Google have paid the UK MCPS-PRS Alliance an undisclosed sum (probably a very large undisclosed sum!) to the rights to 10 million piece of music for use on the British version of YouTube.
“…It doesn’t look all that interesting, but actually is very important — it dramatically lowers the barrier for artists who want their work to be part of the permanent record of free culture. Of course choosing a Creative Commons license is built-in
“is both obvious and rather subtle. … a Net within the Net, one that’s everything the larger Net is not. Facebook is cleanly designed and has a classy, upmarket feel to it–a whiff of the Ivy League still clings.”
“Television programmes such as Heroes will not be available for download on iTunes in the US, after broadcaster NBC Universal ended its deal with Apple. Apple said that NBC had demanded more than double its previous wholesale price for its programmes.”
Even though NBC’s deal with Apple doesn’t expire until the end of the year, Apple has pulled the plug on NBC programmes early and won’t be selling any more NBC at all! (This means Battlestar Galactica: Razor won’t be available on iTunes either!!)
