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RECORD
INDUSTRY NUGS FROM AROUND THE WEB...
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The
Chicago Promoters' Ordinance Kills
Independent Music:
A Documentary from the Streets
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by : JohnEShowbiz |
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Our
friends from JaGoFF
spent their summer vacation getting
the word out on the ill-conceived
Chicago
Promoters' Ordinance and have
filmed
a documentary to prove it. This
Promoters' Ordinance, if passed
into law, would effectively "drop
a bomb on Chicago's independent
music community, if not nuke it
entirely." according to Jim
DeRogatis at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Don't write this one off because
this horrible idea can easily catch
on across the country. Do yourself
and everyone a favor - WATCH IT,
EMBED IT, DOWNLOAD IT. SHARE IT.
Here
is a bit of the background story
and here
is what you can do to help.
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MySpace
Music’s Space-High Hopes
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by : NewsPig |
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From
PaidContent, "And while
the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). subsidiary
has been setting expectations on
the music service sky-high with
teasers, other established competitors
like Imeem have been out in front
on a PR offensive talking about
how their services stack up in the
market, their points of differentiation
and their lead." Read
more.
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A
Mind-Blowing Music Industry In A
Box
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by : NewsPig |
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From
Pollstar, "There's been
plenty of press about the digital
distribution of music and how online
services like iTunes, eMusic, and
Rhapsody level the playing field
for major artists and obscure indie
bands alike. But how does an artist
or band place their music on those
sites?" Read
more.
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Oasis
tell the fans: play it yourself
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by : NewsPig |
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From
Telegraph, "Oasis are giving
away their songs - as sheet music"
Read
more.
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Net
is the new order for pop success
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by : NewsPig |
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From
The Age, "The old structure
has become obsolete. These changes
have been going on for 10 years,
but some are acting like it's only
just happening." Read
more.
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Major
Labels Need To Rethink The 360 Deal
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by : NewsPig |
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From
Undercover, "The music
industry needs a rethink of the
new business model of the `360 Deal`
if they ever want it to work, according
to speakers at the Big Sound music
conference." Read
more.
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The
labels that turned the tables
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by : JaGoFF |
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From
Guardian, "Selling millions
of records is no longer the preserve
of the majors - a few maverick indies
are now turning their passion and
adaptability into big business."
Read
more.
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UPDATE:
Chicago's
Promoter Ordinance
" Why the Event Promoters Ordinance
should be rejected"
Posted
by : JohnEShowbiz |
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In response to the ridiculousness
of a proposed Chicago "Promoter
Ordinance", Law Professor,
Henry
H. Perritt, Jr has written a
fantastic white paper entitled,
"Why the Event Promoters Ordinace
Should be Rejected" Among
his findings? Well for one he finds
the proposed ordinance to be "UNCONSTITUTIONAL"
on many levels. For those of you
in the dark, Jim DeRogatis had the
right take on it when he called
it "a law that will pretty
much drop a bomb on Chicago’s
independent music community, if
not nuke it entirely". From
our view, this is NOT an understatement.
The entire nation's creative community
is effected by this. In the city
that helped to foster gospel, blues,
soul, rnb, house, industrial, etc...
this is completely unaccecptable.
PBS/Chicago
ran a piece on the issue last
week, if you need to catch
up.
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Other
Record Industry News From Around
The Web
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Payola Can Save Webcasters, Music
Business
- Wired
OiNK
Admin Charged With Conspiracy
to Defraud - TorrentFreak
SongVest
- Buy a Percentage of Songwriter's
Royalty Check? - ZeroPaid
Can
You Be Sued for Helping Clients
Rip DVDs? - CEPro
Illegal
downloading: An artist’s
perspective - Elon
Vinyl
Gets Another Spin - WSJ
New
Marillion album free to share
- BBC
Zune
Takes Music Discovery to the Next
Level ...
