Digital Music News, We're Number Three: SpiralFrog Claims Third-Place Download Crown (28 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032708three> at 30 March 2008
Digital Music News, MySpace Scores Gold Record (In Ad-Supported Terms) (24 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032308pennywise> at 26 March 2008
guardian.co.uk, Sony joins We7 to make music free (10 March 2008) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/10/sony.netmusic> at 13 March 2008
Digital Music News, Ad-Supported Gets More Support; Sony BMG Licenses We7 (11 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031008we7> at 13 March 2008
Digital Music News, Back from the Brink: Qtrax Licensing Deals Emerge (3 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030308qtrax> at 5 March 2008
Digital Music News, Qtrax Stays Afloat, TVT Licensing Deal Emerges (3 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030208tvt> at 4 March 2008
Anti-Trust Issues
ZeroPaid, RIAA To Be Sued for Racketeering (18 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9332/RIAA+To+Be+Sued+for+Racketeering> at 18 March 2008
Digital Music News, The Ever-Expanding Agency (And What It Means for Music) (7 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030608agency> at 10 March 2008
Artists
Digital Music News, Managers Wondering Where P2P Settlement Checks Are (3 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030208money> at 4 March 2008
New York Post, Infringement (27 February 2008) <http://www.nypost.com/seven/02272008/business/infringement__99428.htm> at 3 March 2008
TechDirt, Musicians Wondering Why They're Not Seeing A Cut Of RIAA Settlements (28 February 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080228/125620382.shtml> at 3 March 2008
BitTorrent
TorrentFreak, Swedish ISP Refuses To Block The Pirate Bay (27 March 2008) <http://torrentfreak.com/swedish-isp-refuses-to-block-pirate-bay-080327/> at 30 March 2008
TechDirt,TorrentSpy Gives Up; Shuts Down (27 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080327/105542666.shtml> at 31 March 2008
TorrentFreak, Iceland's Largest Bit Torrent Trackers Faces Permanent Shutdown (16 March 2008) <http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-tracker-faces-permanent-shutdown-080316/> at 27 March 2008
TechDirt, As Expected, IFPI 'Advertising' Helps Boost BitTorrent Search Site (12 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080312/191122521.shtml> at 13 March 2008
Digital Music News, Israeli BitTorrent Tracker Blocked; More Drama Ahead (10 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030908israel> at 11 March 2008
TechDirt, IFPI Gets Israeli Court To Block (And Advertise) File Sharing Site (6 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080306/075612462.shtml> at 7 March 2008
Blanket/Collective Licensing
ArsTechnica, Warner Music floats ISP surcharge idea for unlimited P2P music (28 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080328-warner-music-floats-isp-surcharge-idea-for-unlimited-p2p-music.html> at 30 March 2008
CNet News Blog, Jim Griffin says ISP music tax only one possibility (29 March 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9905952-7.html> at 30 March 2008
EFF Deeplinks, Monetizing File-Sharing: Collective Licensing Good, ISP Tax Bad (20 March 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/03/monetizing-file-sharing-collective-licensing-good-isp-tax-bad> at 30 March 2008
TechDirt, Warner Music Latest To Jump On The Music Tax Bandwagon (28 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080328/012123680.shtml> at 30 March 2008
Portfolio.com, Fee for All (27 March 2008)
<http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/top-5/2008/03/27/Warners-New-Web-Guru> at 30 March 2008
ChicagoTribune, Music biz looks at giving fans all the songs they want in exchange for broadband access fee (20 March 2008) <http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2008/03/the-latest-plan.html> at 27 March 2008
Wired, Music Industry Proposes a Piracy Surcharge on ISPs (13 March 2008) <http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2008/03/music_levy> at 18 March 2008
ArsTechnica, $5 a month for legal P2P could happen sooner than you think (13 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080313-5-a-month-for-legal-p2p-could-happen-sooner-than-you-think.html> at 18 March 2008
TechDirt, RIAA Now Open To 'You Must Be A Criminal' Tax On ISP Fees (14 March 2008)
<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080313/114351536.shtml> at 18 March 2008
