Neowin News Feed for: Labels

Twitch cleaning up operations with content classification labels

Paul Hill — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:14:01 +0000

Twitch has introduced new content classification labels that streamers have to apply to their stream. They cover a whole range of items including violence, profanity, tobacco use, gambling, and more. Read more...

Twitter is making it easier to identify personal accounts of heads of state

Usama Jawad — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:30:01 +0000

Twitter has announced that it will be adding more labels to state official from G7 countries as well as others which have participated in "information operations" such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Read more...

Labels Releasing Music On 1GB MicroSD

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:00:30 +0000

Forget buying an album on a USB stick, SanDisk just convinced the big labels to release (DRM free, thankfully) music on a 1 GB 15mm x 11mm x 1mm microSD card. And then they convinced... Read more...

Coloured Labels Now Available on Gmail

Steven Parker — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:59:59 +0000

Back in the Paleolithic Era, the world was a very different kind of place. People were hunter-gatherers, lived in caves, and kept all their email in folders*. You can't really blame them. Between tracking woolly... Read more...

More Music Labels May Support MP3 Downloads

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:40:01 +0000

A yearlong download promotion planned between Pepsi and Amazon, Billboard has learned, is among several developments forcing further consideration by Warner Music Group (WMG) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment to follow EMI and Universal Music... Read more...

Time labels iPhone as Invention of the Year

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:24:34 +0000

Stop. I mean, don't stop reading this, but stop thinking what you're about to think. Or, O.K., I'll think it for you: The thing is hard to type on. It's too slow. It's too... Read more...

Independent Record Labels Sign MySpace Deal

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:39:40 +0000

Merlin has struck a deal with digital music company Snocap. What does that mean for the consumer? Thousands of independent labels across the world will be able to sell digital downloads of their music from... Read more...

Major US Music Labels Charged with Price-fixing

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:09:54 +0000

According to a report by Red Herring, several major US music labels have been slammed with a class action lawsuit filled by San Diego lawyer William Lerach. The labels accused with price-fixing include Sony... Read more...

Labels, Microsoft in talks on CD copying

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:26:02 +0000

Record labels and Microsoft are in discussions about ways that the next generation of the Windows operating system, code-named Longhorn, can support copy-protected CD technology. The music labels, in large part led by top executives... Read more...

Apple signs three major European indie labels to iTunes

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:46:05 +0000

Users of Apples iTunes Music Store overseas now have a larger selection of music to choose from. Today Apple announced that they have signed up three independent music labels for its other Music Stores... Read more...

Apple, Indie Labels 'Close' to iTunes Pact-Source

Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:12:14 +0000

Apple is meeting with the top independent labels this week to figure out a deal to offer songs for its other iTunes Music Stores. When Apple released its iTunes Music Store overseas it didn't... Read more...

Music Labels Aim to Pocket a Comeback with New CD

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:41:56 +0000

A new music format is popping up in Europe. This format is known as pocket CD. Record companies are hoping that it will help bring some new life and money to the record... Read more...

Labels to dampen CD burning?

Wed, 02 Jun 2004 14:30:10 +0000

The recording industry is testing technology that would prevent consumers from making copies of CD "burns," a piracy defense that could put some significant new restrictions on legally purchased music. Tools under... Read more...

Labels seek end to 99c music per song download

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 17:46:15 +0000

Remember how online music stores were going to route around the music industry? The pigopolists have barely got their feet under the table and already demanding more. The Wall Street Journal reports that the major... Read more...

LA officials call for end to master/slave labels

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:09:40 +0000

The computing world's venerable master/slave naming convention has come under fire by Los Angeles county officials who charge that this type of product description is offensive. A discrimination complaint has been filed with the county's... Read more...

Music labels monitor P2P nets to list most popular songs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:02:38 +0000

Major record labels have been snooping onto the world's peer-to-peer song-sharing networks in a bid to measure which artists are proving popular among file-sharers. Media tracking company BigChampagne has been monitoring P2P services since 2000,... Read more...

New labels for Windows 2003 64 bit

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 23 Sep 2003 11:07:05 +0000

The 64-bit versions of the Windows Editions will be labeled by one of two tags to distinguish Microsoft 64-bit Windows versions from one another. The two tags are: For 64-Bit Itanium-Based... Read more...

Sprint eyes labels for ring tones

Fri, 27 Jun 2003 20:23:58 +0000

Two of the world's largest record labels plan to license their music to Sprint PCS in an effort to mine new markets to offset a slump in music sales, Sony Music and other sources familiar... Read more...

Labels aim big guns at small file swappers

Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:47:45 +0000

In its most serious crackdown yet on file swapping, the Recording Industry Association of America said it will gather evidence against individuals who trade songs online and slap thousands of them with copyright-infringement lawsuits. ... Read more...

Apple woos independent music labels

Wed, 04 Jun 2003 09:00:29 +0000

Just a month after opening its doors, the Apple iTunes store is looking to expand. With content already available from all five major labels, the online music service is reaching out to independent... Read more...

Music Labels Shun Online Distribution

Tue, 27 May 2003 12:29:43 +0000

Nwe York (Billboard) - Suddenly, the major labels have a new mantra about digital distribution: Let someone else do it. That's the lesson industry insiders are drawing from the surprise decision by Sony Music Entertainment... Read more...

Labels reportedly back antipiracy software

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sun, 04 May 2003 16:07:31 +0000

Some of the world's largest record labels are quietly financing the creation of programs by small software firms that, if deployed, would sabotage the computers and Internet connections of people who download pirated music, according... Read more...

Kazaa strikes back at labels

Thu, 06 Feb 2003 00:40:29 +0000

Thanks to Nathan for emailing us. The Australian company behind the world's most popular online music swapping site has accused the music and movie industries of conspiring against it to crush competition. ... Read more...

Kazaa fires back at Hollywood Labels

Tue, 28 Jan 2003 07:57:23 +0000

Sharman Networks, owner of the popular Kazaa file-swapping software, has launched a legal counterstrike against the major record labels and Hollywood studios, asserting they have "obscenely" abused their copyright powers In a... Read more...

Record Labels Request Online Sabotage Rights

Sat, 28 Sep 2002 13:09:16 +0000

Thanks Dawson for sending this in. Record labels have requested legal support for a variety of techniques intended to thwart file-trading networks that they say infringe on copyrights. During arguments over a congressional bill supporting... Read more...

Record labels sue ISPs over piracy

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 12:19:20 +0000

The world's largest record companies sued a number of major Internet service and network providers on Friday, alleging their routing systems allow users to access a China-based Web site and unlawfully copy musical recordings. ... Read more...

Music labels go after song-swappers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 15:04:41 +0000

Thanks Chad Major music companies are preparing to mount a broad new attack on unauthorized online song-swapping. The campaign would include suits against individuals who are offering the largest troves of songs... Read more...