Europe’s largest music trade fair takes place in Cannes from January 17-21. Finetunes will be attending Midem and will be available for meetings with both existing and potential new partners. If you have any questions about any of our our services: from distribution and label management, through to technical encoding and delivery (DSP) services, or digital retail solutions, please contact Hanns-Christian Gerth to arrange a meeting. Attending Midem for finetunes will be Oke Göttlich, Tom Günther, Phil Darimont, David Balfour and Vincent Quittard.

Press contect:
::: Hanns-Christian Gerth ::: hank (ädt) finetunes.net :::
::: finetunes GmbH :::
::: Marketing & Press Department :::
::: Stresemannstrasse 375 / Unit 11 :::
::: D-22761 Hamburg :::
::: Phone: +49 (0)40-328 91 981-00 :::

more information about finetunes @ MIDEM:
http://www.midem.com

finetunes is proud to announce that Oke Göttlich (GM finetunes) particpates as panel speaker at the kick off event from CHECKDISOUT in Hamburg Germany.

The first event ‘Music is Okay?!‘ will take place on November 20th. It will tackle current topics surrounding the state of digital music culture. The premiere will take a close look at the status of digital music, 10 years after the introduction of music-sharing service napster, apart from the major labels’ mourning and lack of creativity. The following speakers have been confirmed:

Oke Göttlich (GM finetunes)
Eric Wahlforss (Co-Founder of SoundCloud)
Marga Glanz (Owner Groovecity)
Ruben Jonas Schnell (CEO ByteFM)

The tickets for this event are extremely limited, so be quick and catch one via the checkdisout microsite (in German). Within the next weeks you can read a series of interviews with the panelists on PSFK.

VUT e.V. in cooperation with finetunes presents:

"Money for nothing and tracks for free!? - how to Monetize online Music!"

A showcase and panel discussion tackling one of the biggest issues affecting the modern-day music business: how to monetize online music. Our invitated companies will introduce themselves and their products with the focus on the newest business ideas and freshest opportunities for labels, artists and content partners. The event aims to provide your company how to use the full range of online models to generate a better online presence and, crucially, increase online revenues. The panel features leading online companies and music industry experts who will aim demystify and get "under the skin" of current and emerging online business models.
we would be glad to welcome you at our event.

[Participants] SOUNDCLOUD // DEEZER // we7 // JUSTALOUD // WEEKENDER REC. // PLAYLOUDER // ... AND MORE
[Date] WEDNESDAY // 08/10/2008
[Location] POPKOMM KONGRESSZENTRUM // [ROOM] ISTANBUL
[Time] SHOWCASE 15:45H // PANEL 16:45H

finetunes GmbH, one of Europe’s leading digital distributors and content aggregators, has issued a legal warning to Last.fm Ltd, operator of www.Last.fm.

The cease-and-desist order, which was issued on Friday the 5th of September 2008, cites infringements of German copyright law on the part of Last.fm. It states that that Last.fm is using finetunes’ music catalogue for its music streaming service without having been granted permission either from finetunes or from Germany's collecting societies.

Under the order, finetunes requires Last.fm to cease the use (via streaming on demand and personalised streaming) of songs from its catalogue of over 200,000 tracks. The order also demands that Last.fm provides finetunes with detailed information about previous streaming and duplication of these songs on its service. Furthermore, finetunes requires that Last.fm compensates finetunes for its prior illegal usage of its copyrighted material.

Tomte_Der Letzte große Wal Everybody who has returned from a long holiday and noticed the smell of home, or recognised the rhythm of the last miles on the highway, knows the feeling of re-experiencing something familiar after a long time. The new TOMTE Single ‘Der letzte große Wal’ is a little like this. Once again the sound of the guitars is rotating and Thees Uhlmann´s voice is wonderfully imperfect, just like the songs you have sung drunk at the fire at the campsite back in the day.
The new Single "Der letzte große Wal" by Tomte will be available on 09.19. in all download stores. There will also be a video on iTunes and Musicload, a Vingle (video single) can be purchased at Musicload.