Wired Listening Post Blog, Proposal: Legal File Sharing for College Students and Alumni (28 March 2008) <http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/03/proposal-legal.html> at 30 March 2008
CD Sales
Digital Music News, Costello Disses CD; Goes Vinyl, Digital Exclusively (25 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032408costello> at 26 March 2008
Copyright Law EU
EFF Deeplinks, Stop Copyright Term Extension in Europe! (29 February 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/02/stop-copyright-term-extension-europe> at 11 March 2008
Copyright Law Other Countries
TechDirt, Antigua Says It's Going To Start Ignoring US Copyrights (For Real This Time) (20 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080319/233958596.shtml> at 22 March 2008
ZeroPaid, Antigua May Legalize Piracy of US Movies, Music (22 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9345/Antigua+May+Legalize+Piracy+of+US+Movies%2C+Music> at 22 March 2008
TechDirt, Israel Hits Back On Charges From US Lobbyists That It Doesn't Respect Copyright (21 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080318/075016574.shtml> at 22 March 2008
Copyright Law USA
ArsTechnica, Congressman: Copyright not made to "pad wallets" of creators (27 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080327-congressman-copyright-not-made-to-pad-wallets-of-creators.html> at 30 March 2008
TechDirt, Has Congress Backdoored In 'Attempted Copyright Infringement' As A Crime? (26 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080324/152810634.shtml> at 30 March 2008
TechDirt, Rep. Berman: Those Who Don't Like The PRO IP Bill Just Want To Steal Stuff (28 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080328/162315688.shtml> at 30 March 2008
Digital Music News, Protection Bill Gathers More Steam on Capitol Hill (7 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030608proip> at 10 March 2008
TechDirt, House Panel Deletes Higher Copyright Fines From Pro IP Bill, Leaves Plenty Of Other Bad Stuff (6 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080306/124250465.shtml> at 7 March 2008
InfoWorld, House panel kills controversial copyright provision (6 March 2008) <http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/06/House-panel-kills-controversial-copyright-provision_1.html> at 10 March 2008
Copyright Term
EFF Deeplinks, Stop Copyright Term Extension in Europe! (29 February 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/02/stop-copyright-term-extension-europe> at 11 March 2008
ZeroPaid, European Anti-Copyright Extension Petition Gathers Momentum (7 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9314/European+Anti-Copyright+Extension+Petition+Gathers+Momentum> at 7 March 2008
ZeroPaid, British Copyright Term Extension Bill Delayed (8 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9315/British+Copyright+Term+Extension+Bill+Delayed> at 10 March 2008
Digital Music Stores
Digital Music News, iTunes Becomes Second Largest Music Retailer, Fuzzy Math Applies (27 February 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022608fuzzy> at 28 February 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
Digital Sales
Digital Music News, Counting Billions: Are iTunes Store Sales An Issue? (3 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030208billions> at 4 March 2008
ArsTechnica, Fragmented European market hurting digital music sales (28 February 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080228-fragmented-european-market-hurting-digital-music-sales.html> at 3 March 2008
DMCA
TechDirt, Can The DMCA Be Used To Stifle Speech? (28 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080326/194543660.shtml> at 30 March 2008
TechDirt, Air Force The Latest To Make Illegal False DMCA Claim (10 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080307/162737475.shtml> 7 March 2008
TechDirt, Does The DMCA Still Matter? (6 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080305/002935442.shtml> at 7 March 2008
DRM
Digital Music News, LimeWire Store Starts Bearing Fruit; DRM-Free Catalog Appears (19 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031808limewire> at 23 March 2008
Digital Music News, Warner Goes DRM-Free In Europe; Licenses 7digital (3 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030308digital> at 5 March 2008
The New York Times, Publishers Phase Out Piracy Protection on Audio Books (3 March 2008) <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/business/media/03audiobook.html?_r=1&oref=slogin> at 4 March 2008
Economics
