could spark a price war.
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RKO Productions is the  latest company to sign an interim comprehensive agreement with  the Writers Guild of America, the guild announced Friday.
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Ticketmaster and Apple said Wednesday that they had formed a partnership where digital albums of artists would be sold alongside concert tickets on Ticketmaster.com.
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Three major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to be shared and sold over a new online file-swapping service.
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Rare Bob Dylan recordings and memorabilia from his early career go on show at a Seattle museum.
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SpiralFrog, a new online music  service, said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with EMI  Music Publishing to authorize SpiralFrog's use of EMI's music  catalog for legal downloading in the United States via  SpiralFrog's advertising-supported service.
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Rare news footage and interviews with the Beatles goes on sale through download store Wippit.
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Apple Computer Inc. has updated the software for some of its iPod digital media players so that songs bought from RealNetworks Inc.
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Apple Inc. has settled its long-running trademark dispute with The Beatles' company, Apple Corps Ltd, in a deal that could finally pave the way for the Fab Four's songs to be sold on the iTunes music store.