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London Calling
I know that I have been writing a lot lately about EMI. I know that it seems as though I’m beating up on them. But to paraphrase the great Willie “The Actor” Sutton’s response when asked why he robbed banks, “Because that’s where the money is”. Last week brought lots of news from the ongoing... »
EMI Tapped Out
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Terra Firma had to put up another $44.8 million to bail out EMI. Of course everyone at EMI didn’t know about it because they’ve been forced to cancel their subscriptons to the WSJ in cost cutting moves. So this brings Terra Firma’s investment in EMI to... »
Commentary: Are Record Labels Having A Sunni Awakening?
The Brits released the results of a new study yesterday claiming that 7 million people in the UK are illegally file sharing, costing the economy billions of pounds. Consequently the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property (SABIP) says it may be hard to change attitudes. Duh. You think? This is news? Give me a... »
Why Is Junior Smiling? Because He Won The Gene Pool Lottery
A few short weeks ago, Goldman Sachs analyst Ingrid Chung gave Warner Music some big love. She upgraded her rating of Warner stock, giving it a 14.6% bump in one day, sending shares from an April 13 opening of $3.08 to a close at $3.53. Chung saved some extra big hugs for Junior, saying... »
Lawyers In Love–Lessig To Warner: Shove It Pal!
Everyone loves author, professor, freedom fighter and all around copyright egghead Lawrence Lessig. Everybody except Warner Music. Lessig posted one of his presentations on YouTube that evidently contains some Warner Music content. This is certainly within the bounds of the fair use doctrine. Larry surely thinks so. But it appears that some bonehead lawyer... »
Those Pesky Little Swedes
Everybody’s heard about the Pirate Bay ruling by now. There’s nothing I can add to everything that has been written so far other than to say that realistically it won’t have much impact. But my favorite take is Peter Kafka’s post in All Things Digital. »
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