TechDirt, Can Someone Teach The New Malthusians About Infinite Goods? (27 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080324/152421633.shtml> at 30 March 2008
TechDirt, On Content, Promotions, Basic Economics... And Loutish Statements (25 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080324/000718629.shtml> at 27 March 2008
TechDirt, How 'Free' Has Even More Value Than People Think It Should (28 February 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080222/174809327.shtml> at 3 March 2008
Education Strategies/Campaigns
The Australian, E-security lessons for Aussie Kids (5 March 2008) <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23323338-15319,00.html> at 6 March 2008
eMusic
Digital Music News, We're Number Two: eMusic Defends Second-Place Crown (27 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032608two> at 30 March 2008
ArsTechnica, eMusic making good money from back catalog (4 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080304-emusic-making-good-money-from-back-catalog.html> at 6 March 2008
Filtering
ArsTechnica, Deep packet inspection for P2P traffic put to the test (27 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080327-deep-packet-inspection-for-p2p-traffic-put-to-the-test.html> at 30 March 2008
ArsTechnica, "Year of filters" turning into year of lawsuits against ISPs (11 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080311-year-of-filters-turning-into-year-of-lawsuits-against-isps.html> at 18 March 2008
ZeroPaid, From Privacy to Censorship - Activists Have Their Hands Full (15 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9328/From+Privacy+to+Censorship+-+Activists+Have+Their+Hands+Full> at 18 March 2008
Hardware
The Register, Ten years old: the world's first MP3 player (10 March 2008) <http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/03/10/ft_first_mp3_player/> at 12 March 2008
IFPI
TechDirt, EMI Sticking With IFPI, But Cutting Its Allowance To Sue Music Fans (10 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080310/110443492.shtml> at 12 March 2008
ArsTechnica, EMI to slash antipiracy funding, but will stick with IFPI (10 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080310-emi-to-slash-antipiracy-funding-but-will-stick-with-ifpi.html> at 11 March 2008
iLike
ZeroPaid, R.E..M. to Offer New 'Accelerate' for Free - Sort of (14 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9326/R.E.M.+to+Offer+New+Album+%27Accelerate%27+for+FREE+-+Sort+of> at 18 March 2008
Yahoo Music News, REM like iLike (11 March 2008) <http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/080311/340/hvakn.html&e=l_news_dm> at 13 March 2008
msnbc, R.E.M. drops album on social networking site (11 March 2008) <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23575134/> at 13 March 2008
<http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3532355.ece> at 13 March 2008
Digital Music News, Someone Likes Them: iLike Announces 200,000th Artist (6 March 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030508ilike> at 7 March 2008
Imeem
Digital Music News, Imeem Scores Rolling Stones Album Exclusive (27 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032608imeem> at 30 March 2008
Independents
ArsTechnica, Indie labels bypass iTunes, give digital sales a shot (17 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080317-indie-labels-bypass-itunes-give-digital-sales-a-shot.html> at 18 March 2008
WashingtonPost/Reuters/Billboard, Indie labels take e-commerce into their own hands (15 March 2008) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/15/AR2008031501795.html> at 18 March 2008
ZeroPaid, Indie Label Boss: 'I Challenge FIle-Sharers to a Debate' (6 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9310/Indie+Label+Boss%3A+%27I+Challenge+File-Sharers+to+a+Debate%27> at 7 March 2008
TorrentFreak, Swedish Record Labels See Filesharing as Virtue Written (27 February 2008) <http://torrentfreak.com/swedish-labels-see-filesharing-as-virtue-080227/> at 3 March 2008
Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
Digital Music News, German, Italian Courts Offer Pro-ISP Privacy Rulings (20 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032008isp> at 23 March 2008
Billboard.biz, Italian File-Sharers Let Off The Hook (17 March 2008) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i4b1f1f7f2a01d2b3c04136a266ca9813> at 19 March 2008
ArsTechnica, Pirate Party rejects Swedish plan to snitch on file-sharers (16 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080316-pirate-party-rejects-swedish-plan-to-snitch-on-filesharers.html> at 18 March 2008
