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。
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？
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
The quest for higher royalties may actually be doing record labels more harm than good.
实际上征收更高的版税对唱片公司而言可能是弊大于利。
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。
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。
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。
The record labels always want something new out of artists, in order to sell more music, as well as draw more fans.
为了卖出更多的专辑、圈更多的粉丝，唱片公司总希望艺人不断有新作推出。
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。
Google has attempted to create similar services but so far haven't been able to agree on terms with the record labels.
谷歌一直试图建立类似的服务，不过目前为止尚无法就条款与唱片公司达成一致。
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。
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。
Apple has to conclude deals with individual record labels at the country level to allow songs to be sold on the iTunes platform in each market.
苹果必须逐个国家去跟不同的发行公司达成交易，才能允许歌曲在每个市场的iTunes平台上出售。
"I don't think Comes With Music would have been licensed three years ago," says Mulligan. "But the record labels understand that [digital sales to iPods] isn't enough."
穆里甘说：“我不认为ComesWithMusic计划在三年前会得到唱片公司的许可，但唱片公司们明白不能吊死在iPod一棵树上。”
Geoff Taylor, the chief executive of BPI, the UK record labels group, says the figures from Sweden and South Korea show how legislation can steer people into legal services.
英国唱片公司联盟《英国留声机工业协会》（BPI）首席执行官杰夫·泰勒（Geoff Taylor）表示，来自瑞典和韩国的数字表明了法律在引导人们使用合法服务的过程中起了多么大的作用。
Its use of a subscription model comes at a time when CD profits are lagging and larger social-networking sites are negotiating with record labels to incorporate music streaming.
MOG采取了订阅服务的模式，眼下CD出版业盈利状况不佳，更大的社交网站则在与唱片公司商谈添加网上收听的事宜。
There's a really, really important point that we have been trying to hammer home to the record labels for some months, which is: what happens to music sales as device sales start to slow?
我们已经花了好几个月时间向唱片公司再三强调，试图让他们搞清楚这里面的利害关系：当音乐播放器销量开始放缓的时候音乐销售会发生什么呢？
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。
Record labels sound terribly innovative when they talk about bundling music together with broadband subscriptions. Yet this model comes from television.
唱片公司在讨论将音乐产品和网络付费业务捆绑，这听起来相当新颖，而这种模式就来自于电视。
Record labels sound terribly innovative when they talk about bundling music together with broadband subscriptions. Yet this model comes from television.
唱片公司在讨论将音乐产品和网络付费业务捆绑，这听起来相当新颖，而这种模式就来自于电视。
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