Monday, April 30, 2007

Oh what a tangled wwweb we weave....

Individual Lawsuits – USA
RecordingIndustryvThePeople, RIAA Goes Into Court "Ex Parte" in Denver, Colorado, Tries to Get Ruling that it Doesn't Need Court Order to Get Subscriber Info from ISP's (25 April 2007) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/04/riaa-goes-into-court-ex-parte-in-denver.html> at 30 April 2007

p2pnet.net, New RIAA anti-p2p bid (29 April 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12083> at 30 April 2007

p2pnet.net, Judges labels RIAA claim 'disingenuous' (24 April 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12046> at 30 April 2007

p2pnet.net, RIAA suddenly drops student case (26 April 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12063> at 30 April 2007

Digital Music News, RIAA Defendant Successfully Secures Legal Fees (25 April 2007) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042507riaa/view> at 27 April 2007

TechDirt, RIAA Seriously Smacked Down (25 April 2007 ) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070424/154747.shtml> at 27 April 2007

p2pnet.net, Santangelo vs RIAA: fight over (10 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11927> at 15 April 2007

Digital Music News, RIAA Faces Further Setbacks In Santangelo Court Battle (15 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041507santangelo/view> at 17 April 2007

ZeroPaid, NCSU Legal Services Director Helps Students Fight the RIAA (18 April 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8650/NCSU++Legal+Services+Director+Helps+Students+Fight+the+RIAA> at 23 April 2007

p2pnet.net, RIAA singles out 10 Ohio students (17 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11989> at 18 April 2007

Slyck, New Round of Pre-Lawsuit Letters (11 April 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1455.html> at 15 April 2007

p2pnet.net, US students undaunted by RIAA (6 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11897> at 15 April 2007

p2pnet.net, New RIAA attack on US students (12 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11944> at 15 April 2007

p2pnet.net, RIAA goes after new family (12 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11951> at 15 April 2007

TechDirt, RIAA Still Can't Understand That The Product Is More Important Than The Price (12 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070412/110406.shtml> at 15 April 2007

ArsTechnia, Digital Freedom Campaign to organize students against RIAA abuse (1 April 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070401-digital-freedom-campaign-to-organize-students-against-riaa-abuse.html> at 3 April 2007

GeekMethod, RIAA Speaks at ASU Campus (30 March 2007) <http://www.geekmethod.com/2007/03/30/riaa-at-asu-campus/> at 1 April 2007

Individual Lawsuits – Britain
The Register, P2P pinball lawyers say ignorance is no defence (17 April 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/17/davenport_evidence/> at 18 April 2007

Individual Lawsuits – Other Countries
Digital Music News, Resolution Backing File-Sharing Surfaces In Norway (17 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041707norway> at 23 April 2007

ag-IP-news, Polish Music Industry Continues Legal Actions Against Illegal File-Sharing (22 April 2007) <http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=4310&lang=en> at 23 April 2007

Slashdot, Private File Sharing To Remain/Become legal In EU (30 March 2007)http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/30/1849206&from=rss> at 1 April 2007

BitTorrent
TorrentFreak, Company Cracks BitTorrent Protocol Encryption and Introduces Tracker Whitelists (27 April 2007) <http://torrentfreak.com/company-cracks-bittorrent-protocol-encryption-and-introduces-tracker-whitelists/> at 30 April 2007

ZeroPaid, Govt Announces New Guilty Plea in Elite Torrents Bust (18 April 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8651/Govt+Announces+New+Guilty+Plea+in+Elite+Torrents+Bust> at 23 April 2007

TorrentFreak, EliteTorrents Uploader Faces 5 Years in Jail (17 April 2007) <http://torrentfreak.com/elitetorrents-uploader-faces-5-years-in-jail/> at 18 April 2007

About the Scene News, BREiN takes down 10 illegal p2p-websites (25 March 2007) <http://www.aboutthescene.com/general/news/1126.html> at 2 April 2007

Napster 1
SiliconValley/Associated Press, Warner Music reaches $110 million settlement with Bertelsmann related to Napster alliance (24 April 2007) http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5739296> at 27 April 2007

Enforcement
p2pnet.net, Exclude RIAA 'expert' evidence (27 April 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12075> at 30 April 2007

p2pnet.net, CRIA's $4M Canada 'anti-piracy' bill (29 April 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12082> at 30 April 2007

