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Asosiasi Industri Rekaman Indonesia Minta Kominfo Tutup Situs Konten Musik Ilegal di Internet

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Asosiasi Industri Rekaman Indonesia (ASIRI) secara tegas meminta pemerintah (dalam hal ini Menkominfo) untuk menutup situs internet yang mendistribusikan karya musik secara ilegal. Hal tersebut disampaikan langsung oleh Ketua Umum ASIRI, Gumilang Ramadhan dalam sebuah kesempatan Senin lalu di Jakarta. Gumilang mengatakan bahwa saat ini terdapat 237 juta lagu yang diunduh secara ilegal setiap bulan. Continue reading Asosiasi Industri Rekaman Indonesia Minta Kominfo Tutup Situs Konten Musik Ilegal di Internet →

Berkaraoke Ria Dengan Aplikasi Langit Musik Karaoke Dari MelOn

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Setelah hadir dengan aplikasi Langit Musik yang merupakan aplikasi streaming musik, kini Melon memperkenalkan versi Karaoke dari Langit Musik. Langit Musik Karaoke adalah aplikasi yang memiliki fitur karaoke untuk perangkat mobile dengan menampilkan video dan liriknya dari sebuah lagu disertai minus one vocal (tanpa vokal) dari lagu tersebut agar pengguna dapat berkaraoke ria hanya melalui perangkat mobile mereka. Aplikasi ini sudah dapat diunduh secara gratis pada perangkat Android dengan sistem operasi 2.3 ke atas di Google Play dan hanya bisa digunakan oleh pelanggan Telkomsel.

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Apakah Layanan Musik (Digital) Masih Dapat Dikembangkan?

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Artikel dari Daniel Ek ini membahas beberapa argumen dan mitos mengenai layanan dan industri musik secara umum, meskipun saya pribadi kurang percaya dengan data yang ditulis dalam angka-angka, terutama yang mengikuti lambang mata uang. Continue reading Apakah Layanan Musik (Digital) Masih Dapat Dikembangkan? →

[Manic Monday] My Wishlist: Digital Entertainment in Indonesia, 2013

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This is my first post in 2013 – so I thought it would be fitting to jot down a few things that I hope will happen in 2013 in the digital entertainment scene here. 2012 has certainly been an interesting year – International music services like iTunes and Deezer finally arrived, the much-adored (by industry players, at least) RBT is somewhat ‘resurrected‘, and of course, perhaps many other things that has not shown their importance yet. Naturally, this list is very subjective.
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[Manic Monday] Perception Of Value For Digital Music

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We live in times when actual value and perceived value are rarely the same thing. Even that piece of paper you use as money, has more relation to perceived value as to actual value, as the number written on the money is almost definitely more than the actual value of the paper it was made with. Money is represented by specially-printed pieces of paper as a form of guarantee from the government, that it represents the number printed on it; harking back from old times (as recently as the 20th century) where every piece of money was guaranteed its value in gold, kept safe in government safes.

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[Music Monday] The Darker Side Of Digital Music And Why iTunes Store Dropped Indonesia

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Many people are not aware the complex structure that sits in what is vaguely known as “the music industry”. For many people, what is seen through the media is the musician, artist or songwriter (albeit not as often), and sometimes a mild mention of the music label here, a record producer there, and sometimes the supporting musicians of  a certain album. But actually, a clockwork between songwriters, publishers, record producers, music labels, distribution channels, artists, and countless other people and bodies are involved in an intricate (and often confusing) dance. So, what happens if that clockwork breaks down?

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Indonesia Left Out of the Asian iTunes Store Launch Party

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Apple has announced an expansion of its iTunes Store into Asia by adding a dozen countries across the region. The countries are Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Missing from the list? Indonesia is the only Southeast Asian country (Well, Myanmar can’t count due to the various embargoes) not on the list [East Timor isn’t either -Ed]. Other than Indonesia, South Korea isn’t on the list as well [even though it was back in March -Ed].

What does this expansion of iTunes Store mean? With credit cards issued within those countries, consumers will be able to purchase more than 20 million songs available from iTunes Store including Asian idols such as Jay Chou, Girls Generation, and Andy Lau. Songs from iTunes Store are available as 256Kbps AAC with no DRM. Consumers will also be able to buy or rent various movies in high definition, thanks to the cooperation with major film studios.

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