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Find Concerts Near You, Hear Who's Playing and Buy Tickets, All in the Latest Addition to Rhapsody's Suite of Music Apps SEATTLE, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Rhapsody, the original streaming music service, launched Rhapsody Concerts, a new music app that connects fans to the live music experience. With Rhapsody Concerts, music lovers can find concerts near them, listen to full streams of who's playing the show and buy tickets directly from their smartphones, anywhere,...

Online music streaming service launches in 14 additional countries across Europe SEATTLE, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Rhapsody International, the provider of the first subscription digital music service, announced the expansion of Napster, one of the world's most iconic digital music brands, to 14 countries across Europe. Starting now, more European music lovers can enjoy a cult brand that combines an unrivalled music heritage with a great service. (Logo:...

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online While the issue of ownership and intellectual property rights remains a hot button issue in the music industry; a new study suggests that the total incomes of music composers have increased significantly over the last 15 years, despite the file sharing revolution. The issue of music downloads was so controversial that artists such as Metallica filed a lawsuit against digital music pioneer service Napster in 2000. The suit, which the...

Entrepreneurs behind Napster and MySpace are first to become official advisors to the background search technology company ORLANDO, Fla., March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Today Pistevo, Inc., a provider of identity verification and background search technology, has announced the formation of a Strategic Advisory Board comprised of John Fanning, Founder and Chairman of Napster; and Joe Abrams, Co-Founder to the parent company of MySpace and Founder of The Software Toolworks....

NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VH1's Emmy award-winning "Rock Docs" franchise will present the world premiere of the long awaited story of the monumental rise and fall of Napster with the documentary "Downloaded" at the SXSW Film Festival. Directed by Alex Winter, "Downloaded" will make its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival on Sunday, March 10( )at the Paramount Theater. "Downloaded" focuses on the advent of digital media sharing, including the rise of...

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online When MTV made its debut on August 1, 1981 the first music video played was quite fittingly The Buggles “Video Killed the Radio Star.” Fast forward 31 years and sound could get the upper hand online as a musician-centric music sharing site looks to strike a chord. SoundCloud, which has been in operation for nearly five years, launched a redesign on Tuesday that will allow users to discover new audio and moreover spotlight...

From Napster to iTunes to Pandora, the methods by which the public can obtain and share music have rapidly progressed. Future groundbreaking innovations may need to wait, though, as the next generation of technology is being stymied by the very copyright laws that seek to protect the industry, says Michael Carrier, a professor of law at Rutgers–Camden. “There is not enough attention being given to the effect copyright law has on innovation,” Carrier says about the fight against...

SuperPass is #1 - Website Compare Music Download Sites ranks music download site SuperPass as best on the web Quebec, Canada (PRWEB) August 24, 2012 Ranking website Compare Music Download Sites has listed music download site SuperPass as their top website for legal music downloads. SuperPass scored a total of 9.4 points in the website’s 10 point system. This is mostly due to the fact that they offer a full entertainment package complete with access to over 12 million songs, 3,200 radio...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tapjoy, Inc. (www.tapjoy.com), a leading mobile advertising and publishing platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of Claire Hough as senior vice president of engineering. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120719/SF42959) "Claire has built a solid reputation in Silicon Valley over the years," said Mihir Shah, CEO of Tapjoy. "Her strong engineering expertise and proven leadership will help steer Tapjoy as we continue...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com On Tuesday, Napster cofounders unveiled a new video chat platform to the public for the first time called Airtime. Airtime is a one-on-one video service that is purported to be the next big start up from Silicon Valley. The social-video site will be connecting millions of people based on interests and social connections, similar to how Google's video chat service works on its Google+ social network.  Airtime will be integrated deeply into Facebook, so...