April's Fool

Ad Supported Music
TechDirt, Content Is Advertising... On TV (23 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080422/022513915.shtml> at 26 April 2008

Anti Trust Issues
The Register, Anti-trust looms over major labels legal blitz (9 April 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/09/michael_robertson_vs_emi/> at 13 April 2008

Artists
Digital Music News, Metallica: The Next Radiohead or Trent Reznor? (28 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042708metallica> at 30 April 2008

ZeroPaid, Metallica Now Embraces File-Sharing? (27 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9440/Metallica+Now+Embraces+File-Sharing%3F> at 29 April 2008

ZeroPaid, Quincy Jones to Record Industry 'Make Music Better' (22 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9423/Quincy+Jones+to+Record+Industry%3A+%27Focus+on+Making+Better+Music%27> at 26 April 2008

TechDirt, Musician Upset That He's Being Used In Lawsuit Against Pirate Bay (17 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080416/135916866.shtml%5C> at 23 April 2008

ZeroPaid, 59% of Swedish Musicians Have Engaged in Illegal File Sharing (3 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9376/59%25+of+Swedish+Musicians+Have+Engaged+in+Illegal+File-Sharing> at 8 April 2008

BitTorrent
TorrentFreak, The Pirate Bay Smashes 12,000,000 BitTorrent Users (24 April 2008) <http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-smashes-12000000-bittorrent-users-080424/> at 27 April 2008

The Register, Pirate Bay to sue music industry (16 April 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/16/piratebay_sues_music_industry/> at 26 April 2008
Digital Music News, Pirate Bay Pulls an IFPI... Legal Battlefield Intensifies (17 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041608pirate> at 26 April 2008

TechDirt, Pirate Bay Wants IFPI To Pay Up For Danish ISP Block (15 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080415/111640856.shtml> at 17 April 2008

ZeroPaid, IFPI Demands $2.56 Million USD from The Pirate Bay (3 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9377/IFPI+Demands+%242.56+Million+USD+from+The+Pirate+Bay> at 8 April 2008

Digital Music News, Labels File Against Pirate Bay; $2.5 Million Sought (2 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040108pirate> at 3 April 2008

ZeroPaid, What is BitTorrent? A Beginner's Guide (4 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9378/What+is+BitTorrent%3F+A+Beginner%27s+Guide> at 8 April 2008

ArsTechnica, Pirate Bay on IFPI lawsuit: Labels can "go screw themselves" (1 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080401-pirate-bay-on-ifpi-lawsuit-labels-can-go-screw-themselves.html> at 2 April 2008

Sveriges Radio, Pirates Buoyant Despite Damages Claim (1 April 2008) <http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=1984922> at 2 April 2008

Blanket/Collective Licensing
ZeroPaid, EFF's Reference Guide for Voluntary 'ISP Tax' (7 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9395/EFF%27s+Reference+Guide+for+Voluntary+%27ISP+Tax%27> at 13 April 2008

LA Times, File sharing: to fight or accommodate? (1 April 2008) <http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oew-healey1apr01,0,739667.story> at 30 April 2008

CNet News Blog, Will former Google exec help save the music industry? (2 April 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9909513-7.html?tag=nefd.lede> at 3 April 2008

Wired, New Details Revealed of Music Industry Plan to OK P2P (1 April 2008) <http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2008/04/music_plan> at 2 April 2008

Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: Griffin's Burden (31 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033008parting> at 2 April 2008

Digital Music News, Feels Like Free? Warner Exploration Sparks Reactions (31 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032908free> at 2 April 2008

CD Sales
RIAA, 2007 End Year Shipment Statistics (April 2008) <http://76.74.24.142/81128FFD-028F-282E-1CE5-FDBF16A46388.pdf> at 30 April 2008

Digital Music News, The Incredibly Discounted CD: Now at Wal-Mart (29 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042808walmart> at 30 April 2008

Digital Music News, Albums Keep Dropping; Bottom Remains Murky (11 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041008sales> at 13 April 2008

Digital Music News, Album Sales Bath Continues During First Quarter (3 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040208quarter> at 8 April 2008

Concerts
Digital Music News, Live Nation Strikes Massive U2 Deal; 12-Year Pact (31 March 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033008live> at 2 April 2008

Copyright Law EU
The Star, A Swing and a Miss for 'Three Strikes' Policy (21 April 2008) <http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/416484> at 26 April 2008

Digital Music News, European Lawmakers Question French ISP Monitoring, Enforcement (14 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041308EU> at 17 April 2008

EFF Deeplinks, EU Politicians Strike Back Against Three Strikes (7 April 20080 <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/eu-politicians-strikes-back-against-three-strikes> at 13 April 2008

ZeroPaid, European Parliament Rejects Plans to Disconnect File Sharers (11 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9398/European+Parliament+Rejects+Plan+to+Disconnect+File-Sharers> at 13 April 2008

