Microsoft has spent the last few years getting smacked around by Apple in the digital-music market, and it must be getting tired of this treatment. So it’s doing something drastic: It’s throwing its own MSN Music store under the bus and launching a new music program that spotlights another company’s service. Link
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Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser has tacitly alleged that iPod owners are music thieves, a claim that echoes the words of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Both companies compete directly with Apple’s iTunes Music Store. Link
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A Russian company labelled by the music industry as as an “unlawful” operation was nonetheless second only to iTunes as the favoured destination of UK digital music buyers during April 2006, figures from UK-based market watcher XTN Data reveal. Link
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BitTorrent, the creator of the file-sharing software that for some has become synonymous with piracy, has struck a landmark distribution deal with a Hollywood studio. Warner Bros. Entertainment Group has agreed to use BitTorrent’s peer-to-peer system to distribute films and television shows, including “Dukes of Hazzard” and “Babylon 5,” beginning this summer, the companies are expected to announce Tuesday. Link
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Warner Music Group has been named in a number of class action lawsuits regarding the pricing of digital music downloads. That’s the news coming out of the company’s quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. Link
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ABC’s Web site crashed twice yesterday as Internet users flocked to watch streaming versions of its most popular shows, including “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives.” Link
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ABC’s promised streamable TV episodes have launched today, but you have to be a US citizen. Link
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In a bid to bolster the image of its music subscription service and lure new subscribers, Napster is returning to the days of yore by offering free music. But as you might expect, there’s a catch. Rather than offering free downloadable music, Napster is taking a page from RealNetwork’s playbook and offering free streaming music to users in an attempt to entice them. Link
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