- MarketWatch
MySpace
to Launch New Services
- Internet News
Artists
to Get as Little as 83 Cents if
Copyrights Extended to 95 Yrs
Michael
Moore to release his next film
via internet for free
- Telegraph
How
the Music Business Spent the Summer
Killing Itself
- AdAge
Slipknot Frontman Says Labels
Cause Piracy - TorrentFreak
BBC
to launch music download store
- CNET
DailyTech
Talks Piracy, Taxes and More With
Independent Music Chief
Metallica
on Album Leak to BitTorrent: 'Happy
Days' - ZeroPaid
Is
Home Taping Killing Music or ...
- Public
Knowledge
Acoustic
Band ‘Utterly Depends’
on Piracy
- Torrent Freak
isoHunt
Sues Canadian Record Industry
to Prove BitTorrent Legal
The
upcoming Million DJ March is viewed
as a solution...
- Boston
RIAA
wins P2P case after defendant
reformats hard drive
- ARS Tech
Don't
just buy the music, fans told
... - Guardian
Labor
promises $1 million for local
music-
ABC
Band
Sues Record Label for Digital
Music Distribution Ripoff
- ZeroPaid
Music
industry wants bigger slice of
Guitar Hero, Rock Band pie
Feedback
on the Album Format - Coolfer
Future
of Online Music - Industry Players
Discuss - ReadWriteWeb
Reconnecting
with old friends
Karaoke
Gets the Internet Radio Treatment
- WebProNews
Movie
Labels To Launch New “Open
Market” Play Anywhere Scheme
'Piracy
could kill the golden goose if
digital rights vanish’
- Independent
How
the music industry is destroying
Internet radio - Dvice
Veoh
‘not guilty’ in copyright
case - P2PNet
Album-loving
artists blame iTunes for changed
music tastes - ARSTech
Don’t
sue your customers! — EA
Sports boss - P2PNet
Crist
forms music recording industry
task force - BizJournals
Is
the ESA planning an RIAA-type
attack?
- P2PNet
What
to do about those hard-to-recycle
CDs...-
CSMonitor
Putting
Pandora Back in the Box
- Motley Fool
Music
industry giving up on DRM for
streams?
- TechRadar
Woman
can sue over YouTube clip de-posting
- SFGate
Is
Home Taping Killing Music or is
... - PublicKnowledge
"Functionally
voluntary" music may lead
to blanket licenses
- ARSTech
Pandora
Has the Power-SoundExchange Has
the Weapon
- AudioGraphics
How To Use Twitter For Band Promotion
- Grooveshark
The
RIAA Shuts Down Muxtape, But Wal-Mart
Turns Its Back On CDs
What
does the future hold for songwriters'
royalties? - Guardian
Record
labels seek more action on Rock
Band and Guitar Hero
RIAA
doubles settlement cost for students
fighting subpoenas
- ARSTech
Pandora
Cries Poverty - NY
Post
Q&A:
Jermaine Dupri On The Future Of
Music - Forbes
Will
flash memory cards emerge as the
next CD? - Mercury
News
Copyright
law could result in police state:
critics - CBC
Videos
feel the pinch of belt tightening
in the music industry
German
court: P2P lawsuits are unconstitutional
- P2PBlog
Redesign
A First Step In Bringing Order
To The MySpace Chaos
MP3
at 10
- Canada.com
A History of Copy Protection
- NextGen
Independents
Day: The Rise And Rise Of Independent
Music
The
Canadian DMCA - The Actual Text
- Music - Sony Rootkit Legalized
Judge
rejects music industry's promo
CD copyright claim - NetworkWorld
Copyright
bill expected to target downloading
- The Star
Atlantic
Sues Stone Temple Pilots' Weiland,
Kretz - Billboard
Warfield:
'This Bill Is Not Fair' -
RadioInk
Metallica
really wants you to dislike them
- CNET
Live
Nation's Leaders Battle Over Strategy
- WSJ
A
Bad Idea That Would Make a Worse
Law - Stereophile
Bands
Favoring Web Over Major Labels
Raid
at Detroit art gallery sows the
seeds of rebellion
- Freep
Are
musicians above working for ad
revenue?