TechDirt, Sweden Becoming Less Friendly To File Sharing (14 March 2008)
<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080314/162358544.shtml> at 18 March 2008
The Local, Sweden to clamp down on file sharing (14 March 2008) <http://www.thelocal.se/10474/20080314/> at 18 March 2008
Digital Music News, ISP Monitoring Initiatives Emerge In Japan, Sweden (18 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031708isp> at 23 March 2008
The Register, File-swapping Icelanders slapped on writsts (6 March 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/06/icelandic_file_sharing_conviction/> at 7 March 2008
Individual Lawsuits USA
MarketWatch, RIAA tactics to combat piracy again in question (20 March 2008) <http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/does-riaa-engage-mob-tactics/story.aspx?guid={66666B25-1C23-4377-8C99-0BA530FD7577}&siteid=yhoof> at 27 March 2008
ArsTechnica, Battle brewing over MediaSentry's subpoena stonewalling (5 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080305-battle-brewing-over-mediasentrys-subpoena-stonewalling.html> at 6 March 2008
ArsTechnica, RIAA doesn't want to pay for a fair defense, says victor (26 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080326-riaa-andersen-attorney-should-only-get-10-of-requested-fee.html> at 27 March 2008
The Register, Woman accuses RIAA of killing dolphins (20 March 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/20/tanya_andersen_complaint/> at 22 March 2008
ArsTechnica, Kazaa downloads cost one man $750 per song in RIAA suit (16 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080316-kazaa-downloads-cost-one-man-750-per-song-in-riaa-suit.html> at 18 March 2008
EFF Deeplinks, EFF Takes on RIAA Lawsuit Strategy in Wednesday Court Hearing (3 March 2008) <http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/03/03> at 10 March 2008
ArsTechnica, EFF to take RIAA on in court over "making available" claim (4 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080304-eff-to-take-riaa-on-in-court-over-making-available-claim.html> at 6 March 2008
ZeroPaid, EFF Takes on the RIAA in File-sharing Case (5 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9307/EFF+Takes+on+the+RIAA+in+File-sharing+Case> at 6 March 2008
Intellectual Property
TechDirt, What Kind Of Progress Are We Promoting? (13 March 2008)
<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080313/031128532.shtml> at 18 March 2008
TechDirt, If Intellectual Property Is Neither Intellectual, Nor Property, What Is It? (6 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080306/003240458.shtml> at 7 March 2008
TechDirt, Patents, Copyrights And Trademarks, Oh My! (28 February 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080228/003450379.shtml> 3 March 2008
International Copyright Issues
EFF Deeplinks, Blogging WIPO: The New Development Agenda (9 March 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/03/blogging-wipo-new-development-agenda> at 18 March 2008
ISP Liability
ArsTechnica, "Year of filters" turning into year of lawsuits against ISPs (11 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080311-year-of-filters-turning-into-year-of-lawsuits-against-isps.html> at 18 March 2008
EFF DeepLinks, Three Strikes, Three Countries: France, Japan and Sweden (18 March 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/03/three-strikes-three-countries> at 23 March 2008
The Register, Japanese ISPs agree three strikes-style anti piracy regime (17 March 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/17/japan_three_strikes/> at 19 March 2008
Digital Music News, ISP Monitoring Initiatives Emerge In Japan, Sweden (18 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031708isp> at 23 March 2008
TechDirt, Japanese ISPs The Latest To Bow To Pressure From The Entertainment Industry (17 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080316/154404551.shtml> at 19 March 2008
ZeroPaid, Japanese ISPs to Ban File-Sharers from the Internet (18 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9333/Japanese+ISPs+to+Ban+File-Sharers+from+the+Internet> at 18 March 2008
Daily Yomiuri Online/Associated Press, Winny copiers to be cut off from Internet (15 March 2008) <http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080315TDY01305.htm> at 18 March 2008
ireland.com, Eircom taken to court over illegal music downloads (10 March 2008) <http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0310/breaking61.htm> at 19 March 2008
ZeroPaid, Record Labels Sue Irish ISP, Demand Music Piracy Filtering (12 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9323/Record+Labels+Sue+Irish+ISP%2C+Demand+Music+Piracy+Filtering> at 13 March 2008
