Not quite sure it equates to a holiday but it’s early days yet...
Sally
Ad Supported Music
Digital Music News, Qtrax Questions Get Louder, Stink Starts Spreading (29 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012808qtrax2> at 30 January 2008
Digital Music News, Qtrax Fails to Launch, Major Labels Deals In Limbo (29 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012808qtrax> at 30 January 2008
The Register, Qtrax puts legal face on P2P (27 January 2008)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/27/midem_qtrax_launch/> at 30 January 2008
TechDirt, Yet Another Report Of Free Label Music That Isn't (28 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080128/02035986.shtml> at 30 January 2008
Digital Music News, Gabriel Pumps Serious Cash Into Ad-Supported Startup (22 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012008gabriel> at 30 January 2008
Digital Music News, SpiralFrog Grabs $2 Million...With Serious Strings Attached (2 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010207spiralfrog> at 11 January 2008
Anti Trust Issues
The Register, Apple targeted in DRM monopoly suit (again) (4 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/04/apple_itunes_wma_antitrust/> at 8 January 2008
BitTorrent
TechDirt, What Good Will A Swedish Lawsuit Against The Pirate Bay Do? (29 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080128/19330699.shtml> at 31 January 2008
ZeroPaid, Case partly based on evidence collected in the 2006 server raid. (29 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9223/The+Pirate+Bay+to+be+Charged+by+Swedish+Prosecutors> at 30 January 2008
ZeroPaid, 4,000 Legal Documents Sent to ThePirateBay (17 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9201/4%2C000+Legal+Documents+Sent+to+ThePirateBay> at 20 January 2008
Digital Music News, Swedish Authorities Striking Against Pirate Bay, Again (13 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011307german> at 20 January 2008
Slyck, The Pirate Bay Breaks 10 Million Users (26 January 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1643_The_Pirate_Bay_Breaks_10_Million_Users> at 31 January 2008
The Register, Pirate Bay hits ten million peers, one million torrents (28 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/28/pirate_bay_claims_largest_p2p/> at 30 January 2008
ArsTechnica, Debating copyright reform: time for compulsory licenses? (21 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080121-debating-copyright-reform-time-for-compulsory-licenses.html> at 31 Janaury 2008
CD Sales
Digital Music News, Vivendi's Levy: Don't Count CDs Out Yet (28 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012708levy> at 30 January 2008
Concerts
TechDirt, UK Politicians Support Having Musicians Paid Multiple Times If Tix Are Resold (10 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080110/010423.shtml> at 18 January 2008
Digital Music News, Top Touring Artists Suffer Substantial Revenue Dip (2 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010207touring> at 11 January 2008
Constitutional Law
Digital Music News, Supreme Court Not Ready To Take On The First Amendment Aspects Of Copyright Just Yet (9 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080108/021412.shtml. at 11 January 2008
Copyright Law EU
EFFector, Filtering and Copyright Extension Fail to Find a Home in EU Vol. 21, No. 03 (24 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/filtering-and-copyright-extension-fail-find-home-eu> at 30 January 2008
Copyright Law Other Countries
ZeroPaid, German District Court Orders Rapidshare to Block Copyrighted Content (30 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9228/German+District+Court+Orders+Rapidshare+to+Block+Copyrighted+Content> at 31 Janaury 200
TechDirt, Japanese Officials Use Copyright Law To Arrest Computer Virus Writer (24 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080124/18210266.shtml> at 30 January 2008
TechDirt, Japan's Big Push To Regulate The Internet (2 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071231/161113.shtml> at 8 January 2008
TechDirt, Canadian Content Lobbyists Pushing For ISP Liability (21 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080121/13395424.shtml> at 30 January 2008
The Register, Canuck record labels accuse tunesmiths of smoking opium (8 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/08/songwriters_and_record_labels_discuss_flatrate_music_sharing_plan/> at 8 January 2008
ZeroPaid, Swedish Politicians Push for Legalization of File-Sharing (12 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9189/Swedish+Politicians+Push+for+Legalization+of+File-Sharing> at 20 January 2008
TechDirt, Swedish Politicians Who Actually Understand The Issues Surrounding File Sharing (11 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080110/153616.shtml> at 18 January 2008
The Register, Minister threatens legislation deadline (8 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/08/triesman_isps_legislation_timetable/> at 11 January 2008