- POPWallet
Warner
Has Lost Its Senses In Last.FM
Split
- Mashable
Secret
super-copyright treaty MEMO leaked
- BoingBoing
Coming
soon: Movies on flash memory cards
- News
Not
Music To Ears: Mobile chip piracy
rings -
Economic Times
MPAA
wants to stop DVRs from recording
some movies
- ARS
Royalty
Battle Royale Round
- -Crawdaddy
Inside
the music industry's piracy battle-
NZHerald
The vinyl war begins - MLive
Labels
Eye Variable Pricing for Digital
Downloads - PCMag
Cue
the starving artists! - Copyrightwatch
MPAA
gives two printers take-down notices
- CrunchGear
Study:
Radio Generates Billions In Music
Sales - FMQB
David
Pogue and the Economics of Free
- The Atlantic
Talent
Versus Promotion....who Wins?
Part 2 - Melodika
XM,
EMI settle portable radio lawsuit
Billy
Bragg on downloading and artists'
rights
Virgin
warns illegal downloaders: stop
or face prosecution - Independent
EMI
hires Second Life CTO to save
record industry - InfoAge
Exploring
the music industry's other alternatives
- CNET
Mainstream
Media Way Behind on DRM and DMCA
- TechDirt
The
Music Industry Gets Desperate
& Bets On Napster
- Synthtopia
Is
‘pay to play’ ever
a good idea? - NewMusicStratagies
Apple
playing catch-up on iPhone music,
says analyst - MacWorld
Top
10 Issues Facing Music 2.0
- Hypebot
The
Pirate Bay hit by $100m action
- WebUser
Senate
Votes to Reverse FCC Decision
Allowing Media Consolidation
Matt
Mason on The Pirate's Dilemma
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Mininova
Want
to tap into the power of Bit Torrent?
Mininova is a torrent that welcomes
original content creators and publishers
to upload your content and have it distributed
to the masses. The only catch is that
you have to apply and be approved. Good
luck and go get 'em.
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Amie
St.
The folks at
Amie St. have struck on the golden idea
of selling indie music at prices that
are dictated by the marketplace. DRM FREE
of course. Highly Recommended for artist
and listener alike.
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Links
to further educate yourself
Does
Chatter Matter?
The Impact of User-Generated
Content on Music Sales [PDF]
Berklee
Music Blogs
RAIN
FOM
Policy Summit 2006
Chicago
Music Commission
Music
Business Radio
Indie
Night School
Moses
Avalon
FOM
Policy Summit 2005
FOM
Report: "A Quantitive History
of Ownership Consolidation
in the Radio Industry"
National
Conference
for Media Reform 2005
National
Conference
for Media Reform 2003
Future
of Music
The
John Lennon
Educational Tour Bus
Creative
Commons
Recording
Artist Coalition
Music
Industry Law
Anti-Industry
Just
Plain Folks
Digital
Consumer
Electronic
Freedom Foundation
PopCult
Media
Illegal
Art
Webcaster
Alliance
OpenP2P
P2P United
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The
New Indie Music Gatekeepers? - Bob Baker
Why
We Go to Concerts but Don't Buy CDs - Portfolio
Music
Industry Gurus' Five Point Plan to Save their Business
- Wired
Free
downloads pay off for musicians - XRRF
RIAA
big fans of Limewire - XRRF
Bands
Should Give Away Their Music With Every Concert Ticket
Sold
Despite
verdict, experts say paying for music is passé
- Star Tribune
The
New Music Business, Part Two - Exclaim
News
Corporation reportedly courts US rapper with $300m offer
Andersen gets highest-ever attorney fees award against
RIAA - ARS
Georgia
Boosts Incentives for Entertainment Industry - DawsonTimes
Music
industry research warns of shrinking download market
- IDG
Legal
downloads fail to revive record sales - Telegraph
CBS
Acquiring CNET For $1.8 Billion; 44.6 Percent Premium
GNR
Guitarist Bumblefoot To Make New Song Available For
Free
Best-Selling
Author Turns Piracy into Profit
- Aarthialal
P2P
Distribution Case Studies
- Clickz
Elude
your ISP's BitTorrent blockade
- PCWorld
Will
We Ever Pay for an Album Again?