TechDirt, IFPI's New Strategy: Sue ISPs For Not Stopping File Sharing (11 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080310/173104496.shtml> at 13 March 2008
Los Angeles Times, Piracy provision aims at universities (16 March 2008) <http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-na-piracy16mar16,1,3958660.story> at 18 March 2008
YNetNews, Internet providers ordered to block file sharing website (3 June 2008) <http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3515275,00.html> at 10 March 2008
Digital Music News, The ISP Squeeze: Standoff Continues, Standouts Remain (6 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030508isp> at 7 March 2008
ArsTechnica, Survey: warnings from ISPs could slash file-swapping by 70% (3 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080303-survey-warnings-from-isps-could-slash-file-swapping-by-70.html> at 4 March 2008
The Register, Filesharers petition Downing Street on 'three strikes' (28 February 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/28/filesharing_downing_st_petition/> at 3 March 2008
Labels Revenue
Digital Music News, Financial Disappointments Continue at Sony BMG (20 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031908sonybmg> at 23 March 2008
Leaks
ZeroPaid, New Gnarls Barkley 'The Odd Couple' Album Leaked to BitTorrent (15 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9330/New+Gnarls+Barkley+%27The+Odd+Couple%27+Album+Leaked+to+BitTorrent%21> at 18 March 2008
Digital Music News, Madonna Brings Hard Candy to Hair; Ads Starting Now (16 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031608madonna> at 18 March 2008
Limewire
Slyck, Limewire Opens Music Store (18 March 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1678_Limewire_Opens_Music_Store> at 27 March 2008
Digital Music News, LimeWire Store Starts Bearing Fruit; DRM-Free Catalog Appears (19 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031808limewire> at 23 March 2008
ZeroPaid, Limewire Opens Music Store (20 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9339/Limewire+Opens+Music+Store> at 22 March 2008
P2pBlog, Limewire launches music download store (16 March 2008) <http://www.p2p-blog.com/item-552.html> at 18 March 2008
Music History
TheHistoryOfRock'n'Roll, Rock and Roll Timeline (8 May 2007) <http://www.history-of-rock.com/rock_and_roll_timeline.htm> at 12 March 2008
MySpace
Digital Music News, It's Coming: More Dealmaking Details Leak on MySpace Music (25 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032408myspace> at 26 March 2008
Digital Music News, Wikipedia Beats MySpace on Artist Searches, Report (24 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032308wikipedia> at 26 March 2008
Digital Music News, MySpace Scores Gold Record (In Ad-Supported Terms) (24 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032308pennywise> at 26 March 2008
New Business Models
TechDirt, It's Not Exploitation If You Chose To Take Part (24 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080322/142342625.shtml> at 26 March 2008
Digital Music News, Imeem Scores Rolling Stones Album Exclusive (27 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032608imeem> at 30 March 2008
TechDirt, Another 'Free' Business Model Experiment (28 March 2008)
<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080321/183748624.shtml> at 30 March 2008
Digital Music News, Dolly Goes DIY: Parton Self-Financing Offers Latest Case Study (24 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032308dolly> at 26 March 2008
The Technium, 1,000 True Fans (4 March 2008) <http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/1000_true_fans.php> at 23 March 2008
TechDirt, Does The Math On 1,000 True Fans Add Up? (14 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080312/095631518.shtml> at 18 March 2008
TechDirt, The Path To Success As A Content Creator: Building Up Your True Fans (5 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080304/174129438.shtml> at 7 March 2008
Digital Media Wire, Music Community Slicethepie Releasing First Fan-Financed Album (6 March 2008) <http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2008/03/06/music-community-slicethepie-releasing-first-fan-financed-album> at 18 March 2008
Wired, Jill Sobule Goes to Fans for Album Financing (5 March 2008) <http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/03/jill-sobule-goe.html> at 6 March 2008
