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China's leading search engine Baidu has inked a deal with three of the four major music labels—Sony Music, Warner Music, and Universal Music—to launch a new digital music service in China. One-Stop China will be operated as a joint venture between the companies, and the three labels will be licensing their catalogs and new releases—including material in Cantonese and Mandarin—as well as international tracks. And… Read More

Two new companies are giving consumers a way to download songs for free by watching a few ads. The idea has been tried before but this time it appears it might work, because the startups have found advertisers that are willing to pay around $2 to have a moment of your time. That means recording companies can get about as much compensation from the free services as they receive from a download on iTunes that costs the consumer $1.29. “You… Read More

U.S. District Judge Howard Matz on Friday dismissed the 2007 suit in which Universal accused Veoh of supporting and inducing copyright infringement. Matz ruled that Veoh was taking reasonable steps to prevent and take down infringing videos uploaded by its users and that gave it protection from copyright suits in federal law. Veoh CEO Dmitry Shapiro called the decision “a great victory.” The company noted that with the ruling, it… Read More