A New York jury Friday ordered online music company MP3.com Inc. to pay about $300,000 in damages to an independent record label for copyright infringement, as both sides claimed victory in the case and MP3.com said it would appeal. In a lawsuit filed about a year ago, privately owned TVT Records claimed that San Diego-based MP3’s Instant Listening service violated TVT copyrights by making TVT songs available to Web surfers for listening online. A federal judge said that on previous precedent copyright violations had occurred, and a jury was asked to determine damages in a case that went to trial… Read more »
Music giants Sony and Vivendi Universal are to form a company called Duet, which will offer a rival service to Napster. According to BBC news, the two labels, who have on their rosta artists including Elton John, Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez, will allow users to get access to music for a subscription fee in a secure environment. Speaking to French newspaper La Tribune, Vivendi’s Jean-Marie Messier said: “In Duet, we have something to start with and no one can imagine launching online music without the world’s number one and number two companies…we hope to licence 50% of the world’s… Read more »
Gainesville, FL punk rock veterans Hot Water Music and their supporting cast, La Dispute and The Menzingers, gave audiences a reason to stay on their feet when they visited Toronto last week on their winter tour.
Hot Water Music has announced their first headline tour in eight years. The tour is set to run in January and February of 2013. Support for the tour will come from La Dispute and The Menzingers.
We are officially at the halfway point of our 100 Rising Artists You Need To Listen To In 2024! In case you’ve missed any of our previous installments of the first 40 out of 100 artists you need to be listening to in the New Year, you can check them out here. While we’ll always have our tried and true artists and bands that we revisit time and time again—the emo trinity, anyone?—it’s always so exhilarating and rewarding to discover new music and fall in love with a sound that is entirely new to your ears. Besides, we could all… Read more »
Radio Uprising showcases the greatest bands and artists that tomorrow has to offer, including: Bronnie, The Dead Love, Phantom Bay, and Dear Boy.
In a world where hardcore is distorted, misused, and overdone, it’s refreshing to find an album that’s honest.
idobi photographer Audrey Lew spent the day with gates before their album release show at Mercury Lounge.
Movements has channeled pop punk distress into their emo-tastic latest EP, ‘Outgrown Things’.
Tigers Jaw have announced a new live acoustic album titled ‘Live at Studio 4,’ to be released June 30th through Memory Music. Memory Music is the producer and engineer Will Yip’s new imprint, in partnership with Run for Cover Records.