TechDirt, UK Copyright Reform Just More Of The Same (8 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080108/092215.shtml> at 11 January 2008
Copyright Law USA
ArsTechnica, Copy a CD, owe $1.5 million under "gluttonous" PRO-IP Act (29 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080129-statutory-damages-not-high-enough.html> at 31 Janaury 2008
TechDirt, The Next Generation Of Anti-Piracy Legislation Goes To School (22 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080122/012021.shtml> at 30 January 2008
TechDirt, Do You Actually Understand What Copyright Is For? (14 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071230/233138.shtml> at 18 January 2008
Digital Music Stores
Digital Music News, It's Official: Sony BMG Delivers MP3s to Amazon (10 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011008sony> at 20 January 2008
Digital Music News, Amazon Hits Trifecta: 3 Million Catalog, 3 Major Labels (28 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122807wmg_3> at 11 January 2007
Digital Music News, Napster Goes DRM-Free on Downloads, MP3s Ahead (3 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010607napster> at 11 January 2008
The Register, Napster Looks to De-Tether Downloads (7 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/07/napster_mp3/> at 8 January 2008
Digital Sales
Slyck, P2P Downloads Crush iTunes/Digital Sales 20:1 (24 January 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1642_P2P_Downloads_Crush_iTunesDigital_Sales_201> at 31 January 2008
The Age, 95% of music doanloads are illegal (25 January 2008) <http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/95-of-music-downloads-are-illegal/2008/01/24/1201025084723.html> at 31 January 2008
DMCA
TechDirt, Did Slate Violate Copyright Law? (20 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080120/07363714.shtml> at 30 January 2008
TechDirt, DMCA Misuse: Trying To Take Down A Negative Movie Review (14 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080113/235553.shtml> at 18 January 2008
TechDirt, Prince Takes Down Another Video With His Music Playing In The Background (11 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080111/013944.shtml> at 18 January 2008
DRM
ArsTechnica, Canadian Privacy Commissioner: Just say no to intrusive DRM (20 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080120-canadian-privacy-commissioner-just-say-no-to-intrusive-drm.html> at 31 January 2008
BBC News, Aboriginal archive offers new DRM (29 January 2008) <http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7214240.stm> at 31 Janaury 2008
Digital Music News, Yahoo Negotiating DRM-Free, Retreading Music Strategy (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012308yahoo> at 30 January 2008
Digital Music News, iTunes DRM-Free Licensing Moves Continue, PIAS Latest (22 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012009pias> at 30 January 2008
The Register, Amazon to take MP3 downloads international (28 January 2008) <http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/28/amazon_mp3_rollout_this_year/> at 30 January 2008
The Register, DRM now dead, as Amazon snags Sony (11 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/11/amazon_sony_music_drm_now_dead/> at 20 January 2008
Digital Music News, Warner Music Ditches DRM on Amazon, Stock Struggles Above $6 (28 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122807warner> at 11 January 2007
Digital Music News, Sony BMG Confirms Initial DRM-Free Strike, Retail Play Emerges (3 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010607sonybmg> at 11 January 2008
Digital Music News, It's Official: Sony BMG Delivers MP3s to Amazon (10 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011008sony> at 20 January 2008
The Register, Sony BMG to drop Custer stance on DRM (4 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/04/sony_bmg_drm/> at 8 January 2008
Digital Music News, Post-Warner, Executives Await Sony BMG Maneuver (2 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010207sonybmg> at 11 January 2008
EFFector, 2008: DRM Continues to Punish Paying Customers Vol. 21, No. 01 (7 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/2008-drm-continues-punish-paying-customers> at 20 January 2008
EFFector, Last Major Label Gives Up DRM Vol. 21, No. 01 (7 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/last-major-label-gives-drm> at 20 January 2008
TechDirt, NBC Universal Argues That Copy Protection Is Necessary (15 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080115/005948.shtml> at 18 January 2008
Digital Music News, Industry Breathes DRM-Free Oxygen, Considers Next Steps (3 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010607panel> at 11 January 2008
Economics
TechDirt, Free Music Does Not Conflict With The Free Market (24 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080123/15161251.shtml> at 30 January 2008