- ABC News
Music industry fights wireless plan - BizJournals
If
music DRM is dead, the RIAA expects its resurrection
- ARS
Dancing
to the digital tune
- Telegraph
RIAA
Encourages ISPs to Work
With Music Industry to Address Digital Theft -
RWOnline
Imeem
Unseats Yahoo: Top U.S. Music-Streaming Site
- Wired
YouTube ads for viral videos: 'buzz targeting' -
News.com
The
Rise of Social Streaming -
SeekingAlpha
RIAA Clings to DRM and the Past: It's Time to Look Forward
- PCWorld
Ofcom
sharpens cutlasses for pirate radio assault - TheReg
DRM
sucks redux: Microsoft to nuke MSN Music DRM keys
- ARS
Study: BitTorrent sees big growth, LimeWire still #1
P2P app
Comcast,
Pando Partner for 'P2P Bill of Rights
- PC Mag
From
Bricks and Mortar to Digital Music Master
- BusinessWeek
UK
music industry pines for the good old
days, seeks an iPod tax - CNET
Second
Life Slowly Turning into a Record Store -
Wired
No
One Likes The Music Labels. Who Cares?
- Alley Insider
The 100 top Web apps for 2008 - Webware
Sonific
Calls It Quits, Citing Music Licensing Issues
Blog
'influence' tracker BuzzLogic to acquire Activeweave
- News.com
Last.FM's
Free On-Demand Music Boosts CD and Download Sales
Internet
radio firms say royalties limiting choices
- Reclaim the Media
In
the US, 58% of music isn't paid for
- The Guardian
MySpace
Charts manipulated by TuneBoom Pro
(as used by major record labels)
- TechDigest
Music
industry spent $2.8M lobbying federal government
- Money
Music
Biz Trying To Screw You? -
G4TV
This
Just In: Major Labels And MySpace
May
Not Have Indies' Best Interests At Heart
- Idolator
Major-Label
Money Could Taint Music Blogs
- Wired
This song was brought to you by - Guardian
'Judicial scandal' in Pirate Bay case - The Local
TV
shows bring in the money for the music industry
- Hollywood Reporter
BitTorrent
site sues for IFPI compensation over block - BetaNews
NBC
Wants iTunes To Spy On All The Media You Own - Wired
Warner
urges Web fee for music downloads - National Post
PluggedIn
features free High-definition music videos from major
labels
Mobile
Music Sales in Japan up 91% - WirelessWatch
Blackballing
Hollywood - Columbia Trib
New
Music Platform - Gsign
How
Google Has Screwed Up the MySpace Deal - Wired
Bands
take advantage of online opportunities - SFGate
Amazon
Gains Share of Shrinking Paid Music Market - NY
Times
Surrge
Rocks the Music Industry - PRWeb
Universal
invests in Buzznet - Variety
Trent
Reznor: Singlehandedly Fixing the Music Industry?
- CampusWorld
British
Copyright Industry's New Perverse Copyright Theory
- ZeroPaid
Music
Sponsorship Spending To Total $1.04 Billion In 2008
- PR Web
Atlantan
Jermaine Dupri to head P&G-Def Jam hip-hop label
- BizJournals
Pirate
Bay to sue music industry - The Reg
Better
Bass: Skip the Subwoofer, Hack Your Hearing? - Wired
Online
music sellers look beyond DRM - Guardian
Forrester:
End of the Music Industry as We Know It
Adobe's
CinemaDNG Hopes to Solve Video Format Woes - Wired
Ringbacks
underline mobile, music biz divide - Wahington Post
Universal
Music: it's illegal to throw away the
promo CD we sent you without your permission
The
Pirate Bay Launches Uncensored Blogging Service
- TorrentFreak
Album
Leaks and the Ever Changing Music Industry - Just
Press Play
Creativity
Explored, by Mapping Jazz Musicians' Brains - Wired
Hip-Hop
Artist Refuses To Stand Against The Pirate Bay -
TorrentFreak
RIAA
Racketeering Lawsuit Revived; Will it Survive?