TorrentFreak, This is How We Catch You Downloading (14 April 2007) <http://torrentfreak.com/this-is-how-we-catch-you-downloading/> at 18 April 2007

ag-IP-news, Music and Film Associations Merge Anti-Piracy Enforcement Operations in Brazil (12 April 2007) <http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=4274&lang=en> at 15 April 2007

Education Campaigns
p2pnet.net, Australia's MIPI: helping kids (26 April 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12067> at 30 April 2007

TechDirt, Some Suggestions On How To Celebrate World Intellectual Property Day (26 April 2007)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070426/102516.shtml> at 27 April 2007

File Sharing Social Norms
Digital Music News, The Promiscuous File-Trader: Lacks Loyalty, Seeks Multiple Partners (26 April 2007) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042707p2p> at 27 April 2007

P2p Development
p2pnet.net, P2p acceleration app (5 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11888> at 15 April 2007

p2pnet.net, Meet SET p2p file sharing (12 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11946> at 15 April 2007

ZeroPaid, Faster than BitTorrent? (11 April 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8620/Faster+than+BitTorrent?> at 15 April 2007

p2pnet.net, WiPeer: software-only p2p Wi-Fi (31 March 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11829> at 1 April 2007

P2p Promotion
ZeroPaid, Wilco drummer on P2P: 'the music's more important than making money off of every CD' (17 April 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8646/Wilco+drummer+on+P2P:+'the+music's+more+important+than+making+money+off+of+every+CD'> at 18 April 2007

Slyck, Nine Inch Nails Releases Tracks on The Pirate Bay (27 April 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1461.html> at 30 April 2007

TechDirt, More Evidence That Obscurity Is A Bigger Threat To Content Creators Than Piracy <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070416/013114.shtml> at 16 April 2007

ZeroPaid, FREE Download of the Day - music from the BitTorrent Entertainment Network (11 April 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8618/FREE+Download+of+the+Day+-+music+from+the+BitTorrent+Entertainment+Network> at 15 April 2007

P2p Statistics
p2pnet.net, p2pnet RIAA survey results (14 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11967> at 15 April 2007

p2pnet.net, P2p file sharing favourite with teens (13 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11958> at 15 April 2007

New York Times, Peer-to-Peer Downloaders Gorge on Songs (2 April 2007) <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/02/technology/02drill.html?ei=5088&en=7a002d108fac35ef&amp;ex=1333166400&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1175524653-Ncmm33vvCNb5aXdfd+Jr8A> at 3 April 2007

File Sharing Supporters
p2pnet.net, Norway liberals back file sharing (17 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11992> at 18 April 2007

ISP Liability
Digital Music News, Ohio University Bans P2P Use, Cites Bandwidth, Legal Concerns (26 April 2007) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042607ohio> at 27 April 2007

TechDirt, Ohio University Says No File Sharing Allowed (26 April 2007)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070425/180418.shtml> at 27 April 2007

p2pnet.net, Ohio University caves in to RIAA (26 April 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12066> at 30 April 2007

p2pnet.net, Give IDs to RIAA, UW-Madison told (27 April 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12076> at 30 April 2007

Wisconsin State Journal, Music industry wins UW IDs in file-sharing case (26 April 2007) <http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=131102> at 27 April 2007

Digital Music News, RIAA Receives More University Pushback, NC State Latest (15 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041507ncstate/view> at 17 April 2007

p2pnet.net, 4th school says NO! to the RIAA (16 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11974> at 17 April 2007

EFFector, Colleges Struggle to Cope With Flood of Copyright Complaints, Vol20 No9 (28 February 2007) <http://www.eff.org/effector/20/09.php> at 4 April 2007

eMusic
Digital Music News, eMusic Crosses 300,000 Subscribers, Shows Accelerated Growth (17 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041707emusic> at 23 April 2007

Digital Music News, eMusic Connoisseur: Bigger Bundles, Deeper Discounts (1 April 2007) http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040107emusic2> at 3 April 2007

Digital Music News, Victory Abandons eMusic, Pulls Catalog Following Price Dip (1 April 2007) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040107emusic1/view> at 3 April 2007

Allofmp3
Aom3, A Brief Look At AllOFMP3’s New Private Shop: MemphisMembers.com (12 April 2007) <http://www.aom3.org/blog/2007/04/12/a-brief-look-at-allofmp3’s-new-private-shop-memphismemberscom-3/> at 15 April 2007

Digital Media Stores
Digital Music News, iPod Sales Cross 100 Million, iTunes Downloads Surpass 2.5 Billion (9 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040907ipod> at 17 April 2007

