Sunday, December 30, 2007

Oh; Life.

* As mentioned a couple of months back I have been trying to catch up on some reading I missed earlier in the year.

Individual Lawsuits USA
RecordingIndustryvThePeopleBlog, Student Attorneys Join Fight Against RIAA in Maine; Univ. of Maine law students submit reply brief in Arista v. Does 1-27 (22 December 2007) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/12/student-attorneys-join-fight-against.html> at 26 December 2007

Recording Industry v The People, RIAA Drops Claims Against Texas Grandmother Who Counterclaimed for Unlicensed Investigations, in SONY v. Crain (16 December 2007) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/12/riaa-drops-claims-against-texas.html> at

Slyck, Oregon Attorney General Backs University Against RIAA (1 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1611_Oregon_Attorney_General_Backs_University_Against_RIAA> at 18 December 2007

ZeroPaid, Oregon Attorney General Investigates RIAA's Data Mining Tactics (30 November 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9125/Oregon+Attorney+General+Investigates+RIAA%27s+Data+Mining+Tactics> at 5 December 2007

TechDirt, Oregon Attorney General Fighting Back Against RIAA Lawsuits (30 November 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071130/003324.shtml> at 5 December 2007

Digital Music News, Showdown In Oregon Continues, RIAA Faces More Pushback (3 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120307oregon> at 5 Deccember 2007

Digital Music News, RIAA Legal Quagmire Continues in Oregon (13 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121307oregon> at 18 December 2007

Slyck, Hurricane Rita File-Sharer off the Hook (17 December 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1628_Hurricane_Rita_FileSharer_off_the_Hook. at 18 December 2007

ZeroPaid, RIAA Argues that Ripping MP3 from CDs Is Illegal (12 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9141/RIAA+Argues+that+Ripping+MP3+from+CDs+Is+Illegal> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, RIAA NOT Saying That Personal Copies Are Illegal (Yet) (11 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071211/101325.shtml> at 13 December 2007

The Register, Recording industry puts stake in ground with Jammie Thomas case (12 December 2007)<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/12/copyrights_and_wrongs/> at 13 December 2007

TechDirt, RIAA Launches Christmas Piracy Crackdown (11 Decemebr 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9135/RIAA+Launches+Christmas+Piracy+Crackdown> at 13 December 2007

Digital Music News, Embattled RIAA Keeps Heat on Universities, Issues More Notices (6 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120607riaa> at 12 December 2007

Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
TechDirt, Russian BitTorrent User Sentenced... But It May Backfire (18 Dece,ber 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071214/183627.shtml> at 23 December 2007

TorrentFreak, First Russian BitTorrent User Sentenced, Activists Call For Support (14 Dcember 2007)<http://torrentfreak.com/first-russian-bittorrent-user-sentenced-071214/> at 18 December 2007

LimeWire (this month see also Anti Competitive Allegations)
ZeroPaid, More than one-third of all PCs worldwide now have LimeWire installed (26 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9159/One+third+of+all+PC+users+have+Limewire+installed> at 29 December 2007

Slyck, LimeWire Goes Deep (16 December 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1627_LimeWire_Goes_Deep> at 18 December 2007

Digital Music News, More Than One-Third of PCs Now Carry LimeWire, Research (11 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120907limewire/view. at 13

Slyck, LimeWire's Antitrust Effort Fails (4 December 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1624_LimeWires_Antitrust_Effort_Fails> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, LimeWire Interview (19 July 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1545_LimeWire_Interview> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, Lawsuits, LimeWire and You (28 August 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1581_Lawsuits_LimeWire_and_You> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, LimeWire Preps Music Store (22 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1604_LimeWire_Preps_Music_Store> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, LimeWire and Inadvertent File-Sharing Revisited (31 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1610_LimeWire_and_Inadvertent_FileSharing_Revisited> at 18 December 2007

BitTorrent
Digital Music News, Federal Judge Rules Against "Obstreperous" TorrentSpy (18 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121807torrent> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, TorrentSpy Loses To The MPAA... But For The Wrong Reasons (18 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071218/161947.shtml> at 23 December 2007

* Slyck, BitTorrent and PBS Pair up for Distribution (7 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1617_BitTorrent_and_PBS_Pair_up_for_Distribution> at 18 December 2007

OiNK
ZeroPaid, What.CD Officially Moved to Sweden, Waffles.FM Soon to Follow (3 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9127/What.CD+Officially+Moved+to+Sweden%2C+Waffles.FM+Soon+to+Follow> at 5 December 2007

Digital Music News, Pirate Bay Boinks BOiNK, Plans Music Expansion (28 November 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112807pirate> at 5 December 2007

