Neowin News Feed for: Song

Quitting in style, Microsoft PM sings song about Excel

Brad Sams — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:29:39 +0000

Why simply turn in a two weeks' notice when you can sing a song about your experience at Microsoft? That is what Karen Cheng has done and the video is now up on YouTube. Read more...

Little Big Planet 2 release date announced

Curtis Green — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:50:32 +0000

The sequel to the user generated masterpiece, Little Big Planet has received an official release date via the US Playstation Blog. Little Big Planet 2 will release on November 16 and will have multiple pre-order... Read more...

Review: RadioTracker from RapidSolution

Andrew Lyle — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:41:20 +0000

RadioTracker helps music lovers find, listen and download their favorite artists and songs from around the web. Users can enjoy listening to selected music 70,000 artists, 20,000 Internet radio stations and 80 music genres... Read more...

'Rock Band,' 'Guitar Hero' drive digital song sales

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:27:32 +0000

In the two months since MTV Networks and Harmonix released the music-based video game Rock Band, players have purchased and downloaded more than 2.5 million additional songs made available after the game's initial distribution. Activision,... Read more...

Sony-BMG Wins: Defendant must pay $9,250 per song

Fred Derf — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:59:00 +0000

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) won the first of many digital music file sharing cases Thursday against a single mother, with a U.S. jury finding her guilty of copyright infringement and fining her... Read more...

Sprint To Sponsor Song via p2p

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:05:12 +0000

Sprint has signed on as the first company to underwrite a song to be distributed on file-sharing networks, agreeing to embed its logo on copies of tracks from Atlantic Records hip-hop artist Plies, sources told... Read more...

Song sites face legal crackdown

Steven Parker — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:39:27 +0000

Thanks DCrad for this submission. The music industry is to extend its copyright war by taking legal action against websites offering unlicensed song scores and lyrics. The Music Publishers' Association (MPA), which represents US sheet... Read more...

Record Industry Sues 754 for Internet Song Swaps

Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:45:26 +0000

A recording industry trade group said Thursday that it has filed another wave of lawsuits against 754 people it suspects of distributing songs over the Internet without permission. The Recording Industry Association of America has... Read more...

iTunes, Band Aid battle over Xmas song price

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:14:41 +0000

Apple has refused to offer the re-recorded Band Aid single Do They Know It's Christmas? because the charity won't let it sell the track at its standard price. While the song is available from other... Read more...

The Song Remains the Same

Fri, 20 Aug 2004 16:45:30 +0000

In an August memo typed from his hospital bed, Steve Jobs -- Apple's chief executive, patriarch and media impresario--let his employees know he would be out for a month to recover from surgery to remove... Read more...

RealNetworks slashes song prices

Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:51:51 +0000

RealNetworks will kick off a high-profile digital music marketing campaign Tuesday, highlighting the new iPod-compatible technology that has swung the company into conflict with Apple Computer. For a limited time, RealNetworks will... Read more...

Sue You: This Song Is Our Song

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:23:20 +0000

One of the webs most popular humor videos has gotten into some copyright trouble. The website Jibjab put together a video making fun of the John Kerry & George Bush. A parody of... Read more...

Beatles in talks for online song sales

Tue, 08 Jun 2004 20:46:27 +0000

One of the best known rock bands in the world is in negotiations to get its music online. The band I'm speaking of is The Beatles. The Beatles in the past haven't fully... Read more...

Apple Wants to Open Song Vaults

Wed, 12 May 2004 16:37:14 +0000

Building the iTunes Music Store library is a collaborative effort that even Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs participates in. The programming director of the store is a former radio deejay who's constantly looking for places... Read more...

New tool designed to block song swaps

Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:02:45 +0000

Network security company Palisade Systems this week will launch software designed to identify and block copyrighted songs as they are being traded online. Created by software firm Audible Magic, the song-filtering software... 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...

iTunes song swap helper vanishes from Net

Mon, 08 Mar 2004 23:44:14 +0000

When a program called "MyTunes" appeared online last year, allowing networked users of Apple Computer's iTunes digital jukebox software to download songs from each other, it had the feel of a breakthrough that wouldn't last... Read more...

Eminem's Publisher Sues Apple Over Song

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:19:03 +0000

Rapper Eminem's music publisher is suing Apple Computer Inc., claiming the company used one of the hip-hop superstar's songs in a television advertisement without permission. Eight Mile Style filed the copyright infringement suit late last... Read more...

Real to launch song store

Tue, 06 Jan 2004 05:53:03 +0000

RealNetworks is expected to throw its hat into the digital song store ring later this week, releasing a download service based on technology similar to that used in Apple Computer's iTunes store, according to sources... Read more...

eBay mutes iTunes song auction

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 09:44:13 +0000

eBay on Thursday canceled an auction that sought to resell a music download that was purchased through Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store, saying the attempted sale violated its listing policies. The move for now brings... Read more...

GRid to help track online song sales

Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:02:25 +0000

The Global Release Indentifier, or GRid, is a code akin to the Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code found on a CD or cassette tape in stores. GRid's aim is to track each time... Read more...

Will a cap on broadband users slow song swapping?

Tue, 26 Nov 2002 14:49:08 +0000

High-speed Internet service providers are considering adopting new pricing plans that if widely adopted could take a bite out of file swapping. For the past few years, many broadband ISPs have been... Read more...