The fact is that the indies are selling a lot more CDs than the major record labels.
事实是独立制作的唱片公司销售的激光唱片要比大牌公司多得多。
They own one ofthe largest record labels in the world.
它拥有世界上最大的唱片公司之一。
Even so, are the record labels wise to fight back?
即便如此，唱片公司反击就明智了吗？
At the moment, record labels have to accept Apple's terms.
现在，唱片商们不得不接受苹果提出的条款。
But for record labels, Apple was the only viable and legal route.
但是对于唱片业，苹果的做法是唯一合法可行的。
But record labels have become wary of social-media indicators.
但唱片公司对社交媒体这一风向标十分谨慎。
T's official: 2009 was the worst year for the record labels in a decade.
图片来源：Jeremy traum据官方消息：对唱片公司来说，2009年是过去十年最糟糕的一年。
It's official: 2009 was the worst year for the record labels in a decade.
图片来源：Jeremy traum据官方消息：对唱片公司来说，2009年是过去十年最糟糕的一年。
Artists on African record labels such as Storm 360 regularly tour Africa and overseas.
一些非洲唱片公司的歌手，如Storm 360，定期的在非洲或者海外巡演。
Record labels don't like to take chances, and none wanted to touch an untested teenage act.
唱片公司可不想冒险，而且没有一家愿意为未经市场检验的少年表演而发行唱片。
Apple has agreed to give 70% of any revenue from its cloud music service to the record labels.
苹果已同意将其云上音乐服务的所得收益的70%交与唱片厂牌。
Record labels weren't exactly thrilled that Amazon launched the service without their approval.
唱片公司并没有因为亚马逊没经他们同意就上线(mp3)服务而不爽。
Then again, I’m not sure the record labels really enjoy it when anyone plays one of their tracks.
再说，我也确定不了当别人（在线）收听他们的歌曲时，唱片公司到底爽不爽。
There are 6 music videos this year, all of them from professional musicians and their record labels.
在今年的视频中有6个是音乐视频，而这些都来自专业的音乐家和他们的唱片。
Warner Music has slashed staff Numbers, merged individual record labels and cut its roster of artists.
华纳音乐已大量裁减员工数量、并购唱片公司以及减少签约艺人。
Record labels have also licensed music to Nokia, which bundles it into the price of its mobile phones.
同时，唱片公司向诺基亚发布了授权书，允许他们在手机上使用自己的音乐，价格自然也计入了手机的售价。
There's much still to like about Imeem - its design has improved and the list of record labels is impressive.
Imeem还是有很多让人喜爱之处的——它的设计得到改善，唱片品牌列表也引人注目。
So of the four big record labels, or majors, it has the least to lose by moving to DRM-free digital downloads.
因此，在四大唱片公司中，百代转战无DRM技术的数字音乐下载损失最少。
On the other hand, the iPod accelerated the decline in CD sales and shifted power from record labels to Apple.
另一方面，iPod加速了唱片销量的下滑，并且把势力从音乐公司转向了苹果公司。
This is something that consumers have long been aware of, and that the record labels are finally starting to catch on to.
这一点消费者早就知道了，现在唱片公司终于也意识到问题所在了。
The song- recommendation feature would work only for music released by record labels with Google agreements in place.
歌曲推荐功能将只适用于已经与谷歌签订了协议的唱片公司发行的音乐。
According to Robertson, the struggle against the record labels is one of the defining business and legal battles of our time.
罗伯逊表示，与唱片公司之间的斗争，不仅是我们这个时代最为重要的一项事业，也是一场具有决定意义的法律之战。
So what have all these artists and record labels been going on about, complaining about what a dire state the music industry is in?
可为什么所有的艺人和唱片公司从未停止过抱怨，哀叹音乐产业已是深陷泥潭无药可救？
Since 2003 global CD sales have roughly halved. Competition from pirates has crushed retailers and forced record labels to cut prices.
自从2003年全球CD销量减半后，来自盗版的竞争已经影响到了零售业，并且强迫唱片公司降低价格。
One year ago we reported that music-based social networking site Imeem was experiencing strong growth and making key deals with record labels.
一年前我们曾报道过，基于音乐的社交站点Imeem涨势迅猛，并于唱片品牌达成了重要合作协议。
The campaign is a joint venture between Virgin Media and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), which represents the major record labels.
这是维京传媒(Virgin Media)与英国唱片产业协会(British Phonographic Industry (BPI))的联合行动，代表了主要的唱片公司。
The new Swedish legislation is similar to that being sought by copyright owners such as record labels and film studios for the UK and France.
瑞典新的法律好像类似于英国和法国的唱片公司和电影制片商等版权持有人追寻的法律一样。
It’ll require record labels and artists to come together and figure out a way to give fans the music they want and at a price they can afford.
相反， 真正需要各大音乐厂牌和艺员们一起商讨的议题应该是：如何为乐迷们提供他们真正需要的音乐，以及如何以乐迷们能够接受的价格出售这些歌曲。
It’ll require record labels and artists to come together and figure out a way to give fans the music they want and at a price they can afford.
相反， 真正需要各大音乐厂牌和艺员们一起商讨的议题应该是：如何为乐迷们提供他们真正需要的音乐，以及如何以乐迷们能够接受的价格出售这些歌曲。
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