ZeroPaid, R.E..M. to Offer New 'Accelerate' for Free - Sort of (14 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9326/R.E.M.+to+Offer+New+Album+%27Accelerate%27+for+FREE+-+Sort+of> at 18 March 2008
Yahoo Music News, REM like iLike (11 March 2008) <http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/080311/340/hvakn.html&e=l_news_dm> at 13 March 2008
Digital Music News, R.E.M. Offering Streaming Album Debut on iLike (10 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030908ilike> at 11 March 2008
TechDirt, Reznor Grosses $1.6 Million In The First Week Of Ghosts I-IV (14 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080313/171933538.shtml> at 18 March 2008
Digital Music News, How to Make $1.6 Million In a Week, by Trent Reznor (13 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031208reznor> at 18 March 2008
ArsTechnica, Reznor makes $750,000 even when the music is free (5 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080305-reznor-makes-750000-even-when-the-music-is-free.html> at 6 March 2008
TechDirt, Nine Inch Nails Sells Out Of $300 Deluxe Edition In Under Two Days (4 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080304/162842435.shtml> at 6 March 2008
Digital Music News, How to Make $750,000 Overnight, by Trent Reznor (5 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030408nin> 6 March 2008
The Register, Nine Inch Nails cracks net distribution (maybe) (3 March 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/03/nine_inch_nails_album_released_online/> at 5 March 2008
ZeroPaid, NIN Releases Part of New Album on BitTorrent (5 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9305/NIN+Releases+Part+of+New+Album+on+BitTorrent> at 6 March 2008
The Register, When the music costs nothing, why do freetards prefer to leech? (4 March 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/04/reznor_gift_spurned/> at 6 March 208
Digital Music News, Reznor Numbers Remain Elusive; Criticism Handed to Radiohead (10 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030908reznor> at 11 March 2008
Digital Music News, NIN Experiment Gets Off to a Slooooow Start (4 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030308nin> at 5 March 2008
TechDirt, Trent Reznor Continues Business Model Experiments: Releases Latest Album Online (3 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080302/234646401.shtml> at 5 March 2008
Digital Music News, NIN Injecting Steroids Into Radiohead Model (3 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030208nin> at 4 March 2008
The Register, Nine Inch Nails slams Radiohead's 'bait and switch' (12 March 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/12/nine_inch_nails/> at 13 March 2008
TorrentFreak, NIN Confirms Uploads to Public and Private Torrent Sites (5 March 2008) <http://torrentfreak.com/nin-confirms-bittorrent-uploads-080305/> at 11 March 2008
Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: Is Reznor Reshaping a Market? (3 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030308parting> at 5 March 2008
Digital Music News, Ever-Complicated UMG Supply Chain Gets Some Help (13 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031208accenture> at 18 March 2008
Digital Music News, The Best Kept Secrets Behind Viral Distribution... (20 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031908youtube> at 23 March 2008
Digital Music News, Songkick Starts Measuring Band Popularity Online (17 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031608songkick> at 18 March 2008
TorrentFreak, MTV Uses P2P Data for Playlist Selection (14 March 2008) <http://torrentfreak.com/mtv-uses-p2p-data-080314/> at 18 March 2008
TechDirt, Adopting New Music Business Models Doesn't Mean The Death Of Record Labels (19 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080318/173833576.shtml> at 22 March 2008
msnbc, R.E.M. drops album on social networking site (11 March 2008)
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23575134/> at 13 March 2008
TimesOnline, R.E.M. to debut new album on Facebook application (11 March 2008)
<http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3532355.ece> at 13 March 2008
TechDirt, R.E.M. Puts New Album Online Via iLike (12 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080312/004726506.shtml> at 13 March 2008
Other File Sharing Lawsuits
ZeroPaid, RIAA - Being Sued for Racketeering is a Scandal (30 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9365/RIAA+-+Being+Sued+for+Racketeering+is+a+Scandal> at 31 March 2008
ZeroPaid, RIAA To Be Sued for Racketeering (18 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9332/RIAA+To+Be+Sued+for+Racketeering> at 18 March 2008