TechDirt, Is Piracy The Leading Indicator Of Innovation? (10 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080109/013441.shtml> at 18 January 2008
Education Strategies/Campaigns
ZeroPaid, Green Party of Europe creates new video supporting file sharing (22 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9210/Green+Party+of+Europe+Creates+New+Video+Supporting+File-Sharing> at 30 January 2008
EFFector, Troubling "Digital Theft Prevention" Requirements Remainin Higher Education Bill Vol. 21, No. 02 (15 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/digital-theft-prevention-requirements-remain-higher-education-bill> at 20 January 2008
eMusic
Digital Music News, eMusic Courts Classical Aficionados Once Again (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012308emusic> at 30 January 2008
Digital Music News, Holiday Offensive Pushes eMusic Past 400,000 Mark (28 December 20070 <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122807emusic> at 11 January 2008
Failure to Adapt
TechDirt, A Little History Lesson On How The Recording Industry Works (23 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080122/18320341.shtml> at 30 January 2008
Fair Use/Fair Dealing
EFFector, Are Personal Copies of Digital Music Files "Unauthorized"or Not? Vol. 21, No. 02 (15 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/are-personal-copies-digital-music-files-unauthorized-or-not> at 20 January 2008
TechDirt, Is It Time To Redefine Fair Use? (17 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080116/111907.shtml> at 18 January 2008
Digital Music News, RIAA Skewered Over Fair Use, P2P Distribution Remains Key (2 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010207riaa> at 11 January 2008
TechDirt, RIAA Flubs Chance To Actually Respond To Questions About CD Ripping (4 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080104/011958.shtml> at 8 January 2008
ZeroPaid, Download Music From Last.Fm, Pandora, MySpace, and More with FreeMusicZilla (3 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9167/Download+Music+From+Last.Fm%2C+Pandora%2C+MySpace%2C+and+More+with+FreeMusicZilla> at 9 January 2008
TechDirt, User-Generated Video Content At Risk Of Private Censorship (2 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080102/161539.shtml> at 8 January 2008
Filtering (this month see also ISP Liability)
ArsTechnica, IFPI fantasy: 2008 the year ISP filtering "becomes reality" (24 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080124-ifpi-fantasy-2008-the-year-isp-filtering-becomes-reality.html> at 31 January 2008
EFFector, Filtering and Copyright Extension Fail to Find a Home in EU Vol. 21, No. 03 (24 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/filtering-and-copyright-extension-fail-find-home-eu> at 30 January 2008
EFFector, AT&T's Proposed Net Filtering Plan Gets Attention Vol. 21, No. 03 (24 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/3-things-ts-proposed-net-filtering-plan> at 30 January 2008
ZeroPaid, Experts Debate on AT&T Filtering the Internet (22 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9212/Experts+Debate+on+AT%26T+Filtering+the+Internet> at 30 January 2008
TechDirt, Why AT&T's Plans To Filter The Internet Will Only Do More Harm To AT&T (And Everyone Else) (18 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080118/164201.shtml> at 30 January 2008
TechDirt, Is AT&T Siding With NBC To Get Rid Of Neutrality? (9 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080109/024249.shtml> at 11 January 2008
Digital Music News, Mega-ISP AT&T Considers Less Dumb Pipes (9 January 2008) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010908isps> at 11 January 2008
Digital Muisc News, Industry Keeps Rallying Against Dumb Pipes (29 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012808isp> at 30 January 2008
The Register, Music biz targets ISPs - official (27 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/27/ifpi_digital_threat/> at 30 January 2008
TechDirt, NBC Universal Explains Why ISPs Should Filter Copyrighted Works (15 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080115/153752.shtml> at 18 January 2008
IFPI
IFPI, Digital Music Report (24 January 2008) <http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/dmr2008.html> at 30 January 2008
Digital Music News, EMI Puts Pressure on IFPI, Threatens Non-Renewal (10 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010908ifpi> at 20 January 2008
TechDirt, EMI Threatens To Leave IFPI (11 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080111/173730.shtml> at 18 January 2008
Imeem
Digital Music News, Imeem Goes Anywhere, Grabs Community Streaming Platform (29 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012808imeem> at 30 January 2008
Digital Music News, IODA Just Says No: Imeem, LaLa (16 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011608ioda> at 20 Janaury 2008
Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
TechDirt, EU Court Tells ISPs They Don't Have To Hand Over Downloader Names (29 Janaury 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080129/134719110.shtml> at 31 Janaury 2008