* Slyck, OiNK Busted (23 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1605_OiNK_Busted> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, OiNK Back Online (29 October 2007)<http://www.slyck.com/story1609_OiNK_Back_Online> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, Myths and Facts of OiNK's Takedown (25 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1608_Myths_and_Facts_of_OiNKs_Takedown> at 18 December 2007

ISOHunt
* Slyck, isoHunt Clarifies US Blacklisting (2 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1594_isoHunt_Clarifies_US_Blacklisting> at 18 December 2007

File Sharing Social Norms
TorrentFreak, Piracy, Morals and The Need for Change (23 December 2007) <http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, The Reality Facing Those Who Rely On The Copyright Crutch (21 December 2007) <at">http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071221/020145.shtml>at 26 December 2007

P2p Statistics
ArsTechnia, More teens than ever sharing--and restricting--content online (20 December 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071220-study-93-of-teens-online-more-than-ever-are-restricting-access.html> at 28 December 2007

The Register, P2P file-sharing recognizes no borders (29 Novemebr 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/29/p2p_file_sharing_ipoque_2007/> at 5 December 2007

ZeroPaid, New P2P Study Says that 20% of Europeans are File-Sharers (28 November 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9120/New+P2P+Study+Says+that+20%25+of+Europeans+are+File-Sharers> at 5 December 2007

Anonymity
* Slyck, A Perfect Storm for Filesharing? (6 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1615_A_Perfect_Storm_for_Filesharing> at 18 December 2007

Allof MP3
* Slyck, AllofMp3.com Goes Out With a Whisper (2 July 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1521_AllofMp3com_Goes_Out_With_a_Whisper> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, IFPI Wants to Overturn AllofMP3.com Court Decision (16 August 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1572_IFPI_Wants_to_Overturn_AllofMP3com_Court_Decision> at 18 December 2007

Ad Supported Music
Digital Music News, Once-Hyped SpiralFrog Continues Licensing March (11 December 2007) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121107spiral> at 13 December 2007

Subscription
Digital Music News, Rhapsody Keeps Spreading, Denon Integration Latest (17 December 2007)<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121807denon> at 26 December 2007

* Telegraph (UK), The day the music dies (18 October 2007) <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2007/10/18/dlmusic18.xml> at 26 December 2007

Digital Media Stores
Slyck, LimeWire Readies DRM-Free Music Store (14 August 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1571_LimeWire_Readies_DRMFree_Music_Store> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, LimeWire Preps Music Store (22 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1604_LimeWire_Preps_Music_Store> at 18 December 2007

Zune
Digital Music News, Is Microsoft's Zune Finally Selling? Shortage Appears (16 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121607zune> at 18 December 2007

DRM
ArsTechnia, Survey says: only DRM-free music is worth paying for (5 August 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070805-survey-says-only-drm-free-music-is-worth-paying-for.html> at 26 December 2007

Digital Music News, Sony BMG Dances Closer to DRM-Free Flame (20 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122007sony> at 26 December 2007

Digital Music News, iTunes DRM-Free Catalog Steadily Grows, Koch Joins Ranks (17 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/12170koch> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, Memo To Macrovision: Interoperable DRM Is An Oxymoron (21 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071220/105118.shtml> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, Why Would Any Company Trust Microsoft Over DRM Ever Again? (19 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071218/022305.shtml> at 26 December 2007

Digital Muisc News, Microsoft Rebrands PlaysForSure, Intensifies Confusion (13 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122207msft> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, PlaysForWhatNow? Microsoft 'ReBrands' Misnamed DRM (12 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071212/171816.shtml> at 28 December 2007

PC World, New Western Digital Drive Blocks File-Sharing (16 December 2007) <http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,140479/printable.html> at 18 December 2007

ArsTechnia, Paper: disregard for customers, DMCA led to Sony CD rootkit (17 December 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071217-paper-disregard-for-customers-dmca-led-to-sony-cd-rootkit.html> a 18 December 2007

Slyck, CIPPIC Studies Privacy Implications of DRM (25 September 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1589_CIPPIC_Studies_Privacy_Implications_of_DRM> at 18 December 2007

Electronic Frontiers Foundations, Darknet Assumptions Still True Vol. 20, No. 47 (5 December 2007) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/11/year-end-2007-darknet-assumptions-still-true> at 12 December 2007

TechDirt, Apple Wants To Make DRM Extortion Explicit (5 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071204/140443.shtml> at 12 December 2007

Digital Music News, Hollywood Records Licenses DRM-Free, Starts Multi-Store Push (3 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120307hollywood> at 5 December 2007

