Apr 9, 2009 3:01 AM
We already knew U2 manager Paul McGuinness was a passionate supporter of France’s three-strikes anti-piracy law (see our report of his keynote from last year’s Midem). Now that law is being passed, he has used France’s Le Figaro paper (in English at Guardian.co.uk) to write a back-slapping, steely defence that…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Legal, Countries, Europe, France, paul mcguinness, u2
Feb 22, 2009 3:41 PM
Spotify may have recently had to retroactively delete a bunch of tracks for which it did not have rights - but it’s now scored quite a coup by winning the right to showcase U2’s new No Line On The Horizon album in the UK and Spain. Online pre-release windows are…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Companies, Best Buy, Cablevision, Comcast, Disney, ABC, Playdom, Microsoft, MSN, NBC Universal, CNBC, Playboy, Spotify, u2
Jun 29, 2008 4:49 PM
U2 manager Paul McGuinness may this year have become one of the music industry’s biggest advocates of action against ISPs and social networks, but not all of his comments have been supported by the band he represents. Earlier this month, McGuinness told BBC 6Music Radiohead’s pay-what-you-like In Rainbows release had…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, bono, paul mcguinness, u2
Jun 5, 2008 6:22 AM
ISPs deserve blame for the devaluation of music and the decline of the traditional music industry. So do device makers and P2P software makers. Oh and China and Chinese businesses, yep, it’s their fault too. That seemed to be the basic message from U2 manager Paul McGuiness, speaking at an…
Posted In: Entertainment, Music, u2
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