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Just moments ago, by a near-unanimous vote, the Senate stood up to Big Media. They voted to throw out the FCC decision to let the largest media companies swallow up even more local media.
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May 15, 2008 at 5:51 PM
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May 15, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Comcast and Cox Communications have manipulated BitTorrent traffic at all hours of the day, not just during times of peak congestion, according to a Thursday study from the Max Planck Institute in Germany.
If any industry has felt the brunt of the internet as a disruptive
technology, its the music industry, which has been dealt a heavy blow
by the onset of digital music distribution. On the April 28, the RIAA
again confirmed this state of affairs when re...
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May 14, 2008 at 10:51 AM
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May 14, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Glastonbury Radio is to feature Mellosonic Radio, a collaboration between UK based independent songwriter/artist Rodrica Rudge and Mellosonic (aka Chris J. Brown), who is a recording engineer/composer from California, U.S.A.
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May 13, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Mr. Lefsetz gets it right, then gets it wrong. AGAIN.
If this bill is passed in its present form by the Senate and signed, that means there's no more pro forma RIAA lawsuit payoffs, because if you wind up settling with the RIAA, you could still lose all your stuff in addition to any fee you paid them.
Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop Into Every Zune - YET ANOTHER REASON NOT TO BUY A ZUNE.
Reznor and band offering new album THE SLIP for free on their website
Universities Baffled By Massive Surge In RIAA Copyright Notices
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May 4, 2008 at 8:26 PM
wittle wittle babies wid widgettes!
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May 2, 2008 at 10:26 AM
... but gets arrested
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May 1, 2008 at 11:28 PM
We use THIS thread for posting quick links you find from around the web that are of interest to both the DMusic and Boycott-RIAA communities.
How the RIAA really makes decisions
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May 1, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Message to RIAA from federal judge: FUCK OFF
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May 1, 2008 at 10:52 AM
A federal judge has just set the rate to be paid for a blanket music license by Yahoo, AOL, and RealNetworks. The three companies could owe songwriters as much as $100 million over seven years as payment for streaming their songs on the web. As the Rolling Stones once noted, "You can't always get what you want," but the songwrit...
Radiohead won't be repeating its initiative to let fans pay what they want for their downloads
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April 30, 2008 at 3:48 AM
There's been a lot of discussion in the blogs lately about court rulings that could complicate the RIAA's lawsuit campaign against illegal file-sharers. The three limit, to varying degrees, the record companies' ability to argue that p2p users violate copyrights merely by putting songs into folders from which other users could c...
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April 30, 2008 at 2:34 AM
putting sites that have music discovery as their primary goal in social-networking drag is ultimately a losing game --Idolator.com
The Atlanta Police Department joined with the music and movie industries last week to shred more than 1 million CDs and DVDs that had been seized from street vendors, sending the resulting ribbons of plastic to recycling facilities.
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April 26, 2008 at 8:57 AM
Ever read the book "Hit Men"? Here's an interview with Walter Yetnikoff, the legendary former head of CBS Records. He speaks about why major labels today are failing to capitalize on the new artists they sign, and why the record industry has thus far completely missed out on the internet music revolution.
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April 23, 2008 at 12:48 PM
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