- Wired
MTV
Uses P2P Data for Playlist Selection
- TorrentFreak
Reznor:
Radiohead offering was insincere, industry is inept
- ARS
As
Labels Demand Higher Royalties, Radio...
Musicians
still waiting on a YouTube payday
- News.com
Band
or Brand? KRS-One, DJ Premier and Smirnoff Vodka
- Wired
NIN:
New Album Pulls In $1.6M In First Week
- Billboard
RIAA
tells Ars: We're not hypocrites
- ARS Tech
Music Industry Proposes a Piracy Surcharge on ISPs
- Wired
P2P
Meltdown - Slyck
Hello
from Nine Inch Nails - Pirate Bay
Nine
Inch Nails releases Ghosts I-IV under a Creative Commons
license
Spitzer
Scandal Turns Spotlight to Music Startup - NY Times
Ghosts
I-IV is available in multiple digital and physical formats
- NIN
REM
Debuting Album On Facebook App iLike - AlleyInsider
MySpace
talks to labels over music service - FT
Indie
Act Seeks Backup Brand - AD Age
SXSW
Interactive: Pirate vs. Consumer - SFBG
Study: More Teens Not Buying CDs - ZeroPaid
NIN
Confirms Uploads to Public and Private Torrent Sites
EFF
to take RIAA on in court over "making available"
claim
New
YouTube Developer Tools Turn Any Website Into a Video
Sharing Hub
Internet
radio firms say royalties limiting choices - Boston
RIAA
plays both sides of the street in music royalty debate
Grooveshark
Helps Elliot Spitzer’s Mistress Sell Her Mp3s
New
DRM-Free P2P Music Store Pays Labels, Uploaders
Rocker
Lou Reed takes aim at new technology - News.com
RIAA
Keeps Settlement Money, Artists May Sue - TorrentFreak
Digital
Music: Buying More and Spending Less - Slyck
White
House IPO czar bill clears first hurdle - Hollywood
Report
Blunt
label boss sues over album - BBC
Lawsuit
Could Force RIAA to Reveal Secret - Wired
Apple's
iTunes Store Has Sold 4 Billion Tracks—But Is
It Profitable?
Pirate
Bay to Hollywood: Open your Own Torrent Site - TorrentFreak
War
against Web tops music biz "screw-ups" list
Andersen
attorney on RIAA suit: "They can't run now"
- ARS
File
‘sharing’ or ‘stealing’?
- LA Times
MiniNova
hits 4 Billion Downloads -
Slyck
Facebook
sees first dip in UK - The
Guardian
Reviewing
the RIAA's "Reefer Madness" for the digital
age - ARS
Music
downloads to surpass CD sales by 2012, Forrester study
says
Industry
Insider: The Problem with Soundscan -
Guitar Jam Daily
BitTorrent Developers Introduce Comcast Busting Encryption
- Wired
Copyright this - LA Times
Bands'
sales are feeling the 'Guitar Hero' effect
- USA Today
MySpace's
Nutty "Hulu For Music" Plan
- AlleyInsider
Imeem
Acquires Snocap - TechCrunch
ASCAP
sees increase in royalty receipts amid industry downturn
Up
Close: RCRD LBL Co-Founder And CEO Peter Rojas
- FMQB
Musicians
sue Universal Music for lost royalties
- Reuters
'Net
neutrality' bill introduced
- MSNBC
Canadian DMCA On Hold? - Michael Geist
Business
coalition opposes harsh copyright reform - CBA
YouTorrent
Interview - Slyck
HD-DVD
Death Made Official. Downloads To Kill Blu-Ray Next.
- Wired
EU
commissioner: Let’s extend music copyrights to
95 years.
