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The Weekend: Ivy Blue Carter, EMI, Redigi, CES, Sony, Live Nation, HMV, Google+… on Jan7 2012

The Weekend: Ivy Blue Carter, EMI, Redigi, CES, Sony, Live Nation, HMV, Google+... These are the stories we're keeping an eye on over the weekend. Check back for ongoing developments and updates. Jay-Z and Beyonce have just had a baby girl, with the name apparently 'Ivy Blue Carter'. The birth happened Saturday night. Resell This! EMI is [...]

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The Weekend: EMI, Redigi, CES, Sony, Live Nation, HMV, Google+… on Jan7 2012

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The Weekend: EMI, Redigi, CES, Sony, Live Nation, HMV, Google+... These are the stories we're keeping an eye on over the weekend. Check back for ongoing developments and updates. Resell This! EMI is now suing MP3 reselling startup ReDigi, a filing that comes just months after an RIAA-issued cease-and desist. The 2012 International Consumer Electronics [...]

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The Weekend: Share, Blue Ivy Carter, EMI, Redigi, CES, Sony, Live Nation, HMV, Google+… on Jan7 2012

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The Weekend: Share, Blue Ivy Carter, EMI, Redigi, CES, Sony, Live Nation, HMV, Google+... These are the stories we're keeping an eye on over the weekend. Check back for ongoing developments and updates. BitTorrent has released a public alpha of Share, a Dropbox-like idea that relies on P2P architecture instead of gigantic cloud server farms. [...]

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Good Morning! Share, Blue Ivy Carter, EMI, Redigi, Muve, CES, Sony, Live Nation, HMV… on Jan7 2012

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Good Morning! Share, Blue Ivy Carter, EMI, Redigi, Muve, CES, Sony, Live Nation, HMV... These are the stories we've been tracking over the weekend. BitTorrent has released a public alpha of Share, a Dropbox-like idea that relies on P2P architecture instead of gigantic cloud server farms. Sharing happens among private groups, and the concept will be [...]

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The Latest: Share, Blue Ivy Carter, EMI, Redigi, Muve, CES, Sony, Live Nation, HMV… on Jan7 2012

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The Latest: Share, Blue Ivy Carter, EMI, Redigi, Muve, CES, Sony, Live Nation, HMV... BitTorrent has released a public alpha of Share, a Dropbox-like idea that relies on P2P architecture instead of gigantic cloud server farms. Sharing happens among private groups, and the concept will be integrated into mainline BitTorrent and uTorrent clients after alpha- and [...]

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Also: Share, Blue Ivy Carter, EMI, Redigi, Muve, CES, Sony, Live Nation, HMV… on Jan7 2012

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Also: Share, Blue Ivy Carter, EMI, Redigi, Muve, CES, Sony, Live Nation, HMV... BitTorrent has released a public alpha of Share, a Dropbox-like idea that relies on P2P architecture instead of gigantic cloud server farms. Sharing happens among private groups, and the concept will be integrated into mainline BitTorrent and uTorrent clients after alpha- and beta-stage [...]

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Spotify’s Next Launch: Usage Restrictions… on Jan7 2012

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Spotify's Next Launch: Usage Restrictions... Will this drive even more subscriptions, or drive users away and kill the buzz? After a six-month honeymoon in the US, Spotify's freebie users will soon start experiencing something unfamiliar: usage restrictions. And it was all spelled out in the terms of service that launch morning in mid-July: [...]

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The RIAA Says, ‘Accept No SOPA Substitutes!’ on Jan6 2012

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The RIAA Says, 'Accept No SOPA Substitutes!' What's wrong with SOPA, anyway? Nothing, according to the RIAA, which has firmly rejected a proposed alternative to the bill designed to address due process issues. Among other shifts, the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act would shift oversight of infringing site policing (and shutdowns) from the US Department [...]

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Mogees Turns Any Surface Into a Music-Making Interface… on Jan6 2012

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Mogees Turns Any Surface Into a Music-Making Interface... This isn't quite Minority Report, but it's getting there. It's Mogees, a gesture-detecting, portable microphone processor that turns any surface into a music-making interface. Mogees stands for "mosaicing gestural surfaces," and it detects specific gesture vibrations and then maps them to pre-defined sounds. This works across [...]

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Good Morning! Moontoast, Top Tours, Apple, Spanish SOPA, OneSheet, Van Halen… on Jan6 2012

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Good Morning! Moontoast, Top Tours, Apple, Spanish SOPA, OneSheet, Van Halen... Moontoast has now finalized its $6 million funding round, with the Martin Group leading the investor group. Moontoast, which specializes in social network-based ecommerce, confirmed the completed round on Thursday. Fewer tickets, higher prices: that's the formula that boosted concert receipts among the [...]