Filtering
ZeroPaid, IFPI wants ISPs to filter content, P2P programs and websites (28 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9160/IFPI+Wants+ISPs+to+Filter+Content%2C+P2P+Programs%2C+and+Websites> at 29 December 2007

TechDirt, Hollywood Continues Its Worldwide Push To Have ISPs Block Sites Like Pirate Bay (26 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071226/115705.shtml> at 29 December 2007

Electronic Frontiers Foundation, Music Industry Pressures EU Politicians for Filtered Internet Vol. 20, No. 48 <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/12/music-industry-europe-filter-pressure> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, Nielsen Decides It Can Become A Copyright Cop Too (5 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071205/101149.shtml> at 12 December 2007

Digital Music News, IFPI Wants EU-Wide ISP Controls, EFF Raises Flags (9 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120907ifpi> at 12 December 2007

ZeroPaid, Mark Cuban to ISPs: 'Block all P2P Traffic, Please!' (28 November 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9118/Mark+Cuban+to+ISPs%3A+%27Block+all+P2P+Traffic%2C+Please%21%27> at 5 December 2007

Snocap
Digital Music News, Snocap Aggressively Shopping Itself ... Any Takers? (10 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121007snocap> at 13 December 2007

Copyright Law USA
TechDirt, It's Time To Wean Ourselves Off An Unhealthy Addiction To Copyright (20 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071219/182230.shtml> at 26 December 2007

Yahoo News, DOJ Blasts New 'Copyright Czar' Bill (13 December 2007) <http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20071213/tc_zd/221645> at 18 December 2007

Electronic Frontiers Foundation, "PRO IP Act" Aims to Increase Infringement Penalties and Expand Government Enforcement Vol. 20, No. 48 <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/12/pro-ip-act-increase-infringement-penalties-and-drastically-expand-government-enfor> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, Pro IP William Patry Explains How Pro IP Bill Is Very Anti IP (14 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071211/025436.shtml> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, Justice Department Comes Out Against PRO-IP, While Howard Berman Complains That It's Not Strong Enough (14 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071214/013632.shtml> at 18 December 2007

Digital Music News, Lawmakers Rally Around Intellectual Property Protection (6 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120607czar> at 12 December 2007

ZeroPaid, New Legislation Would Increase Penalties for Copyright Infringement (8 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9133/New+Legislation+Would+Increase+Penalties+for+Copyright+Infringement> at 12 December 2007

* ArsTechnia, Overly-broad copyright law has made USA a "nation of infringers" (19 November 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071119-overly-broad-copyright-law-has-made-us-a-nation-of-infringers.html> at 26 December 2007

DMCA
TechDirt, Copyright, Defamation, Bloggers, DMCA, Safe Harbors, Cease-And-Desists And Anonymity... Oh My! (19 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071219/020622.shtml> at 23 December 2007

TechDirt, What's The Liability For A Service Provider Who Ignores Takedown Notices? (13 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071209/205715.shtml> at 18 December 2007

Copyright Law Other Countries
IP Factor, Israel Passes its First Copyright Law (25 November 2007) <http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2007/11/25/israel-passes-its-first-copyright-law/> at 26 December 2007

Digital Music News, The Chinese Piracy Problem: Can the East Be Won? (20 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122007east> at 26 December 2007

Slyck, Canadian Association of Broadcasters Attacks CRIA (7 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1616_Canadian_Association_of_Broadcasters_Attacks_CRIA> at 18 December 2007

Slyck, WIPO Coming to Canada (21 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1621_WIPO_Coming_to_Canada. at 18 December 2007

Electronic Frontiers Foundation, Copyright in Canada: No Longer Business as Usual, Vol. 20, No. 48 <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/12/copyright-canadians> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, Opposition To Canadian DMCA Grows (13 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071213/105615.shtml> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, Consumers May Get Temporary Reprieve As Canadian DMCA Is Delayed (10 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071210/134616.shtml> at 13 December 2007

* Slyck, Australia Drafts Further Tightening of Copyright Laws (27 August 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1579_Australia_Drafts_Further_Tightening_of_Copyright_Laws> at 18 December 2007

Copyright Term
The Korea Times, Copyright Protection Extended to 70 Years (18 December 2007) <http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/12/116_15773.html> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, The Real Cost Of Copyright Extension In Korea: $170 Million (20 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071219/172404.shtml> at 26 December 2007

Fair Use/Fair Dealing
ZeroPaid, RIAA Argues that Ripping MP3 from CDs Is Illegal (12 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9141/RIAA+Argues+that+Ripping+MP3+from+CDs+Is+Illegal> at 18 December 2007

