May 10th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge

Want a flippant answer to the question of how to solve copyright problems? Stop having panel debates about copyright problems. Very little ever got solved through people with microphones arguing about...

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April 24th, 2013 by Music Ally

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We present our survival guide to crowdfunding, with key tips from those who've been through the process several times and have either the trophies or the scars to prove it.

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April 19th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Heard of Dave Days? The 21 year-old musician may not have a label deal, but he does have more than 1.7m subscribers to his two YouTube channels.

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April 19th, 2013 by Music Ally

Nokia reported sales of $7.6bn and an operating loss of $196m, a decent improvement year-on-year in the latter case, as the company sold 5.6m of its Lumia Windows Phone smartphones during the quarter.

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April 19th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge

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In 2010, Viacom lost its $1bn copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube when a US judge ruled the pre-Google version of the site had been protected by the DMCA's safe harbour provisions. However,...

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April 11th, 2013 by Music Ally

Google+

Google is beta testing new integration between a number of its properties meaning that creators’ Google+ accounts could be linked to their YouTube channels.

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April 10th, 2013 by Music Ally

Googleplay

The Google Play music service has expanded into seven new countries – Austria, Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Portugal – announcing the move in a Google+ posting.

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April 5th, 2013 by Music Ally

Google Piracy

The row over whether Google should be doing more to demote piracy sites in its search results continues, including no let up in the amount of takedown requests being filed by the BPI.

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April 4th, 2013 by Music Ally

Market analyst eMarketer has revised its predictions for US mobile advertising revenues. The company estimates that US mobile ad spending grew 178% in 2012 to $4.1bn.

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