The court case between the digital file dealer and the music giant kicks off today in New York--and the result will be crucial for the recording industry.
For music services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, perhaps the biggest threat is coming from artists themselves, and a practice some are calling "windowing." Are staggered releases a staggeringly bad idea?
The music industry may soon be acting even more like the film business and delaying streaming songs to avoid cannibalizing sales."Windowing," says Jon Irwin, CEO of subscription-based music streaming service Rhapsody, "[is] fundamentally the wrong thing to do."
The oft-flawless company stumbled in Ping's launch, and the reasons why are representative of Apple's relationship with consumers, record labels, and Google.
