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NEW ZEALAND PUT THREE-STRIKE ON HOLD As previously reported, New Zealand were the first country to make the three-strike system law, though the French government are busy pushing similar proposals through its parliament. The law means that if web users continue to knowingly access illegal sources of content online after receiving two, maybe three, warning letters, then their internet service provider will be forced to cut them off. The proposals have been much discussed in France for over a year now, but seemed to arrive on the New Zealand statute book with relatively little comment - until they were passed that is. Critics of the new law argue that in their rush to get the three-strike system into the recent amendment of the country's Copyright Act, New Zealand ministers failed to give consideration as to how the three-strike system would work, seemingly hoping content owners and net firms could work that out for themselves. That particularly angered those against the three-strike system, who said that falsely accused web users were in danger of losing their internet access without any proper route of appeal. If the only way those accused of file sharing could stop disconnection was to take their own legal action against a record company's file-sharing order, then that amounted to 'guilty until proven innocent', which is sort of the wrong way round. As for how many falsely accused web users there might be under the proposed system, Google issued a statement reporting that a high number of the copyright claims issued against its various services - ie orders from labels and studios for content to be removed on copyright grounds - turned out to be false claims for one reason or another. The implication being that when a record company or film studio claim someone is illegally file-sharing, we shouldn't take their word for it. Content owners and internet service providers in the country have been discussing how they can make the new law work, but New Zealand's biggest tel co TelstraClear last week said it was still concerned about the workability of the whole venture and, as a result, was in no rush to get the system up and running. With all that in mind, not to mention the online campaign against the new laws that has won support around the world, New Zealand's Commerce Minister Simon Power yesterday said he was putting the new law on hold so that his government could consider the various issues raised by those who oppose the new rules. It seems likely some kind of government agency to police the three-strike system, similar to that outlined as part of the French three-strike proposals, will be needed. Although in theory it's a temporary postponement of the new system, it is a set back from those in the label and studio community who see more hardline measures against P2P file sharing as important for the future of their industries. And also for those in the music and film industries around the world who saw New Zealand's introduction of the three-strike rule as a good pilot for the system to be used in their lobbying efforts for similar measures elsewhere in the world, including the UK and US. -------------------------------------------------- ORANGE'S INPUT ON THE RIGHTS AGENCY PROPOSALS: FUCK OFF As previously reported, some sort of independent body to monitor the protection of intellectual property rights online, maybe or maybe not aligned to media regulator OfCom, but most likely paid for by interested industries, was proposed in the recent 'Digital Britain' report produced by the government's Comms Minister Lord Carter. As also previously reported, the government's IP Office has begun a consultation on what form such a body might take. In reality the body would sit between content owners, such as record companies, film studios and TV producers, and content distributors, in particular the internet service providers. It might have a primarily coordinating role, assisting in the creation of voluntary codes between the various industries, ie encouraging more talks like those that are already underway between the major labels and the ISPs. Or it might have proper powers and an actual anti-piracy policing role - so that if the three-strike system was introduced over here (not that the government is currently seriously considering it) this agency would manage any disconnection penalties. For the record companies, who had hoped that 'Digital Britain' might propose more specific obligations on the part of ISPs in policing piracy than just helping them obtain the real identities of suspected file-sharers so they can take legal action against them, should they wish to, the proposed Rights Agency is potentially a way of getting more severe measures against piracy into the debate - ie give the agency power, and the music and film industries' anti-piracy efforts might have more bite. Presumably aware of this, Orange, in its general response to