Creative Commons
Slyck, 60sox - Paying Australian Artists for Creative Commons Works (2 September 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1584_60sox_Paying_Australian_Artists_for_Creative_Commons_Works> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, Dutch Copyright Collective Embraces Creative Commons (27 August 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1578_Dutch_Copyright_Collective_Embraces_Creative_Commons> at 18 December 2007

Royalties
TechDirt, Charity Threatened For Children Singing Without Paying Royalties; History Repeats Itself (10 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071210/010636.shtml> at 13 Dcember 2007

Levies
Slyck, Slyck Interviews the CPCC (17 August 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1573_Slyck_Interviews_the_CPCC> at 18 December 2007

Piracy
TechDirt, Even The First Copyright 'Pirates' Didn't Do Much Harm (28 November 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071127/215734.shtml> at 3 December 2007

Search Engines
Digital Music News, Chinese Legalese Spells Mixed Results for Labels (20 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122007chinese> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, Yahoo China Found Guilty Of Copyright Infringement For Linking To MP3s (20 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071220/095846.shtml> at 26 December 2007

Other Litigation
Slyck, Universal Edition AG Forces Public Domain Website Offline (22 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1603_Universal_Edition_AG_Forces_Public_Domain_Website_Offline> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, Universal Edition AG Responds to Criticism (2 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1612_Universal_Edition_AG_Responds_to_Criticism> at 18 December 2007

Education Campaigns
ArsTechnia, RIAA writes its own "news" for local TV stations (21 December 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071221-riaa-writes-its-own-news.html> at 28 December 2007

ZeroPaid, Ben's Guide to Protecting File-Sharers (12 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9138/Ben%27s+Guide+to+Protecting+File-Sharers> at 13 December 2007

Labels Revenue
Guardian Unlimited, How collective idiocy left the record companies in bits (9 December 2007) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/09/internet.netmusic> at 26 December 2007

Digital Music News, Warner Music Group Suffers Significant Profit Drop (28 November 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112907wmg> at 5 December 2007

Mergers/Consolidation
Digital Music News, Sony BMG Faces Renewed EU Regulatory Drama (13 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121307eu> at 18 December 2007

RIAA
TechDirt, EMI Might Not Like The RIAA Very Much (29 November 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071129/094522.shtml> at 5 December 2007

Digital Music News, Trade Group Budgets Come Under Fire, EMI Rumbles (29 November 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112907trade> at 5 December 2007

Economics
TechDirt, Debunking The Debunking Of The Market Share Myth (26 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071226/152809.shtml> at 29 December 2007

TechDirt, The Myth Of Finding A 'Balance' In Copyright Laws (19 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071214/184433.shtml> at 23 December 2007

New Business Models (this month see also Artists)
TechDirt, Another Musician Recognizing New Business Models (28 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071224/163001.shtml> at 31 December 2007

TechDirt, Once Again: No One Says That 'Free' By Itself Pays The Bills (14 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071214/034002.shtml> at 29 December 2007

TechDirt, The Reality Facing Those Who Rely On The Copyright Crutch (21 December 2007) <at">http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071221/020145.shtml>at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, Sellaband CDs To Be Available On Amazon; Not As Big A Deal As You Think (19 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071218/180441.shtml> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, Getting Millions Of People Listening To Your Music, With Many Giving You Money Voluntarily, Is Dumb? (18 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071217/135346.shtml> at 23 December 2007

TechDirt, The Second Stage Of The Radiohead Experiment (11 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071211/004849.shtml> at 13 December 2007

Digital Music News, Merchandisers Continue Dealmaking, Zazzle Meets Signatures (28 November 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112807zazzle> at 5 December 2007

* Wired, Pop Geek Jonathan Coulton Succeeds by Giving Music Away (12 October 2007) <http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/10/coulton> at 26 December 2007

Anti Competitive Allegations
The Register, Digital music: Go legal, get screwed (20 December 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/20/robertson_imeem_licensing_comment/> at 26 December 2007

The Register, LimeWire gets schooled in law by RIAA members (4 December 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/04/limewire_antitrust_riaa/> at 12 December 2007

TechDirt, Judge Dismisses LimeWire's Charges Of Antitrust Violations Against RIAA (4 Decmeber 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071204/022750.shtml> at 12 December 2007

Digital Music News, Federal Judge Tosses LimeWire Antitrust Suit (3 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120307limewire> at 5 December 2007

* ArsTechnia, Apple, music labels to meet with European Commission over antitrust charges (6 September 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070906-apple-music-labels-to-meet-with-european-commission-over-antitrust-charges.html> at 26 December 2007

