So How Goes Bin Laden's War on the U.S. Economy? -- Pretty well. Actually, he won. According this one year old USA New and World report, Bid Laden had set out to screw our economy, and keep us out of the mideast, since we would busy tending to our own economic meltdown because of the mortgage and subprime crisis. Well? (This is...
A federal judge has dismissed a copyright-infringement lawsuit filed by EMI Group against Michael Robertson, founder of MP3tunes and a , MP3.com and Linspire.
Posted by Mike (Shmoo) in
on
October 4, 2008 at 8:33 PM
The CRB's decision also brings to a close the brief but entertaining drama sparked by Apple's comments that it might shutter the iTunes Store rather than swallow a royalty rate increase. The implicit threat had received a lot of attention recently, but was derided by some analysts, who noted the Web site's strong revenues and in...
Posted by Mike (Shmoo) in
on
October 4, 2008 at 8:26 PM
A ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board this week could force online music sellers to pay publishers more money - as an Apple threat to close iTunes looms.
Three Washington judges are due to decide Thursday how the spoils of the digital music boom should be shared, in a ruling with implications for songwriters, music publishers and online services such as Apple’s iTunes stor
Posted by leflaw in
on
October 1, 2008 at 10:22 AM
Monday, its chief executive, David Pakman, said he is leaving the company to join an unnamed venture capital firm, effective at the end of the year. Pakman had run eMusic for three years.
Posted by leflaw in
on
September 30, 2008 at 11:32 PM
Web-based programs like Google's Gmail will force people to buy into locked, proprietary systems that will cost more and more over time, according to the free software campaigner [I tend to agree --Shmoo]
Posted by Mike (Shmoo) in
on
September 30, 2008 at 2:17 PM
One of Dmusic's most prolific collaborators, Spike began performing in High School in Denton, Texas. He has since been involved in a variety of musical pursuits including TV commercials, live performing, and recording. His years of experience lend themselves well to the creation of musical arrangements with thoughtful and intel...
Posted by Crystal in
on
September 29, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan just recently published through St. Martin's Griffin the print edition of their wonderful handbook for indie musicians, The Indie Band Survival Guide. They started the book as a CC-licensed PDF and quickly drew attention from the likes of Billboard magazine, the Associated Press and even Professor...
Posted by Mike (Shmoo) in
on
September 29, 2008 at 1:58 PM
"We'll be actively monitoring the site. And, obviously, if the copyright holder complains, Activision will pull it down immediately. We can't condone people putting up covers of music."
Posted by Mike (Shmoo) in
on
September 29, 2008 at 1:53 PM
As the final stage of our
transition to a full DRM-free MP3 download store, Walmart will be
shutting down our digital rights management system that supports
protected songs and albums purchased from our site.
Posted by Distilled1 in
on
September 29, 2008 at 5:29 AM
Barack Obama has edited his official website on many issues, including a huge revision on the technology page. Strangely it seems net neutrality is no longer as important as it was a few months ago, and the swaths of detail have been removed and replaced with fairly vague rhetoric. Many technologists were alarmed with the choice...
Posted by Mike (Shmoo) in
on
September 27, 2008 at 9:04 PM
Artists on indie labels flocked to MySpace early on because it offered an easy and free alternative to slick personal websites built by major label Internet whizzes. Their participation made MySpace a destination for music lovers, who could listen to songs and check tour dates even if they didn't have a MySpace profile.
Posted by leflaw in
on
September 27, 2008 at 10:03 AM
The vote for our favorite artists and tracks, that is! It's that time of year again when members of DMusic put on their headphones and listen-- to the sounds of the 2008 DMusic Favorite Song & Artist Awards.
Posted by Kathy in
on
September 27, 2008 at 5:41 AM
It's the biggest bank failure in history. On Thursday night, in the waning hours of its one hundred and nineteenth birthday, Seattle based Washington Mutual was seized by the federal government and most of its assets sold to JPMorgan Chase for a paltry $1.9 billion.
Posted by Andrew in
on
September 25, 2008 at 9:59 PM
leflaw
Mike (Shmoo)
pepe512000
Crystal
Kathy
