EMI and YouTube shake hands and hips
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'Authorised' videos are Ok Go EMI has signed an agreement with Google's video-sharing website YouTube to allow its users to view "authorised" videos and recordings from the music firm's roster of artists.â¦
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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
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A Japanese entertainment group is not happy with YouTube's progress in weeding out copyrighted content, and is asking the social video site to implement stricter policies on video uploads.
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A group of 23 Japanese entertainment industry associations and broadcasters has yet to receive a response from YouTubeÂ toÂ complaints raised earlier this monthÂ regarding copyright infringement on the popular online video site.
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YouTube, one of the world's most popular Web sites, might be headed for a crash. At least one industry watcher is predicting crippling copyright-violation litigation coming from the entertainment industry.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - EMI Group PLC, the world's  third-largest music company, on Friday said it and other music  companies faced a New York probe into how music companies  influence what songs are played on the radio.
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False dawn, or new era for bandwidth benefactor? Warner Music Group (WMG) has broken ranks with its fellow music majors and is climbing into bed with YouTube. The record label will use the video hosting phenomenon to distribute music videos and extras such as interviews with bands, and documentaries. Also, YouTube users can tap WMGâs music catalogue for backing on videos they make and upload onto the service.â¦
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YouTube may soon be facing yet another suit over the use of copyrighted music in one of its videos, this time from the company that owns the rights to the music produced by the Village People.
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What's it like when your baby becomes the latest YouTube sensation?
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EMI Group PLC, the world&#39;s third-largest music company, on Friday said it and other music companies faced a New York probe into how music companies influence what songs are played on the radio.
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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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The British music industry is to sue 28 internet users it says are illegally swapping music online. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) says it is targeting &quot;major uploaders&quot; - those who make music available to share free with others.
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Media & professional: File-sharing has holed the record industry below the waterline. So why does private equity guru Guy Hands want to buy EMI?
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(InfoWorld) - A broad group of companies and associations covering most of the Japanese entertainment industry is calling on YouTube to be more proactive in policing its Web site for copyrighted material. In a letter sent Monday to YouTube Chief Executive Officer Chad Hurley and Chief Technology Officer Steve Chen, the group requests YouTube start a system that proactively identifies and removes copyrighted material rather than making rights holders find it and send in complaints. "Taking into account the current status of your service, we believe that your company should not just wait for rights owners to take the 'Notice and Take down' procedures but should bear the responsibility to prevent, in advance, copyright infringements such as illegal uploads and distributions, or to avoid those infringements," said the letter, a copy of which was distributed to media Tuesday by the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC). Monday's letter is signed by JASRAC and 22 other organizations including the Motion Picture Producers' Association of Japan, the Japan Video Software Association, the Association of Japanese Animations, all of the major commercial TV broadcasters, the Japan Satellite Broadcasting Association, the Recording Industry Association of Japan, and Yahoo Japan Corp. It comes a month and a half afterÂ YouTube deleted 29,549 filesÂ based on a complaint filed by JASRAC. The association said the files in question infringed on the rights of 23 Japanese content companies. Neither that complaint or YouTube's action didn't stop users uploading content to the site, and plenty of clips from Japanese TV shows can again be found on YouTube. "We are seriously concerned about the current situation where the Notice and Takedown scheme, aimed [at preventing] copyright infringements, is not functioning well due to the large amount of illegal uploads," the letter said. "While we expect you to promptly take adequate and necessary measures to prevent copyright infringement on the YouTube Web site, until you do so, we request you to take provisional measures ... in order to prevent illegal uploads of audio-visual works, which copyrights are neither owned by the persons posting the works on the Web site themselves nor licensed by the right owners." The preventative measures requested by the group include the posting of a message in Japanese on the YouTube home page warning that posting copyrighted material can be illegal; that users may be liable to civil or criminal prosecution; and a register of names and addresses of users posting content and the termination on-request of user accounts that are used or have been used since June 2006 illegally to upload copyrighted material. The group also requests a reply to the letter by Dec. 15. YouTube could not be immediately reached for comment. Â
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YouTube said it is ready to discuss copyright issues with some of Japan's largest producers of video content afterÂ they complainedÂ earlier this month about the amount of their material on the popular video Web site.
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Shares of EMI Group Plc, the world&#39;s third-largest record company, had their biggest jump in 1 1/2 years after the company said music sales rose in the past two months with releases
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(InfoWorld) - Ever wanted to hang out with The Beastie Boys or Korn? Members of teen-friendly virtual world There.com will soon be able to virtually get up close and personal with those musicians and others through a deal the world's creator Makena Technologies has struck with Capitol Music Group. The companies announced the first phase of what they expect to be a significant, long-term partnership between Makena and the EMI Group business unit on Thursday. They didn't reveal any financial details about the deal. As record companies search for new ways to make money while protecting their intellectual property, they're becoming more interested in the possibilities of virtual worlds, according to Ben Richardson, vice president of business development at There.com. Over the next few months, specially created avatars of Capitol Music Group artists including The Beastie Boys, Korn, Lily Allen, MIMS, and Yellowcard will come into There.com to meet and be quizzed by their fans. All of the musicians have new albums coming out and have also been chosen to appeal to the virtual world's inhabitants. There.com has aroundÂ 1 million members, 70 percent of whom are aged between 13 and 26 years old, according to Richardson. About 46 percent of the user base is female, he added. Rap artist MIMS will be the first to make a There.com appearance on July 10. Members of the virtual world will receive an invitation to the meet-and-greets, which will take place at a particular time. Makena is buildingÂ 10 virtual nightclubs in There.com, each able to hold a maximum of 50 fans, Richardson said. The bands' avatars will teleport between the nightclubs over the course of an hour to an hour and half so that fans can ask them questions and view their videos. Makena is also creating interactive kiosks throughout There.com where fans can buy both real world CDs and DVDs by the musicians as well as virtual band merchandise, including T-shirts and posters. Any object created for There.com has to be approved by a product submission review board, according to Richardson. The board checks that the object is appropriate for a PG-13 audience, that it doesn't infringe on any copyright, and that it works correctly. In the case of a virtual T-shirt, the clothing would contain no objectionable words or imagesÂ or pirated logos, and itÂ would fit avatars properly. Initially, the meetings between fans and bands will be conducted through text messaging, Richardson said. In future, There.com might use the world's voice chat feature and the bands may perform live music as well, he added. Being a PG-13 world, There.com has already some measures in place that it can call upon to avoid any band and fan interchanges getting out of hand. For instance, there are controls on extreme language so that if you try to type an obscenity into the world's text chat, it shows up as asterisks. There.com also doesn't allow nudity or porn and is able to eject any member who's causing trouble. Makena has the ability to block the hardware ID on a troublesome member's computer so that, once ejected from the virtual world, they can't re-enter under a different identity. Through an earlier partnership with MTV Networks, which resulted in the creation of the Virtual Hills and Virtual Laguna Beach worlds, Makena has already been involved in hosting meet-and-greets with some actors and musicians. Members of the band Korn were able to take time out from rehearsing and log onto four laptops to meet fans virtually recently in one of the MTV worlds, Richardson said. Looking ahead, as well as bringing in more musicians, There.com may well host actors and other celebrities for virtual meet-and-greets, even U.S presidential hopefuls eager to garner the youth vote, he added.