Some Friday Headlines

Music Biz Needs Fresh Ideas - Jupitermedia's DRM Strategies Conference was held in NYC this week and had several interesting panels...Here's one overview from Red Herring...

Mix & Burn Selects SyncCast Technology to Advance CD-Burning Music Kiosk - Heating up the competitive space for Burn-A-Song and the kiosk CD/portable player market, the integration of SyncCast's DRM with Mix & Burn's Kiosk promises to enhance the retail download experience by providing the consumer extensive catalogs of music content from both major and independent labels...

Olive Introduces Symphony Wireless Digital Music Center - "The wide acceptance of digital music has spurred the availability of solutions that allow users to enjoy music away from the PC.", said Oliver Bergmann, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer and President of Olive Media Products, Inc. "However, the quality limitations of lossy audio formats and problematic integration of convergence technology have made those solutions unacceptable for music aficionados. Olive enters the market from the perspective of a true audiophile, eliminating the PC experience entirely."