the 'Digital Britain' report, is very against the idea of the rights agency, reckoning that it will exist primarily for the content owner's benefit, but partly at their expense. They write: "We do not think it is appropriate for our industry to fund a rights agency that would only be to the benefit of the rights-holders. This would ultimately become an 'anti-piracy tax' on all consumers, whether or not they infringe. Orange does not understand why one industry should be asked to fund the protection of another industry's commercial interests". Even though it's not mentioned in Carter's report, nor is it within the remit of the proposed Rights Agency, Orange also specifically referenced the three-strike proposal, remarking: "This proposed solution, which is still strongly advocated by the music industry despite public statements to the contrary, cuts across basic principles of common law, user rights and ISPs' legitimate commercial interests and would fail a straightforward cost-benefit analysis". They conclude: "The real key to combating unlawful file-sharing and copyright infringement online is (a) education and (b) the development and popularisation of legitimate and compelling content distribution business models". I'm not sure what that means for the chances of a Rights Agency being launched any time soon. It certainly suggests that ISPs like Orange are not that keen on compromising with the record companies - either through the two industries' current talks, or any future rights agency talks - on being any more proactive in the fight against online piracy over and above the warning letters they have already agreed to send out to suspected file sharers. To be honest, and assuming they are still committed to ISP-action to stop piracy, it seems increasingly likely that the record industry may have to demand that the government, who have made past commitments to legislate on this matter, and in tougher ways than proposed in 'Digital Britain', come good on those commitments. Though I think we all know - and the ISPs are certainly relying on this - that the government isn't going to want to introduce draconian new laws that could lead to people losing their internet connection in the run up to the next General Election. -------------------------------------------------- ONS DROP MP3 PLAYERS FOR ITS TYPICAL SHOPPING BASKET CD singles, of course, came off the list last year, sort of marking an end of an era for the record industry. It would make sense to put MP3 downloads into the basket rather than MP3 players, but I'm not sure whether the ONS's basket can hold binary based products. The zeros and ones might slip through the holes. High Street DVD rentals and wine boxes have also been removed, while online DVD rentals, Blueray discs and Freeview TV receivers have been added. I'm not sure what any of that means. -------------------------------------------------- JACKO TOPS ALL OF TIXDAQ'S TICKET RESALE CHARTS Tixdaq monitor how many tickets are being sold for any one artist on the secondary ticketing market, what the average price being paid for those tickets is, and what the average resale profits on each sale are. They publish weekly charts tracking the artists who have the most resales, the highest resale prices and the highest resale profits, and last week Jacko topped all three in the same week - the first artist to ever do so. Commenting on that fact, Tixdaq Exec VP Steve Machin told CMU: "Clearly tickets for the record breaking Michael Jackson residency were priced to sell as the most expensive tickets cost only £75.00. Even now demand is unprecedented, and that is reflected in the resale charts as we are seeing a lot of the best tickets now being resold at their market value. The average resale price for Michael Jackson tickets last week was over £200". Elsewhere in Jacko news, the latest gossip is that Jackson is hoping to adopt a child while over here doing his O2 residency. According to tabloid reports, he's consulting a British adoption agency about them finding another child to join his family while he's over here. I think it's fair to say any attempts by Jacko to adopt a British kid aren't going to be without some controversy. -------------------------------------------------- NEW HENDRIX FOOTAGE TO BE RELEASED Elsewhere in unreleased Hendrix news, a tape of 14 previously unheard acoustic tracks is expected to raise between £50k and £100k when it goes up for auction next month. The tape, which the guitarist gave to his neighbour Carl Niekirk as a thank you after he lent him milk and sugar, features rehearsals of songs which would later appear on 1968 album 'Electric Ladyland'. According to The Independent, Niekirk gave the tape to his sister, who sold it for a nominal fee to Mark Sutherland and Paul Jackson, who run east London's Cafe Music Studios. The pair have had to negotiate with the aforementioned Hendrix estate in order to be able to sell the item, which will be auctioned