The Register, EU needles Apple, EMI (3 April 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/03/apple_emi_ec_fines/> at 4 April 2007

MySpace
Digital Music News, Industry Assesses MySpace Selling Power, Early Data Trickles In (8 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040807myspace> at 17 April 2007

Subscription
Digital Music News, RealNetworks Hikes Monthly Pricing on Rhapsody (1 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040107real/view> at 2 April 2007

Licensed p2p
The New York Times, New Model for Sharing: Free Music With Ads (23 April 2007) <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/23/technology/23qtrax.html?_r=1&oref=slogin> at 27 April 2007

Red Herring, Cashing in on P2P (16 April 2007) <http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=22015&hed=Cashing%26nbsp%3Bin+on+P2P> at 18 April 2007

Filtering
Klta/Associated Press, New Technology Wipes Out Illegal File Sharing (3 April 2007) <http://ktla.trb.com/news/ktla-fileshare,0,6893541.story?coll=ktla-news-2> at 5 April 2007

DRM
p2pnet.net, Anti-DRM t-shirt contest (26 April 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12060> at 30 April 2007

Digital Music News, RIAA Chief Offers Pro-DRM, Pro-Litigation Message (24 April 2007) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042407bainwol/?searchterm=RIAA%20Chief%20Offers%20Pro-DRM,%20Pro-Litigation%20Message> at 27 April 2007

TechDirt, Repeating The Claim That DRM Enables Things Won't Make It True (26 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070425/170406.shtml> at 27 April 2007

Slyck, France's New DRM Watchdog (13 April 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1457.html> at 15 April 2007

p2pnet.net, France's new DRM watchdog (12 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11947> at 15 April 2007

CNet News, Microsoft sees DRM-free music in Zune's future (4 April 2007) <http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6173307.html> at 15 April 2007

Digital Music News, DRM-Free Spotlight Shifts Towards Microsoft, Zune (8 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040807msft> at 17 April 2007

The Register, DRM-free music: EMI calls the tune and Apple takes the credit (9 April 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/09/apple_emi_drm-free_analysis/> at 15 April 2007
The Register, Free music has never looked so cheap (3 April 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/03/emi_apple_drm_analysis/07

FreedomToTinker, EMI To Sell DRM-Free Music (3 April 2007) <http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1141> at 4 April 2007

Digital Music News, Industry Assesses DRM-Free Move; Reactions Mixed (2 April 2007) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040207industry/view> at 3 April 2007

p2pnet.net, Steve Jobs' DRM master-stroke (2 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11850> at 3 April 2007

Slyck, EMI Launches DRM-Free Music (2 April 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1451.html> at 3 April 2007

The Register, EMI and Apple say DRM is so yesterday (2 April 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/02/emi_apple_drm_free/> at 3 April 2007

TechDirt, EMI To Sell DRM-Free Tracks Through iTunes Music Store (2 April 2007) <http://techdirt.com/articles/20070402/081920.shtml> at 3 April 2007

CNet News/Reuters, Sources: Apple, EMI in deal, but Beatles not included (1 April 2007) <http://news.com.com/Sources+Apple,+EMI+in+deal,+but+Beatles+not+included/2100-1027_3-6172369.html> at 2 April 2007

p2pnet.net, Apple, EMI, DRM deal (2 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11842> at 2 April 2007

Apple, Apple Unveils Higher Quality DRM-Free Music on the iTunes Store (2 April 2007) <http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/02itunes.html> at 2 April 2007

Digital Music News, EMI, Apple Announce DRM-Free Digital Sales Plan (1 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040107emi/view> at 2 April 2007

Economics
TechDirt, More People Realizing That Giving Stuff Away Can Increase Revenue (17 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070416/120326.shtml> at 23 April 2007

TechDirt, CNN Not Happy About Non-Scarce Economics... But Actual Arguments Are Scarce (20 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070419/180305.shtml> at 23 April 2007

CD Sales
TechDirt, Trent Reznor: CD Outdated... But If We Have To Sell It, Why Not Make It Cool? (19 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070418/031040.shtml> at 23 April 2007

Digital Sales
CNet/Reuters, Apple holds upper hand in music negotiations (20 April 2007) <http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-6177967.html> at 27 April 2007

CBC News, More teenagers buying music online: study (12 April 2007) <http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/04/12/tech-teensmusicdownloads-20070412.html> at 15 April 2007

Labels Revenue
Digital Music News, EMI Anticipates 15 Percent Annual Recorded Revenue Drop (18 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041807emi> at 23 April 2007

