http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/20/eu.deal.for.euro.wide.music.licensing/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/itunes9.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The European Commission today reached a roundtable agreement with several music stores and labels to ensure more widely distributed music for the continent. Apple, Amazon, BEUC, EMI, Nokia, PRS for Music, SACEM, STIM, and Universal now say they will work with the Commission to desegregate music licensing in European Union countries and have labels produce licenses that work across multiple if not... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/20/eu.deal.for.euro.wide.music.licensing/ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/qtrax.outs.music.downloads/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/qtrax.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Qtrax recently announced that its free and legal music download service will soon launch, naming October 28th as the launch date in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. A launch in the US, Canada and the UK will happen before year's end, Qtrax informs, while the rest of the world will get the service within the first half of 2010. The re... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/qtrax.outs.music.downloads/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/itunes.now.25p.of.us.music/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/itunesmoviesaustralia.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Exactly one quarter of all music sold in the US now comes from iTunes, the NPD Group said today. Its portion of the market for the first half of 2009 is up from 21 percent in 2008 and represents 69 percent of the digital-only market. By comparison, Walmart now has just 14 percent of all music while Best Buy claims third place with an unspecified amount. In digital, Amazon MP3 is a distant secon... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/18/itunes.now.25p.of.us.music/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/11/cmx.album.music.format/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/paulmccartney.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Major music labels are developing their own whole-album music file format after being rebuffed by Apple, a source for a UK newspaper says. Created by EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner, a file format known as CMX would contain both the songs as well as liner notes, attached videos and mobile content. Much like a DVD, it would have its own "launch page" that appears after launching a given file.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/11/cmx.album.music.format/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/27/apple.expands.record.deals/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0902/depechemode.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is planning to expand the content buyers receive when shopping for iTunes music, writes the Financial Times. The company is currently said to be in negotiations with the four major record labels -- EMI, Sony, Warner and Universal -- regarding a project called "Cocktail," aimed at boosting music sales by supplying interactive material with albums. At the core of the concept is a new booklet... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/27/apple.expands.record.deals/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/20/blu.ray.iphone.features/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/iphone-blu-ray.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Universal Studios today revealed the first movie to support direct control by an iPhone or iPod touch. The Blu-ray Special Edition version of Fast & Furious will be accompanied by an app that lets either of Apple's devices remotely control special features on a Blu-ray player over the local network using Wi-Fi. In a virtual garage feature, viewers can use the touchscreen to pan around cars and t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/20/blu.ray.iphone.features/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/24/riaa.forced.settle/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/gavel.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />RIAA member Universal Music Group this past weekend was forced to settle a music file sharing lawsuit it had filed against New Hampshire resident Mavis Roy. The label dropped its case after evidence provided by anti-piracy snooping firm MediaSentry was successfully challenged by the defense's expert witness Dr. Sergey Bratus. Among other key problems with the data, the defense pointed out that R... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/24/riaa.forced.settle/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/18/nokia.cwm.mp3.by.2010/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/nokia5800xpressmusic-cwm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A rumor early on Thursday suggests that Nokia could remove copy protection from all its music services within the next year. Claimed sources for ME say the smartphone maker will switch its pay-per-download store from locking songs with Windows Media protection to unguarded MP3s by late this year. Tellingly, Comes With Music would also reportedly make the switch and would do so sometime in 2010, ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/18/nokia.cwm.mp3.by.2010/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/15/virgin.universal.team.up/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/virgincablemodem.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In an industry-first, Britain's cable TV, wireless and Internet provider Virgin Media will soon unveil an unlimited MP3 music download subscription service together with Universal Music, says a Monday report. Sources indicate the monthly fees for the service would range from the equivalent of about $16 to $25 and would allow subscribers to stream music like Internet radio or download tracks and al... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/15/virgin.universal.team.up/ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/09/universal.tapulous.deal/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0905/taptap.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Universal Music has contracted Tapulous to develop iPhone apps based on the label's most popular groups or artists, according to mocoNews. The game developer, known for such titles as Tap Tap Revenge, has already produced a number of apps featuring bands such as Dave Matthews, Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails, Weezer, Rise Against and Lady Gaga. Tapulous CEO Bart Decrem claims the Universal negotiations... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/09/universal.tapulous.deal/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:30:00 GMT