by the Fame Bureau on 28 Apr. DOJ DEFEND DAMAGES FORMULA IN TENENBAUM CASE This is one of the last P2P file sharing lawsuits being pursued against an individual file sharer - it having been launched prior to the RIAA's announcement that they were going to stop suing individual music fans. It's proving to be a high profile case because student Joel Tenenbaum is being advised by Havard law professor Charles Nesson who has been quite vocal about the whole thing. He's also asked for the court hearing to be webcast, which has complicated things because while the judge hearing the case supported that proposal, the RIAA oppose the idea and have appealed the judge's ruling on the matter. Anyway, the DoJ got involved on a different issue relating to this case - damages. Tenenbaum's team argued that the damages formula being used by the record companies - which range from $750 to $1500,000 per file - was overly punitive and unconstitutional. But the DoJ has filed a legal brief saying that the formula, as set out in the US Copyright Act, is both correct and fair, and should therefore stand in this case. Some in the pro-P2P movement say the DoJ's ruling on this matter has been influenced by the fact a number of lawyers who have previously represented the RIAA were recently given senior jobs at the Department. I'm assuming the DoJ would refute those claims, so haven't even bothered asking them. -------------------------------------------------- ALLMAN BROTHERS SONY LAWSUIT GETS GREEN LIGHT Both cases are based on how an artist's digital revenues are classified. Labels currently treat download sales as being the same as physical track sales - ie CD sales - but some artists argue that download revenues should be treated like other licensing revenues that come in from radio and TV stations, and increasingly online streaming services, because the process (and cost) of distributing tracks to a download store has a lot more in common with making music available to media platforms than manufacturing and distributing CDs. It's an important distinction, because under many traditional record contracts artists get a much bigger share of money generated through licensing than they do of record sale revenues. If either sets of brothers - the Eminem-producing Bass Brothers or the Allman Brothers - were successful in their litigation then any artists whose recording contracts do not specifically discuss digital revenues could argue their record companies owe them a much bigger share of all past and future download sales. It could cost the record companies millions. The Allman Brothers case was first filed in 2006. It was initially dismissed by the court because of the wording of the lawsuit, including issues surrounding the use of the terms "leasing" and "licensing". But it was known that the Allman Brothers' legal people were busy addressing that dismissal, and, according to Hypebot.com, last week they were successful because a US judge overruled the dismissal and gave the green light for the case to properly proceed to court. Confirming the latest court ruling on their case, a spokesman for the Allman Brothers' lawyers told reporters: "We are pleased with Judge Daniels decision to move forward and are looking forward to this case going before a jury on the merits of our claim". Of course, it's worth remembering the Bass Brothers' aforementioned claim regarding their share of Eminem digital royalties was unsuccessful. Asked how their case differed, the Allman Brothers' legal people say that the Slim Shady case was affected by the wording of a 1998 agreement that specifically dealt with downloads - whereas no such provision is given in their client's contracts with Sony. They told Hypebot.com: "In [the Bass Brothers] case there was an amendment to the subject 1998 recording agreement that dealt with 'the sale of albums by way of permanent download...' which treated downloads as a general royalty generating activity like the sale of a CD. In our case, no such language exists and the subject record agreements simply state that the artist is entitled to 50% of the licensing income Sony received from the lease of the artist's master recordings. The judge in the Eminem case opined that the agreement between iTunes and Universal Music was a license". -------------------------------------------------- A CONSCIOUS DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE: SPECTOR TRIAL UPDATE According to Reuters, Prosecutor Truc Do revisited the various stories of incidents whereby Spector had pulled a gun on other women during his late night angry moments, again arguing that actress Lana Clarkson's death at the legendary producer's Beverly Hills home in 2003 was an accident waiting to happen. Do told the court: "When he's ignited, he always does the same thing - he grabs a gun. In every single one of these incidents, Mr Spector demonstrates conscious disregard for human life... Her death was a death waiting to happen