links for 2008-04-08

Apr 8, 2008 Author: Adrian Fusiarski | Filed under: Uncategorized

Imeem Acquires Snocap-Billboard.biz

Confirming a long-held expectation, Imeem acquired the struggling Snocap digital rights and content management firm.
Right idea, wrong time: Snocap’s corpse washes up at Imeem | The Register

Timing is everything in business, and having a visionary idea too early can prove fatal. So it is with Shawn Fanning’s Snocap, which has formally announced today that it’s being acquired by Imeem. Or what’s left of it - most Snocap employees were laid off
Internet Evolution - The Big Report - Peer-to-Peer Filters: Ready for Internet Prime Time?

Peer-to-peer (P2P) filtering products are supposed to provide two functions critical to ensuring the continued successful expansion of the Internet.
hypebot: Turmoil In Digital Music Distribution

As digital revenues have grown and other income streams slowed to a trickle, record labels and artists have begun to question paying digital distributors 10-30% for delivery of music to download stores.
Teenage Music Purchases - Chuck Klosterman - Esquire

There’s a lot of money out there in the economy that people used to spend on CDs. The question is, where, exactly, did it go?