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The Chicago Promoters' Ordinance Kills Independent Music:
A Documentary from the Streets
Posted by : JohnEShowbiz
  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. DO SOMETHING about it.



Goodbye, DRM; hello "stealable" Digital Personal Property
Posted by : NewsPig
  From ARS Tech, "People hate DRM, but one IEEE study group has a possible fix for many of its problems: make digital content easy to steal from others. The moment that happens, consumers can be trusted with content." Read more.

Pirated music may cripple Japanese phones
Posted by : NewsPig
  From CD Freaks, "The music industry, the Japanese government and telecoms are reportedly working together on a way to disable phones with pirated music on them." Read more.

Copyright law threatening
Posted by : NewsPig
  From Calgary Herald, "It is increasingly apparent that modern copyright law is utterly and completely incompatible with the right to privacy." Read more.
Music industry calls for filesharing tax
Posted by : NewsPig
  From Inquirer, "THE LATEST CUNNING PLAN of the music industry is to get the government to bring in a tax to pay what it claims to have lost to 'pirates'. " Read more.

iPod fee proposed to compensate artists for copying
Posted by : NewsPig
  From CTV, "When was the last time you made a mix tape? " Read more.
Could an iTunes subscription service save the record biz?
Posted by : JaGoFF
  From CNET , "According to an analysis in today's Billboard Online, the usual summer slump in digital download sales is more pronounced this year, and ringtone sales continue their steep decline." Read more.

UPDATE: Chicago's Promoter Ordinance
" Why the Event Promoters Ordinance should be rejected"
Posted by : JohnEShowbiz
  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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30 DIY music books free for the taking
Hands-On With Spotify for iPhone: Is iTunes Dead? - Wired
Sony Music is in a music row with Universal and a hit Latin pop sensation - DailyTech
A New Project: Cover tracks for 33 cents.
How UK Government spun 136 people into 7m illegal file sharers - PC Pro
UK Musicians Oppose Draconian Disconnect Policy - EFF
Calls grow to scrap 'potentially racist' Form 696 as music industry suffers - Guardian
Toronto Copyright Townhall: Canadian Record Industry Mobilizes In Panic, Everyone Loses Out - TechDirt
YouTube music industry video agreement is 'a landmark deal'
- Telegraph
How 'horrendous failure' led to Rock Band - CNN
How 'horrendous failure' led to Rock Band
- POP Matters
Project 30-90 music festival aims to rock on renewable energy - NOLA
MONKEYS ARE METAL! - Skull N Bones
Music Critic Explains Why The Music Industry Is Better Off Embracing Fans - TechDirt


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Links to further educate yourself

30 DIY music books free for the taking

Does Chatter Matter?
The Impact of User-Generated
Content on Music Sales
[PDF]

Berklee Music Blogs

RAIN 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
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Creative Commons

Recording Artist Coalition


Music Industry Law

P2P United



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Older News


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 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

 









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