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From CMU: Billy Bragg enters Spotify debate - The labels are to blame

7 November 2013

“Stop dissing Spotify and sue your record company”. I’m paraphrasing ever so slightly, but that’s sort of the message that Billy Bragg sent...

From CMU: HMV relaunches loyalty scheme

5 November 2013

Hey people, PureHMV is back. Remember, it was the entertainment retailer’s loyalty card programme? The one Simon Fox wouldn’t shut up about when...

From CMU: easyDNS to test whether suspending domains of file-sharing sites breaches ICANN rules

4 November 2013

Canadian domain registrar easyDNS is testing whether other domain companies that complied with a request from the City Of London Police’s IP Crime...

On the hash symbol...

2 November 2013

It's interesting, is it not, that the 'hash-tag' - or #hashtag perhaps - is so named? Given that the term, to describe the practice...

From CMU: Copyright extension specifics announced

1 November 2013

And so the copyright in sound recordings in the UK now runs for 70 years, people. Rather than the 50 years that was...

From CMU: Gaye estate goes legal over ‘Blurred Lines’ copycat claims, accuses EMI of misconduct

31 October 2013

Oh now, this is getting interesting. The family of Marvin Gaye have finally gone properly legal in their dispute over Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred...

From CMU: Rudimental score biggest post-Mercury nom sales uplift

30 October 2013

So it’s the Mercury Prize tonight, the annual music industry bash that I’m still boycotting from that time they made me eat fish. Though...

Why can't the PR business agree on a name?

29 October 2013

We are just past half way through the latest Taylor Bennett Foundation traineeship programme, and I'm working my way through introducing the various strands...

On Phonology…

26 October 2013

So, Phonetics is the study of speech sounds. Yes, there are people out there who have dedicated their entire lives to gallantly studying...

From CMU: Sony sues United Airlines over in-flight music system

24 October 2013

Quite how a major airline could be providing its customers with access to music via its in-flight entertainment system without the appropriate licences,...

From February 2010: That time they tried to shut down Six

24 October 2013

Below is a post I originally made to my very old blog back in February 2010, which I promised the marvelous Nick Wallis I would...

From CMU: Perry panned for peddling Pepsi

23 October 2013

While pop stars with a young fanbase might think twice before allying with an alcohol brand, taking the dollar of a fizzy drink...

Ten tips on writing the perfect press release

22 October 2013

So I got round to my speedy 'how to write a press release' session with the Taylor Bennett Foundation trainees today, which has prompted...

From CMU: HMV’s new download app removed from Apple store

22 October 2013

HMV’s latest attempt at entering the digital music market hit a snag yesterday just five days after launch as Apple suspended distribution of...

Reboot!

21 October 2013

OK, this is me rebooting the Stuff By Me blog. Yes, again (this blog has been rebooted more than a Marvel superhero storyline)....