P2p Development
ZeroPaid, Comcast Work Around for Azures (20 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9340/Comcast+Work+Around+for+Azureus> at 22 March 2008
ArsTechnica, Verizon embraces P4P, a more efficient peer-to-peer tech (14 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080314-verizon-embraces-p4p-a-more-efficient-peer-to-peer-tech.html> at 18 March 2008
ZeroPaid, Verizon Actually Works to Make P2p More Efficient (15 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9329/Verizon+Actually+Works+to+Make+P2P++More+Efficient> at 18 March 2008
ArsTechnica, A lack of peers leads AllPeers to close up shop (3 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080303-alack-of-peers-leads-allpeers-to-close-up-shop.html> at 4 March 2008
P2p Distribution (non music)
SiliconValley/Associated Press, Media companies embrace peer-to-peer technology (15 March 2008) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_8583211> at 18 March 2008
ArsTechnica, Norwegian broadcaster: P2P experiment "extremely positive" (3 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080303-norwegian-broadcaster-p2p-experiment-extremely-positive.html> at 4 March 2008
ZeroPaid, NBC To Distribute Shows via P2P (1 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9297/NBC+to+Distribute+Shows+via+P2P> at 3 March 2008
P2p Security
The Register, P2p highwayman gets four years for ID theft (18 March 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/18/p2p_highwayman_jailed/> at 22 March 2008
P2p Statistics
TechDirt, How Reliable Are Industry Announced Piracy Statistics? (27 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080321/005110613.shtml> at 30 March 2008
ArsTechnica, Survey: warnings from ISPs could slash file-swapping by 70% (3 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080303-survey-warnings-from-isps-could-slash-file-swapping-by-70.html> at 4 March 2008
Piracy
TechDirt, Attorney General Mukasy Claims Piracy Funds Terrorism (28 March 2008)
<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080328/122324685.shtml> at 30 March 2008
Publishing
ArsTechnica, RIAA tells Ars: We're not hypocrites (11 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080311-riaa-tells-ars-were-not-hypocrites.html> at 18 March 2008
ArsTechnica, RIAA plays both sides of the street in music royalty debate (2 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080302-riaa-wants-to-pay-percentage-rate-it-denied-to-webcasters.html> at 4 March 2008
QTrax
Digital Music News, Back from the Brink: Qtrax Licensing Deals Emerge (3 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030308qtrax> at 5 March 2008
Digital Music News, Qtrax Stays Afloat, TVT Licensing Deal Emerges (3 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030208tvt> at 4 March 2008
Recording Contracts
Digital Music News, Upstreaming Disrupted:Why Major Label Survival Depends on Transformed Deals (18 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031708upstream> at 19 March 2008
Royalties
Digital Music News, Harry Fox Still Writing Good Checks; $394 Million In '08 (18 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031708hfa> at 23 March 2008
Search Engines
TechDirt,TorrentSpy Gives Up; Shuts Down (27 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080327/105542666.shtml> at 31 March 2008
TechDirt, As Expected, IFPI 'Advertising' Helps Boost BitTorrent Search Site (12 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080312/191122521.shtml> at 13 March 2008
Digital Music News, Israeli BitTorrent Tracker Blocked; More Drama Ahead (10 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030908israel> at 11 March 2008
TechDirt, IFPI Gets Israeli Court To Block (And Advertise) File Sharing Site (6 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080306/075612462.shtml> at 7 March 2008
The Register, Baidu sued by Chinese copyright group (3 March 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/03/baidu_sued_chinese_copyright_society/> at 5 March 2008
Digital Music News, Baidu Faces Chinese Rebellion, More Lawsuits Fly (3 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030208china> at 4 March 2008
Social Networking Music
TechDirt, It's Not Exploitation If You Chose To Take Part (24 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080322/142342625.shtml> at 26 March 2008
Digital Music News, 600 Million Reasons Why Starting Bebo Was a Smart Idea (17 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031608bebo> at 18 March 2008
Digital Music News, Majors Bless European Social Networking Play (6 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030508euro> at 7 March 2008
