Archive for June 13th, 2006
La La Aims To Be Netflix of Music
This story has been updated. Original CopyCense coverage: March 16, 2006
“A new online music service called La La Media aims to offer full-length CDs for $1 by letting users trade discs, in a bid to avoid legal pitfalls that face online song trading.
“Backed with $9 million in funding by Bain Capital and Ignition Partners, La La works like an online music co-op by enabling members to trade physical CDs they own for physical CDs they want, Bill Nguyen, co-founder of La La, said ahead of the Tuesday announcement.
“With 1.8 million album titles available, members trade the CDs in prepaid envelopes, much like the way popular mail-order DVD service Netflix operates.”
Reuters. CD-Swap Network to Slip Through Copyright Loophole? News.com. March 7, 2006.
Related Stories & Documents:
- The Patry Copyright Blog. La La and Section 109. March 8, 2006.
Updates:
- Reuters. New CD Swap Site to Give Back To Artists. News.com. June 7, 2006.
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Google’s Washington Visit Falls Flat
“Dressed in blue jeans, silver mesh sneakers and a black T-shirt and jacket, Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin came to Washington yesterday to lobby members of Congress and found it was a little harder than he had hoped it would be to get meetings.
“Brin, 31, described himself as naive about the ways of Washington. He said his trip was not well organized and admitted that he did not know which way Congress was tilting on the main issue that brought him to the nation’s capital.
“He and co-founder Larry Page made their fortunes by influencing cyberspace, not Capitol Hill. But the rapid rise of Google has plunged the company into public policy issues that the company is just learning to address. Google’s Washington presence is limited to a four-person office, which opened last year, and a contract with lobbying firm PodestaMattoon.”
Arshad Mohammed and Sara Kehaulani Goo. Google Is A Tourist In D.C., Brin Finds. WashingtonPost.com. June 7, 2006.
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Legendary Impulse Label Gets Historical Treatment
“If you browsed through record stores in the 1960s and ’70s, it was easy to spot albums from Impulse Records. The label’s distinctive orange-and-black packaging stood out. So did the music.
“Although it’s been mostly forgotten today, Impulse! Records was one of the most influential labels in jazz. It featured the likes of Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane.
“Music journalist Ashley Kahn has written a new book about Impulse — The House That Trane Built. The label started as an edgy, experimental unit of entertainment giant ABC-Paramount in 1960 during a golden age for jazz.”
Renee Montagne. Impulse Records: ‘The House That Trane Built.’ National Public Radio. June 6, 2006.
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