Megaupload Sues Record Label for Censorship
Megaupload says it's suing Universal Music Group. Wait, what? File sharing vector suing copyright holder? Megaupload went on the offensive against the recording industry with a video uploaded to...
View ArticleMeta: Universal Music Censors News Story About Its Censorship of Megaupload
Universal Music's legal department sure has been busy! Late last week UMG had a song defending Megaupload removed from YouTube on a false copyright claim. Then on Monday, the company had a news report...
View ArticleLoveFilm Signs an Exclusive Universal Movie Deal, So You Can Finally Stream...
The UK streaming war continues fiercely with Amazon’s LoveFilm still trading blows with Netflix. The latest round in the revived firefight sees LoveFilm secure an exclusive multi-year deal with...
View ArticleHP’s Music Streaming Service Will Power Windows 8 Computers (Good News If You...
HP’s partnership with Universal Music was unveiled several months back, but it’s taken until now for the full bevy of info-children to tumble out: basically, HP Connected Music will be pre-loaded onto...
View ArticleYouTube Took 2 Billion Views Away from Sony, Universal, and Others
While Gangnam style was out racking up a billion views, channels owned by Sony and Universal have moved twice as far in the other direction. YouTube has stripped them of these views alleging a...
View ArticleUniversal’s Simpsons Land Theme Park Includes Krusty Burger and Moe’s
a few years ago Fox and Pepsi had a contest where the winner would get their own real-life version of The Simspons’ house. But taking things about a million steps further, Universal Orlando is adding...
View ArticleReport: Apple Is Finally Sealing Deals For Its Internet Radio
The New York Times is reporting that Apple’s much-rumoured music streaming service may soon be ready — even in time for next week’s WWDC — thanks to the company finally signing contracts with major...
View ArticleThe Cabin In The Woods Cabin Is Gonna Exist, and It Sounds Terrifying
If you didn’t see Cabin In The Woods, that was stupid of you. It’s really great. Scary, meta and pretty gutsy. And like all good things, well okay like all things, its brilliance is being exploited for...
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