http://www.autumnmusic.net Articles, news, recommendations ..etc Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:03:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en AP - A songwriter and music producer who claims he helped launch pop star Lady Gaga says she squeezed him out of her lucrative career after he co-wrote some of her songs, came up with her stage name and helped get her record deal. http://www.autumnmusic.net/music-news/producer-files-30m-suit-against-lady-gaga-in-nyc-ap/ AP - Seattlepi.com, the online successor to the print version of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, celebrates its first birthday Thursday with music, free cupcakes and cheap beer. http://www.autumnmusic.net/music-news/seattlepicom-celebrates-1-year-of-web-only-news-ap/ PC World - Nokia will launch an online music service in India in the first half of this year, a spokeswoman of the company in India said on Thursday. http://www.autumnmusic.net/music-news/nokia-will-launch-music-service-in-india-pc-world/ PC World - Should teenagers who illegally download music, films and the like in their bedrooms be treated like criminal gangs counterfeiting everything from life-saving drugs to Gucci handbags? http://www.autumnmusic.net/music-news/parliament-report-stirs-lobbying-drive-on-internet-piracy-pc-world/ Reuters - Plenty of people download music from the Internet every day, but illegal downloading has a huge economic impact and could put more than one million people out of work by 2015, experts say. http://www.autumnmusic.net/music-news/internet-piracy-taking-big-toll-on-jobs-reuters/ AP - The man who spearheaded the record-breaking deal in which Michael Jackson's estate will get up to $250 million in the next seven years said Tuesday that Sony Music Entertainment bought a treasure trove of new Jackson music, some of it recorded quite recently, some in collaboration with other ... http://www.autumnmusic.net/music-news/sony-bets-mj-fans-wont-stop-til-they-get-enough-ap/ Reuters - The King of Pop is dead; long live the King of Pop. http://www.autumnmusic.net/music-news/sony-in-new-music-deal-with-michael-jackson-estate-reuters/ AFP - Sony and administrators for Michael Jackson's estate confirmed Tuesday they signed a 250-million-dollar deal that will include releasing new music the pop icon was working on before his death. http://www.autumnmusic.net/music-news/sony-jackson-estate-ink-250-million-dollar-deal-afp/ PC Magazine - Daniel Ek, chief executive of the music streaming service Spotify, spoke to a crowd of 2,000 SXSW attendees on Tuesday - virtually none of whom are legally allowed to use his service. http://www.autumnmusic.net/music-news/spotify-the-savior-or-the-destroyer-of-music-pc-magazine/ AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending March 15, 2010: http://www.autumnmusic.net/music-news/the-top-10-singles-and-albums-on-itunes-ap/