Subscription
The Register, Sony confirms Son of Connect (26 March 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/26/sony_son_of_connect/> at 27 March 2008
ZeroPaid, Sony BMG Developing Music Subscription Service (26 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9354/Sony+BMG+Developing+Music+Subscription+Service> at 27 March 2008
Digital Music News,Sony BMG Ponders Subscription Launch, Details Emerging (26 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032508sony> at 27 March 2008
TechDirt, Why Sony-BMG's Music Subscription Idea Won't Work (25 March 2008)
<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080325/110556644.shtml> at 27 March 2008
ZeroPaid, Apple in Talks with Record Labels for unlimited iTunes (20 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9338/Report%3A+Apple+in+Talks+with+Record+Labels+for+Unlimited+iTunes> at 22 March 2008
The Register, Apple 'mulls all-you-can-eat music plan' (19 March 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/19/apple_itunes_unlimited/> at 22 March 2008
The Register, Korea's P2P pirate goes legal, targets Europe (14 March 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/14/soribada_korea_legal_p2p/> at 18 March 2008
Traffic Shaping/Network Neutrality
EFF Deeplinks, Software for Keeping ISPs Honest (28 March 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/03/keeping-isps-honest> at 30 March 2008
Slyck, New Project Sniffs Out Bandwidth Shaping ISPs (24 March 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1680_New_Project_Sniffs_Out_Bandwidth_Shaping_ISPs> at 27 March 2008
EFF Deeplinks, Comcast Reduces Discrimination, Plans To End It Altogether (28 March 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/03/comcast-reducing-discrimination-planning-end-it-altoghether-isp-testing-remains-es> at 30 March 2008
TechDirt, Comcast Realizes Blocking By Protocol Is A Problem; Asks BitTorrent For Some Help (27 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080327/094811665.shtml> at 30 March 2008
ZeroPaid, Call to Arms: Azureus Asks Users to Help Analyze BitTorrent Throtlling (27 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9357/A+Call+to+Arms%3A+Azureus+Asks+Users+to+Help+Analyze+BitTorrent+Throttling> at 30 March 2008
ZeroPaid, Comcast Work Around for Azures (20 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9340/Comcast+Work+Around+for+Azureus> at 22 March 2008
TechDirt, Comcast Says FCC Has No Authority To Stop Traffic Shaping (20 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080319/195617592.shtml> at 22 March 2008
CBC News, ISPs Limit Access to CBC Download, user say (26 March 2008) <http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2008/03/26/bittorrent-cbc.html> at 30 March 2008
TechDirt, It's Good To Be A Monopoly: Bell Canada Tells ISPs To Shut Up And Accept Traffic Shaping (25 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080325/155924648.shtml> at 27 March 2008
P2PBlog, German cable ISP admits Bittorrent blocking (10 March 2008) <http://www.p2p-blog.com/item-539.html> at 11 March 2008
TechDirt, Surprise: Hollywood Favors Short-Term Fads to Long-Term Strategy (14 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080313/232935540.shtml> at 18 March 2008
TechDirt, Censoring The 'Net Is Hard (5 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080304/143250431.shtml> at 7 March 2008
ZeroPaid, From Privacy to Censorship - Activists Have Their Hands Full (15 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9328/From+Privacy+to+Censorship+-+Activists+Have+Their+Hands+Full> at 18 March 2008
YouTube
SiliconValley/Associated Press, YouTube expects Turkey to restore access after removing videos (27 March 2008) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_8716637?nclick_check=1> at 30 March 2008
Mainichi Daily News, Google, copyright body strike deal allowing cover songs on YouTube (28 March 2008) <http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080328p2a00m0na006000c.html> at 30 March 2008
SiliconValley.com, YouTube makes video sharing easier (12 March 2008) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_8549624?nclick_check=1> at 18 March 2008
TechDirt, Court Explains Copyright Law To Viacom (Perhaps Not For The Last Time (11 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080311/170548501.shtml> at 13 March 2008
Digital Music News, Madonna Brings Hard Candy to Hair; Ads Starting Now (16 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031608madonna> at 18 March 2008