in his world". If the prosecution can convince the jury that Spector was holding the gun that shot Clarkson, and that the gun was fired because of his recklessness, then the producer can be convicted of murder, even if the shooting was actually an accident. If the jury is troubled by the idea of recklessness leading to a murder conviction, they may opt for the crime of involuntary manslaughter which, as previously reported, will be an option open to this jury which was not offered to the jury of the first trial who, of course, failed to reach a verdict. Spector, of course, maintains that Clarkson shot herself. Closing arguments by both prosecution and defence are expected to be completed by end of play tomorrow. INDIE IDLE FINALISTS ANNOUNCED The twenty bands selected are Das Filth, Come On Gang!, Sharks, Youth In Colour, Pocket Lips, Lion O'Brien, Personal Space Invaders, Lego Castles, The Young Machines, Before I Explode, Future Social Junk, Pooch, Death By Mau Mau, The Vivians, Viva City, Benjamin David & The Goliaths, Milke, The Brownies, Kids Love Lies and Laura Hocking. -------------------------------------------------- BBC AXES WORLD MUSIC AWARDS The annual awards were established back in 2002 in an attempt to raise the profile of so called 'world music', and in the last few years have honoured the likes of Nitin Sawhney, Ry Cooder and Baaba Maal. All of whom should be honoured, so it's a shame the awards are no more. A statement released by Radio 3 explained that the broadcaster felt "it was time to develop a new direction in world music coverage and to develop new plans beyond the awards". Though they also claim that their "commitment to broadcasting world music remains the same", so one can't help wondering if it's economic cutbacks, in fact, that have forced the canning of the event. The news follows Director General Mark Thompson's previously reported announcement that the Corporation need to make £400m worth of budget cuts over the next three years because of the recession, though he did say that the cuts would most likely mean pay freezes for executives, no staff bonuses and job losses. SPANDAU BALLET DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON Here's what the band's Tony Hadley says about it all: "The boys are back in town and we can't wait. It's going to be brilliant. We're very excited, but it will be very different. There will be all the hits, the nostalgia, but there will also be a new take on what Spandau Ballet are about". AMY'S NEW SONGS NOT UP TO SCRATCH But anyway, the source told The Sun: "Amy was very productive during her stay in St Lucia. She wrote a hell of a lot of songs, but the majority of them just aren't hitting the mark. She seems to have ditched her trademark vintage soul sound and is now heavily influenced by reggae. Her bosses don't think it's a wise move to change her style so sharply and have told her that". On the subject of the lyrics, they added: "The lyrics are very dark indeed. While she's known for her confessional style and has been very successful with it, many of the tracks are near the knuckle. Everyone understands that Amy is an artist and she must be true to her instincts. In the past, she's written frequently about broken hearts and boyfriends, but this time round she's delving into harrowing terrain". -------------------------------------------------- THE HORRORS ON NEW ALBUM, SANDWICHES He told NME.com: "Tom recently moved near a Pret A Manger and discovered they throw out all the uneaten sandwiches at the end of the day. Upon making this discovery he decided to give up spending money on food and instead buy synths". He also explained why the first single off the second album, 'Sea Within A Sea', isn't being released on vinyl. He said: "It's such a long song that you can't really get it on seven-inch without the sound quality being fucked". It is, however, available to download for free from thehorrors.com. In related news, the band's Joshua Third can apparently be seen waiting for a bus on Google Street View. I am really worried about the fact that I might be on Google Street View somewhere. If I weren't so tired, it might be keeping me awake at night. SNOOP DOGG TAKES ON BOLLYWOOD (AGAIN) Listen to the track at www.myspace.com/snoopdogg U2 EXTEND TOUR -------------------------------------------------- VASELINES TO PLAY FIRST LONDON DATE FOR 20 YEARS The London show precedes a deluxe re-issue of their 1992 Sub Pop release 'The Way Of The Vaselines', which brought together the band's two EPs and their sole album release, 'Dum Dum'. The remixed and remastered new version will also include an extra disc including never before heard demos and live recordings. It will be released in the UK on 4 May. -------------------------------------------------- PATRICK WOLF TOUR Gig dates as follows: 15 May: Northampton, Roadmender FESTIVAL LINE UP UPDATE HAMMERFEST, Pontins, Prestatyn Sand, North Wales, 24-25 Apr: Sepultura to