TorrentFreak, Sweden’s Biggest File-Sharing Case Goes to Retrial Written (8 January 2008) <http://torrentfreak.com/swedens-biggest-file-sharing-case-goes-to-retrial-080108/> at 31 January 2008
The Register, EU supremes: ISPs don't always have to finger filesharers (29 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/29/eu_supreme_civil_isp_filesharing_case_law/> at 30 January 2008
ZeroPaid, 'EU's Top Court ISPs Dont Have to Name File Sharers' (29 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9229/EU%27s+Top+Court%3A+%27ISPs+Don%27t+Have+to+Name+File-Sharers%27> at 31 January 2008
Individual Lawsuits USA
ArsTechnica, P2P defendant: RIAA identified an IP address, not a person (23 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080123-p2p-defendant-riaa-identified-an-ip-address-not-a-person.html> at 31 Janaury 2008
RecordingIndstryvThePeopleBlog, RIAA withdraws Lava v. Amurao, argues it should not be assessed attorneys fees; defendant moves to exclude MediaSentry evidence for illegality (29 January 2008) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/01/riaa-withdraws-lava-v-amurao-case.html> at 31 January 2008
ArsTechnica, Magistrate judge suggests sanctions against RIAA lawyers (30 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080130-magistrate-judge-suggests-sanctions-against-riaa-lawyers.html> at 31 January 2008
The Register, RIAA told to pay legal fees for harrassed defendant (17 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/17/tanya_andersen_riaa_attorneys_fees/> at 20 January 2008
The Register, World's Dumbest File Sharer loses lawyer, sells knickers (3 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/03/jammie_thomas_attorney_flees/> at 8 January 2008
TechDirt, Should RIAA Win Against Jammie Thomas Be Tossed After RIAA Admits It Misspoke On The Stand? (4 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080104/155907.shtml> at 8 January 2008
InformationWeek, Oregon AG Discovers New Way To Stand Up To RIAA (26 January 2008) <http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205917949>at 31 January 2008
CNet News, An interview with the misguided RIAA (15 January 2008) <http://www.cnet.com/8301-13506_1-9850568-17.html> at 30 January 2008
EFFector, "Attempted Distribution" Not a Crime Vol. 21, No. 2 (15 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/eff-files-brief-atlantic-v-howell-resisting-riaas-attempted-distribution-theory> at 20 January 2008
ZeroPaid, Can the RIAA Sue for Attempted Copyright Infringement? (14 January 2008)<http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9197/Can+the+RIAA+Sue+for+Attempted+Copyright+Infringement%3F> at 20 January 2008
Digital Music News, EFF Needles RIAA Once Again, Challenges "Making Available" (18 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011807riaa> at 20 January 2008
TechDirt, EFF Files Brief In Howell Case, Says 'Making Available' Is Not Infringement (14 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080114/002412.shtml> at 18 January 2008
Digital Music News, RIAA Skewered Over Fair Use, P2P Distribution Remains Key (2 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010207riaa> at 11 January 2008
Digital Music News, RIAA Announces 12th Round of University Lawsuits (14 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9196/RIAA+Announces+12th+Round+of+University+Lawsuits> at 20 January 2008
Digital Music News, New Year, New Lawsuits: RIAA Filings Continue In '08 (10 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010908riaa> at 20 January 2008
TechDirt, Washington Post Flubs Story On RIAA -- RIAA Still Not Going After Personal Copies (Yet) (2 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071231/124515.shtml> at 8 January 2008
International Copyright Issues
TechDirt, Hollywood Is Hardly An Innocent Victim In Trade Disputes (2 January 2008)
<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071228/104906.shtml> at 8 January 2008
ISP Liability
ArsTechnica, France's plan to turn ISPs into copyright cops on track (28 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080128-frances-plan-to-turn-isps-into-copyright-cops-on-track.html> at 31 January 2008
ZeroPaid, European Proposal - Get ISPs to Fight Copyright Infringement (19 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9207/European+Proposal+-+Get+ISPs+to+Fight+Copyright+Infringement> at 20 January 2008
ZeroPaid, U2 Band Manager 'Ban Pirates from the Internet' (30 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9227/U2+Band+Manager%3A+%27Ban+Music+Pirates+from+the+Internet%27> at 31 Janaury 2008
Digital Music News, IFPI Thumps ISP Agenda, Details Digital Dilemma (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012408ifpi2> at 30 January 2008
TechDirt, Why Is The Hollywood Tail Wagging The Dog Of Academia? (28 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080125/17003874.shtml> at 30 January 2008