ZeroPaid, Why doesn't the RIAA talk about the $9 billion USD in ringtone sales? (15 April 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8635/Why+doesn't+the+RIAA+talk+about+the+$9+billion+USD+in+ringtone+sales?> at 17 April 2007

TechDirt, Downloads... Or An Inability To Adjust To Changing Times... Force Musicians To Get Second Jobs (2 April 2007) <http://techdirt.com/articles/20070329/200545.shtml> at 3 April 2007

Digital Music News, Recording Industry Sales Story Remains Depressed (19 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041907bad> at 23 April 2007

WashingtonPost, Despite Drop in CD Sales, Music Industry Is Upbeat (18 April 2007) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/17/AR2007041701869.html> at 23 April 2007

Digital Music News, Australian Recording Industry Reports 2006 Revenue Dip (12 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041207aus> at 17 April 2007

p2pnet.net, Australia music sales up (16 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11971> at 17 April 2007

ARIA, Australian Record Sales - 2006 Full Year Results (12 April 2007) <http://www.aria.com.au/2006AustralianWholesaleRecordSales.htm> at 15 April 2007

The Age, CD sales rise despite downloads (13 April 2007) <http://www.theage.com.au/news/digital-music/cd-sales-rise-despite-downloads/2007/04/12/1175971303268.html> at 15 April 2007

Business Models
TechDirt, Rethinking The Role Of Labels In The Music Industry (Predictions) (11 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070411/102204.shtml> at 15 April 2007

Micropayments
TechDirt, Peppercoin Sold... And Almost No One Notices (17 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070417/012124.shtml> at 23 April 2007

International Copyright Law Issues
MichaelGeist, U.S. Trade Policy and IP (11 April 2007) <http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/1870/125/>at 15 April 2007

Slyck, RIAA, MPAA Welcome US WTO Complaint against China (10 April 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1454.html> at 15 April 2007

FreedomtoDiffer, Australia to join internet copyright treaties (26 April 2007) <http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/freedom_to_differ/2007/04/australia_to_jo.html> at 30 April 2007

Copyright Law EU
ag-IP-news, Carte Blanche Criminal Law a Threat to Innovation (26 April 2007) <http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=4329&lang=en> at 27 April 2007

ag-IP-news, European Parliament Criminalizes Businesses, Consumers, Innovators (26 April 2007) <http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=4334&lang=en> at 27 April 2007

ag-IP-news, Consumers, Librarians, and Innovators Tell EU: 'We're Not Criminals' (19 April 2007) <http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=4302&lang=en> at 23 April 2007

Digital Music News, European Parliament Considers Stepped-Up Piracy Enforcement (8 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040807eu> at 17 April 2007

The Register, EFF takes up arms against Euro copyright move (12 April 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/12/eff_petition/> at 15 April 2007

EFFector, EU Criminal Sanctions Directive Moves Forward, Vol 20 No 13 (29 March 2007) <http://www.eff.org/effector/20/13.php> at 4 April 2007

Copyright UK
The Register, Gowers considered cutting music copyright to less than 50 years (24 April 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/26/gowers_music_copyright/> at 27 April 2007

The Independent, Indie music labels to complain to the EU over Gowers report (23 April 2007) <http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/news/article2474483.ece> at 27 April 2007

FairUse/FairDealing
TechDirt, You Might Want To Get Record Labels' Permission Before Selling 'Legal' DRM-Free Downloads Of Their Content (13 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070413/081553.shtml> at 15 April 2007

EFFector, Action Alert - Support the FAIR USE Act! Vol20 No9 (28 February 2007) <http://www.eff.org/effector/20/09.php> at 4 April 2007

Blanket Licensing
p2pnet.net, Blanket online music licensing (28 April 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12079> at 30 April 2007

EFFector, LA Times: Start Blanket Licensing, Stop Blanket Lawsuits, Vol20 No 9 (28 February 2007) <http://www.eff.org/effector/20/09.php> at 4 April 2007

Innovation Impact
The Register, Copyright protection warning for Web 2.0 start ups (19 April 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/19/eff_google_viacom/> at 23 April 2007

Lyrics
TechDirt, Yahoo Licenses Lyrics... Meaning More Pressure Coming To Unofficial Lyrics Sites (24 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070423/232717.shtml> at 27 April 2007

