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Illegal Downloads Cost Mother $1.92 million
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 ,  Written by AVRev.com
Illegal Downloads Cost Mother $1.92 million
A court has ruled that Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a 32-year-old mother of four, must pay $1.92 million in damages to record companies for illegally downloading 24 tracks off of file-sharing services like Kazaa.  This amounts to $80,000 per song.  This is one of the last few lawsuits in the courts pertaining to illegal downloads, as the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) has said they will discontinue the suits in favor of working with ISPs to stop illegal downloads.
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iTunes Tax Up for Debate in Minnesota
Tuesday, 21 April 2009 ,  Written by AvRev.com
iTunes Tax Up for Debate in Minnesota
Legislators in Minnesota are considering taxing digital downloads in their state.  This new proposal has been labeled the “iTunes Tax”, and it would require that all downloadable content, whether it is a single song, a video or a ring tone, would have a sales tax added on which the state would collect.
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Music Downloads Tiered Pricing Catches On
Monday, 13 April 2009 ,  Written by Avrev.com
Music Downloads Tiered Pricing Catches On
To remain competitive when up against Apple, both Walmart and Amazon have restructured their music downloads to incorporate tiered pricing.  Apple’s restructuring, to include MP3s for 69 cents, 99 cents or $1.29 songs occurred on April 7th.
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iTunes Kicks Off Tiered Pricing for Music
Tuesday, 07 April 2009 ,  Written by AVRev.com
iTunes Kicks Off Tiered Pricing for Music
Apple has introduced tiered pricing for songs, implementing a 30 cent price hike or reduction, based on the popularity of the song.  Popular songs will now be priced at $1.29, unpopular songs will cost $0.69, and those in the middle will remain at $0.99.
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HDTracks Offers Free Audiophile-Grade Music Pack
Friday, 13 March 2009 ,  Written by AVRev.com
HDTracks Offers Free Audiophile-Grade Music Pack
The online music service, HDtracks , is giving users the chance to hear 96-kHz/24-bit music for free.  This company offers users the ability to download music tracks, with 320-kbps MP3s, AIFF, and FLAC files; which previously made up its library.
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