Warner Music with video service
Warner Music Group has signed a deal with Internet video service Brightcove, enabling it to distribute its video content catalogue on its own Web sites, and profit from it.
This is according to News.Com, which explains that the partnership allows the Warner Music Group to use Brightcove`s software to embed Web-based video players in the sites for its labels - which include Sire, Atlantic and Elektra, as well as its individual artists.
"Visitors to the sites will be able to view on-demand music videos and related footage like artist interviews and performances in a free, ad-supported form," adds the article.
Orange predicts the workplace of 2016
Telecoms giant Orange, through its Future Enterprise Coalition, has released a report looking at how people will work in 2016.
The Register reports that: "The coalition feels the way in which society approaches intellectual property (IP) is going to be a key: if large companies maintain a stranglehold on their IP, innovation will be stifled and the workplace of the future will be little more than a cubicle farm."
That is the least optimistic of the four scenarios proposed, with others suggesting a more flexible working environment becoming normal and the line between employee and freelancer becoming ever-more blurred.
Sony admits to buying illegally
Sony has admitted that senior staff bought PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld consoles from an illegal source, but only for investigation purposes, according to BBC News.
This is the latest revelation in its legal tussle with Hong Kong import and export firm Lik-Sang, which ceased trading on Monday following legal action from Sony.
Announcing its closure, Lik-Sang named Sony executives it said had used its service to get the PSPs before they went on official release in Europe. Sony does not deny staff bought the game gadgets from Lik-Sang, but said it was done to check the nature of the goods that were being sold.
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