Innovation Impact
TechDirt, The Most Anti-Tech Organizations... Or Just The Most Misguided? (3 December 2007)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071203/025437.shtml> at 5 December 2007

* Information Week, How Big Media's Copyright Campaigns Threaten Internet Free Expression (5 November 2007) <http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202802308> at 26 December 2007

Internet Statistics
ArsTechnia, More teens than ever sharing--and restricting--content online (20 December 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071220-study-93-of-teens-online-more-than-ever-are-restricting-access.html> at 28 December 2007

The Australian, Nine in 10 families online: report (18 December 2007) <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22940743-7582,00.html> at 18 December 2007

Other Interesting Articles
Mp3 NewsWire, 2007 Digital Media Winners (24 December 2007) <http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/7002/2007-winners.html> at 26 December 2007

Mp3 NewsWire, 2007 Digital Media Losers (24 December 2007) <http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/7002/2007-losers.html> at 26 December 2007

Satellite Radio
TechDirt, Why Should XM Have To Pay The Record Labels In Order To Innovate? (17 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071217/194457.shtml> at 23 December 2007

Traffic Shaping
Slyck, Sympatico Admits to BitTorrent, P2P Limiting (5 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1613_Sympatico_Admits_to_BitTorrent_P2P_Limiting> at 18 December 2007

Slyck, Vuze Petitions FCC on Comcast's Traffic Management (16 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1620_Vuze_Petitions_FCC_on_Comcasts_Traffic_Management> at 18 December 2007

Electronic Frontiers Foundation, EFF Releases Reports and Software to Spot Interferencewith Internet Traffic Vol. 20, No. 47 (5 December 2007) <http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2007/11/28> at 12 December 2007

TechDirt, Traffic Shaping In The UK: Who's Honest And Who's Not... (3 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071203/030737.shtml> at 5 December 2007

MySpace
Digital Music News, Caillat Reveals Universal Stream-Limiting Policy (3 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120307ninety> at 5 December 2007

Imeem
CNet, Imeem announces deal with Universal (9 December 2007) <http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9831163-36.html> at 26 December 2007

Digital Music News, Univeral Music Not Double-Dipping Imeem, Source (10 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121007imeem> at 13 December 2007

TechDirt, Labels Concede That File-Sharing Isn't So Bad After All (10 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071210/125633.shtml> at 13 December 2007

Qloud
Digital Music News, Qloud Wants More Friends, Jumps Into Bebo, Friendster (13 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121307qloud> at 18 December 2007

YouTube
Digital Music News, Zeppelin Videos "Erroneously" Pulled from YouTube (14 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121307youtube> at 18 December 2007

Digital Music News, Zeppelin Performance Vanishes from YouTube (13 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121207zeppelin> at 18 December 2007

Digital Music News, YouTube Shares More Wealth, Expands Partner Program (10 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121007youtube> at 13 December 2007

Artists
Wired, David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music (18 December 2007) <http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_yorke?currentPage=all> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, David Byrne Breaks Down New Business Models For Musicians; Confirms Radiohead's Success (19 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071219/012553.shtml> at 26 December 2007

Slyck, Canadian Songwriters Demand Legalization of P2P (8 December 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1626_Canadian_Songwriters_Demand_Legalization_of_P2P> at 18 December 2007

Songwriters Association of Canada, A Proposal for the Monetization of the File Sharing of Music From the Songwriters and Recording Artists of Canada (December 2007) <http://www.songwriters.ca/studio/proposal.php> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, Canadian Songwriters Want to Legalize P2P (7 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9131/Canadian+Songwriters+Want+to+Legalize+P2P> at 12 December 2007

TechDirt, More Bands Experimenting With Free As A Part Of The Business Model (14 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071214/021230.shtml/> at 18 December 2007

ZeroPaid, Manic Street Preachers: Radiohead 'Demeaned Music' by Letting Fans Pay What They Want (12 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9143/Manic+Street+Preachers%3A+Radiohead+%27Demeaned+Music%27+by+Letting+Fans+Pay+What+They+Want> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, 50 Cent Is The Latest Artist To Understand The Economics Of Music (10 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071209/182926.shtml> at 13 December 2007

Digital Music News, 50 Cent Defends File-Sharing, Advises 360-Degree Models (9 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120907fitty> at 12 December 2007

Culture/Remixing
Guardian Unlimited, World's largest digital orchestra makes its debut (16 November 2007) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/nov/16/digitalmusic.musicnews> at 26 December 2007

Digital Music News, Reznor Resurrects Remix Site, Pushes Past Universal (28 November 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112807nin> at 5 December 2007