rVibe Press

rVibe makes your music library streamy, viral

While the battle to access your music and video files on the go continues both of the software front with services like Qloud, Orb and Simplify Media, there's also the hardware side of things with placeshifting technology from Sling Media, SanDisk and others. Ultimately people want a really simple way to enjoy their stuff elsewhere with a soft or Webware experience that's easy to use.

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Startups Eye Apple-EMI Pact

Apple and EMI announced on Monday an agreement to sell higher-quality versions of the record label's songs without digital protections through iTunes next month, a landmark deal that paves the way for other big labels to follow suit.

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rVibe to launch legal p2p music sharing without DRM

rVibe will be launching the first legal p2p based music sharing platform next month. rVibe has partnered with CDBaby to deliver its 550k tracks in DRM free mp3 format and is already working with other major music labels. Based out of Bethelehem, PA, rVibe was founded by Braydon Johnson-McCormick who did his PhD in music from Boston University and later worked in various Fortune 50 companies including Fidelity. rVibe and its team of 8 is supported by angel funding from Ben Franklin and few private investors.

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Success Stories - rVibe

Digital Music Entrepreneur Finds KIZ is Playing his Song

Braydon Johnson McCormick believes in sharing. So do his investors, who are betting the entrepreneur can turn the chaos of the Internet into a steady stream of music—and income.

McCormick's company, Johnson McCormick Technologies, is creating a community of music lovers who want to own their songs and share their tastes with like-minded souls. Rvibe is in its alpha phase but will soon offer a legal alternative to the peer-to-peer file sharing networks that have garnered a fistful of lawsuits from the recording industry.

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Creating 'knowledge neighborhoods': Start-ups get assistance from state, local initiative.

Imagine you just downloaded Britney Spears' "Toxic" from a legal on-line music file-sharing service. Now you recommend it to your friend, and she also buys it from the same Web site. And you get 5 cents every time a friend follows up on one of your music suggestions.

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