Artists
TechDirt, Downloads... Or An Inability To Adjust To Changing Times... Force Musicians To Get Second Jobs (2 April 2007) <http://techdirt.com/articles/20070329/200545.shtml> at 3 April 2007

p2pnet.net, Sony BMG p2p demos (31 March 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11831#comments> at 1 April 2007

Pre-release Leaks
The Times Onlines, Arctic Monkeys go bananas over file-sharing (31 March 2007) <http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article1594238.ece> at 3 April 2007

TechDirt, Arctic Monkeys Apparently Forget What Made The Band Successful In The First Place (4 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070402/210639.shtml#comments> at 15 April 2007

ASCAP
The Hollywood Reporter/Billboard, ASCAP blue after royalty ruling, (26 April 2007) <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/business/news/e3i036db8c219c8d65727dba62722b35b39> at 30 April 2007

Digital Music News, Judge Rules Against Download Performance Royalty (25 April 2007) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042507perf/view> at 27 April 2007

The Register, Court sez music downloads aren't performances (26 April 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/26/music_downloads_not_performances/> at 27 April 2007

TechDirt, It Takes A Court To Explain That Downloads Aren't Public Performances? (26 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070425/225921.shtml> at 27 April 2007

Royalties
p2pnet.net, 'Missing musicians' owed $5.7 mil? (28 April 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12081> at 30 April 2007

Payola
p2pnet.net, First payola, now Dark Payola (18 April 2007) <http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12004> at 19 April 2007

Digital Music News, FCC Issues Payola Decrees Involving Terrestrial Conglomerates (16 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041607fcc> at 17 April 2007

Search Engines
SiliconValley/Associated Press, Chinese court rules against Yahoo in music piracy lawsuit (24 April 2007) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5740481?nclick_check=1> at 27 April 2007

Traffic Shaping
TorrentFreak, Company Cracks BitTorrent Protocol Encryption and Introduces Tracker Whitelists (27 April 2007) <http://torrentfreak.com/company-cracks-bittorrent-protocol-encryption-and-introduces-tracker-whitelists/> at 30 April 2007

Broadband
OECD, Broadband Statistics to December 2006 (27 April 2007) <www.oecd.org/sti/ict/broadband> at 27 April 2007

Satellite Radio
Digital Music News, XM Subscribers Surpass 8 Million, Big Losses Remain (26 April 2007) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042607xm> at 27 April 2007

Webcasting
Digital Music News, Congressional Bill Challenges Webcaster Royalty Ruling (26 April 2007) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042607legislation/view> at 27 April 2007

The Register, Congress may loosen noose on internet radio (27 April 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/27/internet_radio_equality_act_introduced/> at 27 April 2007

TechDirt, Proposed Law Would Reverse Internet Radio Royalty Rate Hike (26 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070426/161749.shtml> at 27 April 2007

Digital Music News, SoundExchange Softens Stance, Seeks Webcaster Discussions (19 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041907sound> at 23 April 2007

ArsTechnia, Internet radio dealt severe blow as Copyright Board rejects appeal (16 April 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070416-internet-radio-dealt-severe-blow-as-copyright-board-rejects-appeal.html> at 18 April 2007

p2pnet.net, Bryan Adams slams Net radio hike (17 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11987> at 18 April 2007

Digital Music News, Copyright Royalty Board Denies Webcaster Rehearing Requests (16 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041607radio> at 18 April 2007

Digital Music News, Webcaster Opposition Strengthens Following CRB Denial (16 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041607save/view> at 18 April 2007

TechDirt, Judge Says Too Bad To Webcasters Upset About New Webcast Rates (16 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070416/152555.shtml> at 18 April l2007

Digital Music News, Copyright Royalty Board Denies Webcaster Royalty Rehearing (16 April 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041607radio> at 17 April 2007

YouTube
SiliconValley/Associated Press, Activist groups drop lawsuit against Viacom over removal of parody on YouTube (23 April 2007) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5733218> at 27 April 2007

TechDirt, Viacom Promises To Be More Mindful Of Fair Use On YouTube (23 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070423/114529.shtml> at 27 April 2007

TechDirt, Teen Fakes Out Google With DMCA Notices On A Show Producers Were Happy To Have On YouTube (16 April 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070416/003202.shtml> at 18 April 2007

p2pnet.net, Australian teen scams YouTube (16 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11978> at 17 April 2007

p2pnet.net, 'Unauthorized' YouTube videos (5 April 2007) <http://p2pnet.net/story/11889> at 15 April 2007

WashingtonPost, An End Run on Copyright Law (29 March 2007) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032802057.html> at 2 April 2007