Ars: 50 years is plenty
Tagoo
Emerging as the Russian Napster? - Wired
White
House objects to plan for .gov P2P security - News.com
Music
industry: 'Make file sharing legal'
- Local
Blog,
social network buzz correlates to better album sales
- ARS
Mininova
Launches Music Torrent Streaming - TorrentFreak
Rob
Zombie on The Record Industry: “overstuffed, overpaid
dinosaurs"
The
life and crimes of the music biz
- Guardian
Timbaland
releases first 'mobile only' album
- Times
Ailing
music biz calls for overhaul
- Variety
House
approves MPAA-backed college antipiracy rules
- News.com
Comcast tweaks Terms of Service in wake of throttling
uproar - ARS
Visions
of an online music cartel? - News.com
Back
in the groove - FT
Record
labels can't win for losing - Globe and Mail
PRO-IP
Act is dangerous and unnecessary, say industry groups
- ARS
Google
saves the music industry? - LA Times
Want
Better Music? Don't Stiff the Songwriters
- Wired
RIAA
boss: Move copyright filtering from ISPs to users’
PCs - ARS
Aretha the latest to go Indie
- Variety
Pirated
by iTunes, Artist Turns to BitTorrent
- TorrentFreak
Major
labels 'face DoJ antitrust probe'
- The Reg
Verizon
Rejects Hollywood’s Call to Aid Piracy Fight
- NY Times
Share
files with Twitter via Twittershare
- P2PBlog
Artists' best interests? RIAA presses for lower royalties
- ARS Tech
Music
websites are fighting to be free - USA Today
Fight
for control at SXSW - Austin360
Copy
a CD, owe $1.5 million under "gluttonous"
PRO-IP Act
- ARS
Court
delivers a blow to record cos on internet piracy
- The Times
Copyright
Royalty Board to Determine New Mechanical Royalty Rate
NY
Daily News, EMI To Offer Free Downloads To Readers
- PaidContent
Judge
accuses RIAA of ‘gamesmanship’
- P2PNet
Norwegian
Broadcasting (NRK) makes popular series available DRM-free
via BitTorrent - NRKBeta
Torrentz
Introduces Verified Torrents More New Features
- TorrentFreak
Facebook
Apps Dying, MySpace Opening to Them -
Softpedia
P2P users blast Comcast in FCC proceeding - ARS
Tech
TechSpin:
The Downloading Battle Heats Up - Red Herring
Chicago,
the Next Austin - The Reader
Qtrax
jumped gun on online deal, labels say - LA Times
MPAA
‘300% error’ continues to multiply -
P2PNet
SeeqPod
IPhone Button Allows Instant Access to Free Music
- Wired
Debating
copyright reform: time for compulsory licenses?
- ARSTech
MPAA
Admits Mistake on Downloading Study
_AP
Electronic
Arts to Offer 'Battlefield Heroes' As Free Download
- ZeroPaid
New
Online Music Community Web Site
AT&T,
P2P Filtering, and the Consumer
- Slyck
Troubling "Digital Theft Prevention" Requirements
Remain in Higher Education Bill
- EFF
Proposed
EU ISP filtering and copyright extension shot down
- ARSTech
Indie
filmmakers, '3D is now open' - News.com
Rebranding
the RIAA - The Reg
'Rock
Band' pumps up music sales - USAToday
Thanks
to YouTube, Professors Are Finding New Audiences -
Chronicle
How
Pirates Will Change The Entertainment Industry
- TorrentFreak
Sundancers
are Web-conscious - News.com
A
Bit Torrent for Cars?
- ZeroPaid
AT&T,
P2P Filtering, and the Consumer
- Slyck
From
MySpace to YourSpace - NYTimes
Software
Morphs Rapper Prodigy Into Global Cipher
- Wired
"I
Wouldn't Steal": European Greens advocate file-swapping
- ARSTech
RIAA wiped off the net - The Reg
Filmmakers
on the cutting edge - News.com
U2 3D Brings Hyperreal Arena Rock to the Multiplex
- Wired
Canadian
Privacy Commissioner: Just say no to intrusive DRM
- ARSTech
YouTube
film contest winner revels in Web's possibility
- News.com
Rebranding
the RIAA - The Reg
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