co-headline Saturday night with Saxon. RAWK! www.hammerfest.co.uk WIRELESS, Hyde Park, London, 4-5 Jul: Kanye West announced as Sunday headliner. www.wirelessfestival.co.uk SINGLE REVIEW: Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls (Domino) Buy from iTunes ANOTHER DIGITAL CHIEF EXITS EMI Former Google exec Douglas Merrill was put in place to head up the struggling major's digital division after it was bought by private equity firm Terra Firma. But less than a year after joining the record company, Merrill is to leave and his digital unit is to be closed down. EMI say that digital is now such an important part of what they do that digital operations are being integrated with other music distribution operations across the company, rather than them being in a stand-alone department. Merrill's departure has led to the promotion of Cory Ondrejka, the Second Life co-founder who joined EMI shortly after Merrill. He'll become Exec VP Of Digital Marketing. Commenting on the exec changes, EMI Music CEO Elio Leoni-Sceti told CMU: "Cory is a highly talented executive with a passion for music and a unique technology-based skillset. He will help us deliver our goal of leveraging the power of digital across our business, particularly in the key areas of consumer understanding and analytics, content creation and digital marketing in order to strengthen the relationship and interaction between our artists and their fans. [Meanwhile] I would like to thank Douglas for his contribution to the company and to wish him well for the future". I'm not sure what we should read into Merrill's departure. He had, after all, been appointed at COO of EMI's new music division in addition to his digital unit role, so the closing of that latter unit doesn't seem like a completely satisfactory explanation of his sudden exit. Perhaps as a former Google man, he realised it is ingrained in his very being to hate all music business people, and everything they stand for, the money-grabbing, business-model-destroying bastards. -------------------------------------------------- UNIVERSAL PROMOTE COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR He'll report to Universal Music UK CEO David Joseph who says this: "Brian's dynamism and strategy have already made a huge contribution to Universal Music. His new role reflects that, as well as the fact digital is no longer an extension of our business but at the centre of it". -------------------------------------------------- ENTERTAINMENT PART OF WOOLIES V2.0 - THOUGH MAINLY GAMING As previously reported, Tony Page has acquired some of the former Woolworths' old stores for his new retail chain, name tbc (he can't use the Woolworths brand, because that was bought by etailer Shop Direct), and he now says he hopes to open up to 300 stores around the country. He confirmed that entertainment would be part of his business to gaming magazine MCV, but added: "As far as our entertainment offer goes, games will be at the heart of it. Games and DVD will play a really key role there and should take up much more shelf space than music". -------------------------------------------------- BORKOWSKI BUY BEATWAX Beatwax was once well known in the music business, and led PR campaigns, mainly in the youth and student sector, for numerous artists, especially those signed to EMI. However, over the years they branched out into more profitable sectors, leading youth-focused PR and marketing campaigns for consumer and non-music entertainment brands, ultimately leaving the music PR space altogether. Borkowski have bought the agency off its current owners PPC Group in a cash deal. Confirming the purchase, the company's founder, Mark Borkowski, told reporters: "There is a similar culture fit and we do what they can't and we do what they can't. This will strengthen our ability to do measurable ground-breaking work and deliver what clients need now and into the future". Moving forward, Beatwax will be branded as [email protected] AWDIO.COM STREAM WMC PARTIES TO YOUR PC Talking to CMU about last week's official launch in the UK, Awdio CEO Julien Ulrich told us: "We are very excited to launch Awdio in the UK, land of some of the best clubs and of the most passionate music addicts. Awdio is eager to add even more British clubs to its venues base and offer the world and the British fans in particular more quality music". EXPRESS APOLOGISES OVER DUNBLANE NON-STORY The tabloid's journalist raided the Bebo and Facebook profiles of the teens, picked out the usual references to sex, alcohol and partying that you'll find on many 18 year old's social network profiles, and ran an "outraged from Morningside" type piece accusing the teenagers of disrespecting the memory of their murdered school mates, presumably by not locking themselves in a cupboard for the rest of their lives. While other newspapers were slow to criticise this incredibly low form of journalism - turning a complete non-story into a bit of cheap