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With sales of CDs on a three-year slide, the music industry sees mobile phones as powerful outlets for promoting artists and a new way of distributing music The Miami Herald – [Blatant plug alert – This is what we do at YourRelease Contact us – ED]

RealNetworks, Inc. today announced RealOne
OpenPass, a marketplace that enables owners of digital media to sell their content to consumers via subscription. By expanding the reach and reducing the costs of online subscription businesses and by connecting content owners with the massive user base of the RealOne Player, RealOne OpenPass makes it possible for media companies of all sizes to increase revenue through paid Internet services.
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New international website launched today, www.pro-music.org, highlights legitimate online music services and explodes myths about internet piracy. bpi.co.uk

The software giant is betting that a new version of its digital rights management technology will make subscription services a more attractive alternative to the one-off purchases offered by Apple’s new music store …
zdnet.co.uk

Adult filmmakers are making love to online file sharing, not rejecting it, according to a published report. “The porn guys are smart; they’ve figured out how to use the technology,” said Wayne Rosso, president of Grokster, a developer of software designed for use in file sharing. marketwatch.com

Ringtones have become big business, especially with youthful cellphone users who like to customise their devices with a tune that marks their individuality or pays tribute to their favourite musical artiste. The senior vice-president for new media at music label EMI Group Jay Samit reportedly estimated that earnings from ringtones would account for 10% of the recording industry’s earnings in coming years. star-techcentral.com

NOTORIOUS rapper Eminem has his detractors in Australia, but he’s helping the local music industry stay afloat during a global slump in CD sales.
New figures from the Australian Record Industry Association show an increase of almost 6 per cent in CD sales for the first quarter of 2003, compared with the equivalent period last year.
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A research company from the UK has found some positive signs for online music sales and that online music does not have to hurt the record companies . curlio.com

The BBC’s Eurovision commentator, Terry Wogan, has blamed the conflict in Iraq for the UK’s woeful score in the Eurovision Song Contest….[Yeah, that and the fact that our entry was a bunch of arse Terry!..Ed] dotmusic.com

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