The Register, BPI chief hits back at ISPA over villain of the year jibe (16 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/16/geoff_taylor_bpi_bites_back_filesharing/> at 20 January 2008
The Register, ISPs nominate UK record industry as top internet villain (15 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/15/ispa_bpi_villain/> at 20 January 2008
Labels Revenue
Digital Music News, Sales Plague Striking Europe; Italian, Spanish, French Sales Suffering (28 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012708global> at 30 January 2008
IFPI, Digital Music Report (24 January 2008) <http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/dmr2008.html> at 30 January 2008
Digital Music News, IFPI Global Sales Data Reaffirms Sluggish Story (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012308global> at 30 January 2008
Digital Music News, Recession Keeps Knocking, Implications Await Music Industry (22 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012009recession> at 30 January 2008
Digital Music News, US Labels Battered In '07; Albums Drop 15 Percent (3 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010307us> at 11 January 2008
ZeroPaid, Studies - Music Sales: Canada Up, USA Down (5 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9173/Studies+-+Music+Sales%3A+Canada+Up%2C+USA+Down> at 8 January 2008
Digital Music News, Canadian Album Sales Follow Familiar Pattern (6 January 2008)
<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010607canada> at 11 January 2008
Digital Music News, British Labels Shed Serious Sales, US Figures Loom (2 January 2008)
<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010207bpi> at 11 January 2008
LaLa
Digital Music News, IODA Just Says No: Imeem, LaLa (16 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011608ioda> at 20 Janaury 2008
Last.fm
Digital Music News, Last.fm Goes Full-Track, Subscription Plans Revealed (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012308last> at 30 January 2008
TechDirt, Last.fm Joins The Crowd In Offering Not-Really-Free Music; Press Hypes It As New (23 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080123/13594548.shtml> at 30 January 2008
Levies
ZeroPaid, Canada Court Kills iPod Levy (14 January 2008)<http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9191/Canada+Court+Kills+iPod+Levy> at 20 January 2008
TechDirt, Canadian Courts Strike Down 'You Must Be A Criminal' iPod Tax Again (11 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080111/145553.shtml> at 18 January 2008
Limewire
EFFector, LimeWire on 1 in 3 Desktops World-Wide (22 December 2007) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/12/limewire-1-3-desktops-world-wide. at 20 January 2008
ZeroPaid, LimeWire Building Social Network (13 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9192/LimeWire+Building+Social+Network> at 20 January 2008
Napster2
Digital Music News, Napster Goes DRM-Free on Downloads, MP3s Ahead (3 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010607napster> at 11 January 2008
The Register, Napster Looks to De-Tether Downloads (7 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/07/napster_mp3/> at 8 January 2008
New Business Models
TechDirt, Jill Sobule The Latest Musician To Embrace New Music Business Models (16 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080115/095022.shtml> at 18 January 2008
TechDirt, Amazon/Pepsi DRM-Free Music Give Away Shows Yet Another Business Model For Free Music (14 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080113/235620.shtml> at 18 January 2008
TechDirt, Saul Williams Agrees That It's Way Too Early To Be Disheartened (11 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080111/111158.shtml> at 18 January 2008
TechDirt, Radiohead's Physical Album Selling Well (8 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080107/191334.shtml> at 11 January 2008
Digital Music News, Radiohead Perches Atop US Album Sales Chart (9 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010908radiohead> at 11 Janaury 2008
Digital Music News, Reznor Pet Project Yields Mixed Results, Some Cash (7 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010707nine> at 11 January 2008
Digital Music News, A More Traditional Radiohead Scores British Top Slot (7 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010707radiohead> at 11 January 2008
Digital Music News, Radiohead Unleashes Releases, Brings Drama to EMI (28 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122807radiohead> at 11 January 2008
The Register, Radiohead top UK album chart (7 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/07/radiohead_album_chart/> at 8 January 2008
TechDirt, Dear Trent Reznor: Don't Be Disheartened Yet (4 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080104/015516.shtml> at 8 January 2008
TechDirt, Violinist To Release Record For Free Online (9 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080108/15161945.shtml> at 11 January 2008
Other (every now and then there’s one that just doesn’t fit...)