sensationalism while treading on the emotions and invading the privacy of the Dunblane survivors - a campaign in the blogosphere led to 10,000 people signing an online petition. The Press Complaints Commission is also investigating after receiving more than 60 complaints. In a page five piece in yesterday's Scottish Sunday Express, the paper wrote: "It's hugely important to us that the Scottish Sunday Express reflects the feelings of the people of Scotland. On 8 Mar we got that all wrong. Our front-page story about the teenage survivors of the Dunblane massacre and their use of social networking websites has caused terrible offence, not only in that town, but across Scotland and around the world. It is our belief that nobody was misquoted, but the story was undeniably inappropriate. It has upset the young people we named and caused great distress to their parents. Where possible, we have spoken to the families involved and given them a heartfelt apology. Today we apologise to you, our loyal readers". It's not the first time the dying Daily Express has been forced to apologise over its feeble attempts to sell a few more copies by running over the top non-stories. It was forced to pay £550,000 in damages to the parents of Madeleine McCann and publish an unreserved apology after running a series of nonsense stories relating to the McCann case. The PCC says it will continue to investigate the Dunblane story despite the apology. -------------------------------------------------- MOYLES OFFICALLY CRITICISED FOR WILL YOUNG SPOOFS OfCom say that while they recognise Moyles is known for his "on air homophobia and misogyny", oh, hang on, they actually said "irreverent style and studio banter". Same thing really. Anyway, they said that despite the style of the Radio 1 DJ's show, this particular routine went too far. As previously reported, the BBC has already acknowledged the routine was inappropriate, and bosses at Radio 1 say they've "had a word" with the presenter. So that's alright then. I look forward to reading Moyles side of the story in the third edition of his autobiographical 'toilet book trilogy', which I know all Stewart Lee fans are waiting for with considerable anticipation. TOTAL ROCK WORLD ALBUM CHART 1. Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream (Sony/Columbia) CORNELL DEFENDS SCREAM Cornell said in an interview with Alternativeaddiction.com: "Older American fans don't like it because they are typically my core fans that really supported me in Soundgarden and really loved that band. To them that's kind of who I am, I'm that guy in that band, and I'm that guy who wrote those songs". He continued: "I'm thrilled with the album that I made. I think it's really exciting. I have listened to it as much or more than any album I have ever made. As a songwriter and creative person, I have to do what makes me happy. That changes, it goes into different worlds". -------------------------------------------------- MIA'S SON SHALL NOT BE KNOWN AS EDGAR BRONFMAN JR JR JR As you'll remember, there was much gossip shortly after MIA gave birth that her child was to be called Ickitt, though she went online to deny those reports and questioned, quite rightly, why it was really anyone's business as to what he child was called. Though given we're now reporting on this TMZ story, I'm not sure why we're getting all high and mighty about MIA Junior's privacy. The newborn's surname caused a little stir in the blogosphere yesterday given that it confirmed that the baby boy's grandfather is Warner Music chief Edgar Bronfman Jr. Though given MIA's engagement to Bronfman's son Benjamin Brewer was widely reported last June - including here in the CMU Daily - I'm not sure that was really all that much of a surprise. -------------------------------------------------- MAYER DUMPED OVER TWITTER UPDATES -------------------------------------------------- LIONEL RICHIE'S LIFE TOO BORING TO MENTION Richie told The Telegraph: "I've been approached in the past by Hollywood about a book or a movie about my life but you know it never happens. They said to me, 'Let's talk about your ghetto experiences', and I said, 'Well, I lived on the college campus so I didn't really have any'. So then they asked: 'Ok, let's talk about your father and mother breaking up..'. and I said: 'That never happened, my mother, who was a school principle, and my father, who was a systems analyst, were fine..'. So then they asked, 'Let's talk about the struggle within your group The Commodores'. And I said, 'Excuse me but I had (a) hit record in my senior year in college'. Then the producer turned round to me and replied. 'This is the worst story I've heard in my whole life. There is no tragedy'". No tragedy? That explanation was quite tragically dull. I'm not sure a film about a dull man explaining how dull someone else once found his life would make a good film either, though. |
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