Barry Willis

Coming Soon Down Under: Copy Kiosks
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 30, 2002  |  0 comments
The copy cat will soon be out of the bag down under. Australia's musical copyright society has reluctantly agreed to the deployment of CD-copying kiosks throughout the nation in exchange for what an Australian news site calls "a modest royalty payment" of about 6% of the $5AUS copying fee—or 30¢ per disc.
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Timothy White, 1952–2002
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 30, 2002  |  0 comments
Stereophile writers and editors were saddened to learn of the June 27 death of colleague Timothy White, editor-in-chief of Billboard magazine. White collapsed of an apparent heart attack in an elevator at Billboard's New York offices and died shortly thereafter at St. Vincent's Hospital. He was 50.
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Royalty Rates Set for Webcasters
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 23, 2002  |  0 comments
Some Webcasters were given a stay of execution in late June, when the Librarian of Congress announced that they would be required to pay royalties at half the rate proposed by an arbitration panel last winter.
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Gracenote's Growth
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 23, 2002  |  0 comments
If you've ever hunted for a song title or a performer's name on the Internet, you've probably used CDDB, the Compact Disc Database.
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Universal, Sony Dropping Download Prices
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 16, 2002  |  0 comments
It's still too early in the game to guess what a profitable music download business might look like, but it's clear that it won't involve highly restricted access—or high prices.
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Tube Motherboard No Hoax
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 16, 2002  |  0 comments
Using personal computers to listen to music may be heresy in some audiophile circles, but the practice is definitely on the rise. Recognition of the fact has led at least one maker of computer motherboards to introduce a model with a vacuum-tube audio circuit.
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Retailing: Good Present, Bright Future
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 09, 2002  |  0 comments
Some ultra-high-end two-channel specialists may still be singing the blues, but others in the electronics retailing business are humming happier tunes.
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Sony Adapts to Changing Market
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 09, 2002  |  0 comments
Companies that thrive do so by adapting to a changing market. Sony is revamping its manufacturing and marketing plans in an attempt to become both more efficient and more responsive to consumer needs.
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XM Radio to Expand Service
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 02, 2002  |  0 comments
Beginning next year, XM Satellite Radio won't merely offer 100 channels of news, sports, talk shows, and the entire spectrum of music nationwide. Thanks to a partnership announced May 30 with Command Audio Corporation, XM will allow listeners to personalize their radio programming.
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Russia Teams up with IFPI
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Barry Willis  |  May 26, 2002  |  0 comments
Russia has a new organization that will promote a legitimate music industry and fight industrial piracy, according to mid-May reports from the International Federation of Phonographic Industries.
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