Federal lawmakers have introduced a bill that would set ground rules for music distribution in the online world. The Music Online Competition Act, or MOCA, would update copyright law to make it easier ...

Chum Ltd. on Wednesday became the first Canadian broadcaster to join the growing digital music downloading business. By Etan Vlessing, The Associated Press TORONTO — Chum Ltd. on Wednesday became the ...

A recent report from market-research firm In-Stat says that digital sales will account for 40 percent of all music purchases worldwide by 2012. The numbers show we will see incredible growth in ...

For decades, Apple Computer made money by effectively exploiting a niche market. Today, however, while the company still has a relatively small market share in the computer industry, it utterly ...

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. is taking on Apple Inc.’s iTunes music service and the rest of the digital music industry by starting up its own online digital music store. And as part of the deal, ...

Looking toward the launch of its own digital music store later this year, online retailer invests in Amie Street, which sells DRM-free music on the Web Amazon.com has invested in an online music ...

Beatport will accept Bitcoin as a payment method starting this July and is launching an NFT range in the meantime. Beatport, a digital music portal for DJs and musicians, announced this week that it ...

For several years, most companies selling music online have had an overriding strategy: Follow Apple Computer's iTunes in as many respects as possible. That now seems to be changing in at least one ...

The proposed merger of Sony Music, the world's second-biggest record label, with BMG Music, the fifth-largest label, could bolster parent Sony Corp. 's emerging strategy to better use its digital ...

The latest report from market researcher Instat shows sales of online digital music reached $3.05 billion, up 49 percent over 2006. Digital sales account for 10 percent of the market, from 6 percent ...

An unhappy iTunes online music store customer is suing Apple Computer Inc., alleging the company broke antitrust laws by only allowing iTunes to work with its own music player, the iPod, freezing out ...