by Jeff Weisbein June 7, 2011
If the record labels haven’t bowed down to Steve Jobs and Apple yet, they should because Apple has just created a way to monetize on illegally downloaded music. Apple’s iTunes Match announced yesterday at WWDC is an additional service you can purchase which will allow you to scan your music library, match it with songs available on the iTunes Music Store, and then offer the option to download them.
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A German court has ordered the file sharing site Rapidshare.com to pay €24,000,000 ($33,600,000 USD) in fines and must now filter their content against copyright infringement. According to a statement from GEMA, “[t]he judgment states that the hosting service itself is now responsible for making sure that none of the music tracks concerned are distributed [...]
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