Reported by Antony Bruno, DenverCreative Commons, a nonprofit organization espousing a flexible copyright scheme for creative works, is recommending Pump Audio's commercial licensing service to the independent artists it works with.Meanwhile Pump Audio is offering artists a variety of Creative Commons copyright licenses to its current roster of artists who want to allow non-commercial uses of their music.Through the agreement, participating artists can post their work online with one of two "badges" ...

Reported by Antony Bruno, Denver.Akamai Technologies has launched a new service that tracks and benchmarks the global Web usage patterns of more than 40 digital music Web sites?including digital music retailers, music information sites and streaming Internet radio destinations. The Net Usage Index for Digital Music measures the global aggregate of total visitors per minute to these sites and also breaks down the view by continent. ...

Lars Brandle, London London-based independent label V2 Music has struck a deal to license its works for streaming and downloading on Quibus' peer-to-peer music promotion platform. Malmö, Sweden-based Quibus' service is free to the user, and revenues are generated by online advertising and promotion. The new agreement is described as the first of its kind between two European players in the online music and advertising industry. Financial ...

If you got beats; holla at "Bo Officail!"Donnie "Bo Official" is the music supervisor for the new 2007 Three 6 Mafia's reality show on MTV entitled "Adventures In Hollyhood". He is currently accepting music for consideration to be placed within context of the show. The show will air in the first quarter of 2007.Specifically He is ...

If you got beats; holla at "Bo Officail!"Donnie "Bo Official" is the music supervisor for the new 2007 Three 6 Mafia's reality show on MTV entitled "Adventures In Hollyhood". He is currently accepting music for consideration to be placed within context of the show. The show will air in the first quarter of 2007.Specifically He is looking for instrumental beats or musical tracks that contain NO SAMPLES or ...