Regulators in Europe Will Review Sony-BMG
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The European Commission will review the merger to determine whether the deal raised the price of recorded music.
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European antitrust regulators worry that Microsoft could dominate the burgeoning market for digital rights management software
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European regulators have approved a movies-on-demand joint venture between Sony&#39;s Columbia Pictures and Walt Disney Co. that could help UK cable
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The European Commission announced Wednesday it will extend an antitrust investigation of a move by Microsoft and Time Warner to take control of technology that could help the music and movie industries fight piracy.
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Sony has embarked on a potential collision course with music groups, including its own Sony BMG joint venture, over MP3 digital song files.
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Impala, a group representing 2,000 smaller record labels, said Wednesday it would ask the European Union&#39;s high court to overturn a decision by EU regulators approving the merger between the music units of Japan&#39;s Sony Corp.
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"Oldies" music remains popular among many generations, which could present a window of opportunity for record companies in Europe to take advantage of royalties terms expiring after 50 years. Today, the EC may be looking to shut that window.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - In a bold move to pave the way for  more widespread licensing of music publishing rights, EMI Music  Publishing and Sony BMG Music Entertainment have entered an  umbrella agreement that sets working guidelines for clearing  rights to new digital music delivery opportunities on phones,  PCs, digital cable systems and emerging physical  configurations.
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FTC commissioners have approved a prospective settlement with Sony in the wake of the music company's problematic copy-protection attempts, which included rootkits and phone-home software. Now it's the public's turn to comment on the arrangement.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- EU regulators gave Universal Music Group clearance Tuesday to buy BMG Music Publishing for about $2.09 billion in a deal that will create the world's largest music publishing company.
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Executives from Nokia and Philips published an open letter today calling for the European Commission to consider scaling back, if not eliminating, imposing levies on digital recording media and playback devices, including DVRs and MP3 players. But the alternative may be a hard sell: increased DRM.
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The European Commission has expanded  an informal probe into whether the licensing strategies of two  rival groups of DVD developers are anti-competitive by seeking  information from film studios, the EU executive said.
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Sony's first digital audio players to support MP3 files have been released in Europe in a significant change in strategy.
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EU regulators on Friday opened an antitrust probe of Universal Music Group's plans to buy BMG Music Publishing for about $2.1 billion, saying the deal could damage "the already concentrated music publishing market."
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Warner Music's  decision to approach EMI Group  may strike a sour note for music rivals Sony  and BMG  as they try to win approval from the European Commission for their own merger.
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European and U.S. regulators said Tuesday they have been investigating a possible cartel involving makers of liquid crystal display monitors.
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Apple and four of the biggest record companies this week must submit written responses to antitrust charges that they restricted online sales of music in Europe.