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Streaming under scrutiny

The legal streaming music library Spotify had no problem finding its way into the hands of music-hungry consumers this year. Its intuitive interface and huge catalogue of music made it an instant leader in digital music services. So it’s inevitable that with success comes scrutiny as commentators attempt to analyse and figure out exactly how [...]

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Linkage: Dead Fly Art

Dead Fly Art This imaginative David Shrigley-esque art collection by Magnus Muhr could change your perceptions of the humble housefly. http://short.ie/flyart Spotify for iPhone overhyped? Blogger Nick Fitzsimons shares his disappointment with the Spotify iPhone app pointing to slow caching over Wi-fi and lack of play-in-background functionality as the main bugbears. http://short.ie/spotop Coretex – A [...]

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Playing with reality

No other online music service has excited and galvanised support from enthusiasts and industry in the last twelve months more than Spotify. Its burgeoning popularity is set to explode thanks to the release of the the Spotify mobile application for iPhone and Google Android handsets. The impressive app has a simple but clever “offline mode” [...]

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Perfect spot for browsing

I first wrote about the brilliant Spotify here in March and in recent weeks, the legal streaming music library has pressed itself into the public consciousness here at home with many people choosing to try out the free service via a proxy loophole. It’s a brilliant service and one which justifiably could live up to [...]

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MUZU killed the video star

While royalty negotiations continue to breakdown between Youtube and European music publishers, one Irish-based music video company is aiming to take advantage of the situation. MUZU has struck licensing deals with many independent and major labels as well as unsigned acts to stream music videos, live concerts, video blogs and archive TV footage from programs [...]

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Spotify the difference

With all the negativity surrounding the music industry at the moment, it’s nice to be able to focus on a genuinely brilliant service that could do wonders for all spectrums of the music industry – from small, independent bands right up to the majors. Spotify is such a service. Put simply, Spotify is a huge [...]

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Share and share alike..

Last week’s announcement that Eircom has conceded to a plan to stop illegal downloading in the face of court proceedings will come as no surprise to those who are familiar with the music industry’s attempts to save profits from music piracy. Under the plan, Ireland’s largest ISP (Internet Service Provider), Eircom agrees to work with [...]

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