http://routenote.com/blog The World of Music Licensing and Distribution Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:09:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You'll need your 3-D specs to properly appreciate this amazing view of the surface of an LP, magnified x390 by an electron microscope, photographed by Chris Supranowitz at the University of Rochester, who has also taken pictures of a load of other interesting stuff, including the pits on a CD, ... http://routenote.com/blog/vinyl-up-close/ Poor old Myspace - everyone loves to hate them these days. Even before it was assimilated into Newscorp's Dark Empire, it was beset with a hideous, clunky user interface, a messaging system only slightly less cumbrous than training a carrier pigeon to take your messages, some of the slowest load ... http://routenote.com/blog/the-end-is-nigh-chaos-reigns-at-myspace/ Remember Peter Serafinowicz? Yeah you do... that guy who did the voice for Darth Maul... the ****head housemate from Sean of the Dead... looks a bit like a cross between Tony Slattery and Marcus Mumford. Well, after his short lived run with the imaginitively titled 'The Peter Serafinowicz' show on ... http://routenote.com/blog/new-hot-chip-video-shoop-da-woop-i-feel-better/ The king of pop's estate has signed a deal with Sony to release 10 albums of Jackson's material - as many as he released solo albums while he was alive. The price tag on the deal is truly staggering; £132 million, even without hitting any sales targets. The concert film ... http://routenote.com/blog/michael-jackson-estate-signs-10-album-deal-biggest-music-deal-ever/ The much-debated Digital Economy Bill was yesterday ratified by the House Of Lords, to squeals of dissaproval from those worst hit by the bill's contents. The "3 strikes" proposal at the centre of the bill will mean that repeated copyright infringers will have their internet connection disabled or slowed down, ... http://routenote.com/blog/digital-economy-bill-approved-by-lords-criticised-by-isps/ TechCrunch reports an offer from Dimensional to buy all outstanding stock of our digital music distribution competitor The Orchard, whose operation currently has offices in 25 countries, and is losing $17.5 million dollars a year. The purchase offer is for $2.05 per share of common stock, valuing the company at ... http://routenote.com/blog/a-private-orchard/ Everything Laura Marling touches seems to turn to gold. Her past romantic liasons have both preceded breakthrough musical success, first for ex-boyfriend Charlie Fink and Noah and the Whale, and then for current beau Marcus Mumford of the eponymous Mumford and Sons. She was also [ahem] instrumental in the rise ... http://routenote.com/blog/new-laura-marling-album-available-to-stream/ The RIAA have loosed another volley against the filesharing contingent that they believe are bleeding the profitability out of the music industry. The arguments are pretty solid: those who choose to download music illegally instead of paying for it through legal physical and digital channels are not enjoying the fruits ... http://routenote.com/blog/home-taping-and-the-music-industry-pie/ In what's got to be the most impressive piece of jobsworthery this year, airport securtiy at Heathrow forced pop-divorcee and charity campaigner Heather Mills was forced to allow a guard to hold up her false leg and swab it with an explosives detector. Components in her prosthetic had apparently set ... http://routenote.com/blog/heather-mills-false-leg-searched-at-customs/ The Dream Weavers, somewhat of a novelty act in its day in the fact that it was one of the first mixed sex groups of to score in the top five, let alone score a number one. A Vocal group comprised of two guys and one girl, sang around Miami ... http://routenote.com/blog/55-years-ago-today-in-music-4/