Universal pursues digital demand via classics site

Universal Music has launched what it claims is the largest online site for classical and jazz music as part of a drive to exploit rising demand for digital downloads. 'We expect sales to begin with to be relatively modest, but by the third or fourth quarter of the year to be making a positive contribution to the business,' said Mark Wilkinson, a marketing director for Universal's classics and jazz division. 'I think (the market for digital downloads) can only grow, and as the Apple iPod generation grows, they start to discover the classics,' he added. ...more

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UPDATED: Legal woes block UK online ink cartridge reseller

UK online ink cartridge reseller Recharge has agreed to stop selling Epson-compatible cartridges after facing legal proceedings. Epson claims that Bolton-based Recharge Inkjet Technologies Limited, which trades under the name CartridgeMonkey.com, will pay it a 'substantial settlement payment' and promise 'not to infringe Epson's patents and registered designs'. ...more

Another anti-virus test defeats Microsoft Live OneCare

According to a new set of tests, Microsoft's anti-malware product, Live OneCare has again trailed in tests against rival products. The software was only one of 17 products that failed to come up to scratch in a run-off conducted by Austrian anti-virus testing company AV Comparatives. Live OneCare only managed to detect 82. ...more

RIAA ex-CEO questions use of individual lawsuits

The former CEO of the Recording Association of America (RIAA) believes that lawsuits against individual file sharers no longer serve a purpose. Hilary Rosen, who left the organisation that represents the interests of the major record companies in 2003, said that the industry should concentrate on providing greater availability and interoperability in digital music. 'I do share a concern that the lawsuits have outlived most of their usefulness and that the record companies need to work harder to implement a strategy that legitimizes more p2p sites and expands the download and subscription pool by working harder with the tech community to get devices and music services to work better together,' she wrote in her blog. ...more