Digital Music News, 2007: What a Disruptive Year It Was (28 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122807ohseven> at 11 January 2008
P2p Development
TechDirt, Anonymous P2P May Not Deliver -- But It Doesn't Need To (15 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080114/154219.shtml> at 18 January 2008
P2p Statistics
Slyck, P2P Downloading Still a Top Choice for Kids (30 January 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1651_P2P_Downloading_Still_a_Top_Choice_for_Kids> at 31 January 2008
Digital Music News, MPAA Dramatically Errs on University Piracy Estimate (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012308college> at 30 January 2008
The Register, MPAA admits movie piracy study is 29% full of @$#% (24 January 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/mpaa_admits_movie_study_error/> at 30 January 2008
ZeroPaid, Top Swaps of 2007 (1 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9163/Top+P2P+Swaps+of+2007> at 8 January 2008
Pandora
ZeroPaid, Top Swaps of 2007 (1 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9163/Top+P2P+Swaps+of+2007> at 8 January 2008
Politics
P2pBlog, German pirates only get 0.3 percent in first election contest (27 January 2008) <http://www.p2p-blog.com/item-472.html> at 31 January 2008
Public Choice Theory
TechDirt, Will Howard Berman Step Down From Leading Copyright Subcomittee? (24 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080123/16460153.shtml> at 30 January 2008
RIAA
TechDirt, A Psychological Explanation For RIAA Short-Sightedness (17 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080116/113123.shtml> at 18 January 2008
TechDirt, Latest Trick From RIAA: Pissing Off Music Reviewers With Annoying Voice Over Anti-Piracy Messages (15 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080111/184249.shtml. at 18 January 2008
Royalties
Digital Music News, Canadian Court Denies iPod Taxation Attempt (15 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011508canada> at 20 January 2008
Digital Music News, Latest Standoff Pits Publishers Against Subscription Services (8 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010808standoff> at 11 January 2008
Search Engines
Digital Music News, The Seeqpod Secret: Simple Searching, Serious Files (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012408seeqpod> at 30 January 2008
Digital Music News, Warner Music Lawyers Roll Again, Seeqpod Latest Target (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012308wmg> at 30 Janaury 2008
TechDirt, Warner Music Sues Seeqpod: How Dare It Help People Find Stuff Warner Wishes Didn't Exist (25 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080125/01330469.shtml> at 30 January 2008
Social Norms
BBC News, Aboriginal archive offers new DRM (29 January 2008) <http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7214240.stm> at 31 Janaury 2008
Subscription
TechDirt, Sony Stops Licensing Of Digital Streams As It Allows DRM-Free Music (9 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080108/174118.shtml> at 11 January 2008
Digital Music News, Latest Standoff Pits Publishers Against Subscription Services (8 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010808standoff> at 11 January 2008
Digital Music News, Subscription Question Goes 2.0, Theoretical Possibilities Abound (6 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010607subscription> at 11 January 2008
TechDirt, How Dare You Make Our Service More Valuable! RealNetworks Shuts Down YottaMusic (3 January 2008)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080103/010053.shtml> at 8 January 2008
Traffic Shaping/Network Neutrality
The Register, Tiscali hits 'undo' after bandwidth throttling chokes iTunes (21 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/22/tiscali_bandwith_problems_ongoing/> at 30 January 2008
The Register, Hogging the Trough: The EFF Strikes Back (23 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/23/benett_eff_neutrality_response/> at 30 Janaury 2008
TechDirt, Akamai Does Not Violate Network Neutrality (17 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080110/152423.shtml> at 18 January 2008
TechDirt, FCC To Investigate Comcast Filtering; Questions Why Comcast Wasn't Forthcoming (8 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080108/151810.shtml> at 11 January 2008
Digital Music News, P2P Infrastructure Specialists Grab $3 Million Round (7 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010107peer> at 11 January 2008
Watermarks
Digital Music News, Sony, Universal Layering Watermarks Into Amazon MP3s (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012108water> at 30 January 2008
Wired, DRM Is Dead, But Watermarks Rise From Its Ashes (11 January 2008)<http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2008/01/sony_music> at 20 January 2008
TechDirt, Digital Watermarks Are Not The Answer (14 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080113/165009.shtml> at 18 January 2008
Webcasting
Digital Music News, Pandora Ditches British Market, Onerous Royalties Blamed (9 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010908pandora> at 11 January 2008
YouTube
TechDirt, Third Time's A Charm For Turkish YouTube Ban? Maybe This Time The Video Will REALLY Disappear (10 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080120/14271416.shtml> at 30 January 2008
Digital Music News, It Keeps Getting Bigger: YouTube Traffic Surges In '07 (10 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011007youtube> at 20 January 2008
