iTunes on the Microsoft Store? Hell freezes over once again. If you’re in the iOS world, this is utterly unimportant. But once upon a time, a Windows version of the iTunes Store was a really big deal. Now, that relationship is getting even …
Category archives: Online Radio
Pandora Hitting Hard Times: Laying Off Staff, Shifting Away from California
Pandora’s layoffs will save the company tens of millions of dollars annually. But that’s probably just the start. Pandora CEO Roger Lynch has now made it official. The company is laying off 5% of his workforce. That’s part of a broader p…
Google, Facebook Excluded from Safe Harbor Protections In Australia
Australian lawmakers just excluded Google and Facebook from safe harbor protection. Could other governments soon follow suit? Earlier today, the Australian federal government announced that it would introduce legislation that would extend copyright sa…
Pandora Is Losing 850,000 Listeners a Month. Now for the Bad News…
That’s 8 million users in 9 months, according to Pandora’s latest disclosures. What could be worse than that? Listeners are flocking Pandora in droves, according to shocking disclosures issued this morning. And Wall Street continued to sl…
Breaking: The California Supreme Court Won’t Decide on Oldies Copyrights Until 2018
Should copyrights extend to pre-1972 recordings? The California Supreme Court won’t decide on this critical oldies copyright issue until next year. It’s a matter that affects virtually every oldies artist. Not to mention their estates. B…
The California Supreme Court Will Soon Decide the Fate of Oldies Copyrights
After resounding defeats in both Florida and New York, the battle to save oldies copyrights shifts to the Supreme Court of California. It’s a simple question: do recordings released before 1972 deserve any copyright protection in the US? Last wee…
HELP: My Pandora Payments Are Plummeting and I Don’t Know Why
I am a composer, instrumentalist, and pianist. While I am grateful that I have been able to supplement my income and make a living from Pandora royalties, I am disappointed to see my royalties on a collision course with a future payout of $0 per month…