Music Industry Is Trying Out Digital-Only Releases
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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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The legal action is the latest bid by the music industry to wrest back control over content.
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Several artists are experimenting with offering new releases on USB devices packed with extras like videos and ringtones.
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The U.S. music industry is becoming  more open-minded about working with online music stores from  the tiniest start-up to Amazon.com, hoping to boost digital  music sales and erode the dominance of Apple Inc&#39;s iTunes.
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InfoWorld - At the Consumer Electronics Show this year, it's clear that consumers are making choices that are driving industry changes, and nowhere is that more evident than in the digital music business.
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It's bad for business Column The DRM walls are crumbling. Earlier this week, Steve Jobs called on the major record labels to allow online music sales unfettered by digital rights management restrictions.â¦
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including its own Sony BMG venture - over the MP3 song format. Sony is considering manufacturing devices that play digital
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DRM-free at last? Amazon looks set to plough into the digital music market next year. The retailer started romancing music labels last week.â¦
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By Jefferson Graham  LOS ANGELES -- The music industry is looking ahead to life without copy protection.
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As more and more retailers try to cash in on the online music scene, things are becoming increasingly befuddling for consumers -- especially for consumers who stray from the Apple iPod fold.
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The U.S. music industry is becoming more open-minded about working with online music stores from the tiniest start-up to Amazon.com, hoping to boost digital music sales and erode the dominance of Apple Inc's iTunes.
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Edging cautiously into the water where Amazon, Apple's iTunes, eMusic and other services are already frolicking, Sony BMG Music has announced plans to offer a tiny set of DRM-free tracks online... if you go to one of their brick-and-mortar stores first.
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The UK singles chart is set to count all downloads as the music industry is expected to lift restrictions on digital songs.
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Replacing physical CDs with digital music downloads doesn't necessarily help the environment.
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Sony is the last of the four big record labels that have abandoned digital rights management software that limits how many times copies can be made of digital music.
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LOS ANGELES - Record labels have consistently rebuffed calls by digital music executives to sell songs online without copy-protection restrictions. But now that the CEO of the predominant online music retailer has joined the chorus, will labels pay attention?
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CANNES, France  - Away from the headlines of job losses, grumbling artists and falling global sales, the music industry is trying new business models to boost digital sales and offset the decline in CDs.