BBC News, Europe rejects anti-piracy plans (11 April 2008) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7342135.stm> at 13 April 2008

TechDirt, European Parliament Rejects IFPI Plan To Make ISPs Copyright Cops (10 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080410/165146815.shtml> at 13 April 2008

ZeroPaid, European Amendment to Stop P2p (8 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9391/European+Amendment+to+Stop+P2P+Disconnections> at 8 April 2008

EFF Deeplinks, EU Politicians Strikes Back Against Three Strikes (7 April 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/eu-politicians-strikes-back-against-three-strikes> at 8 April 2008

Copyright Law Other Countries
TechDirt, Copyright Scholar Kicked Out Of Canadian Copyright Panel (28 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080427/233549966.shtml> at 30 April 2008

Stuff.com.nz, Copyright laws updated for digital age (9 April 2008) <http://stuff.co.nz/4470672a28.html> at 13 April 2008

Copyright Law USA
EFF Deeplinks, Big Victory in Atlantic v. Howell: Court Rejects RIAA "Making Available" Theory (29 April 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/big-victory-atlantic-v-howell-court-rejects-making> at 30 April 2008

ArsTechnica, Judge deals another blow to RIAA's making available theory (29 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080429-judge-deals-another-blow-to-riaas-making-available-theory.html> at 30 April 2008

Digital Music News, "Making Available" Gets Retried, Reinterpreted, Reconsidered... (10 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040908making> at 13 April 2008

ArsTechnica, Recent "making available" cases may not stop RIAA nastygrams (7 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080407-recent-making-available-cases-may-not-stop-riaa-nastygrams.html> at 8 April 2008

EFF Deeplinks, Offering to Distribute = Distribution, says Court in Elektra v. Barker (1 April 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/offering-distribute-distribution-says-elektra-v-barker-ruling> at 8 April 2008

EFF Deeplinks, Making Available is Not Distribution, Says Court in London-Sire v. Doe (2 April 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/making-available-distribution-says-court-london-sire-v-doe> at 8 April 2008

The Patry Copyright Blog, The recent making available cases (3 April 2008) <http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/04/recent-making-available-cases.html> at 8 April 2008

SiliconValley/Associated Press, Judges take opposite sides on legality of uploading music files to share (4 April 2008) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_8813684> at 8 April 2008

TechDirt, Another Court Ruling Actually Does Say Making Available Is Not Distribution (3 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080403/111932740.shtml> at 7 April 2008

The Register, Is sharing a folder copyright infringement? (2 April 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/02/elektra_barker_dismissal_rejection/> at 7 April 2008

ArsTechnica, New Orphaned Works Act would limit copyright liability (25 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080425-new-orphaned-works-act-would-limit-copyright-liability.html> at 27 April 2008

ArsTechnica, Big content goes after colleges through funding bills (15 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080415-big-content-goes-after-college-p2p-through-funding-bills.html> at 17 April 2008

CNet News, Are mix tape sites on solid legal ground? (1 April 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9908164-52.html?tag=nefd.only> at 3 April 2008

Copyright Term
TechDirt, Since When Has Copyright Become Life Plus 343 Years? (14 April 2008)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080402/013157727.shtml> at 17 April 2008

Herald Tribune, Free the music (24 March 2008) <http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/24/opinion/edbaldwin.php> at 8 April 2008

Culture/Remixing
TripleJ, New licence for DJs to format shift music (2 April 2008) <http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s2205666.htm> at 8 April 2008

Digital Music News, Radiohead Experiment Turns to Remixing; iTunes Collaboration (2 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040108radiohead> at 3 April 2008

Digital Music Stores
Slyck, Can't Catch a Break Against iTunes (6 April 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1684_Cant_Catch_a_Break_Against_iTunes> at 8 April 2008

Digital Sales
RIAA, 2007 End Year Shipment Statistics (April 2008) <http://76.74.24.142/81128FFD-028F-282E-1CE5-FDBF16A46388.pdf> at 30 April 2008

Digital Music News, Digital Hits 23 Percent of US-Based Revenues, RIAA (28 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042708riaa> at 30 April 2008

Digital Music News, Who's Number Two? Three? Researcher Starts Counting Benjamins... (1 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033108number> at 2 April 2008

DMCA
TechDirt, Judge Dismisses DMCA-Abuse Lawsuit Over Video Of Baby Dancing To Prince (28 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080428/105749968.shtml> at 30 April 2008

DRM
ArsTechnica, DRM sucks redux: Microsoft to nuke MSN Music DRM keys (22 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080422-drm-sucks-redux-microsoft-to-nuke-msn-music-drm-keys.html> at 27 April 2008

Digital Music News, MSN Music: The DRM Aftertaste Really Lasts... (24 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042308msn> at 26 April 2008

Digital Music News, Microsoft's Final 'Up Yours' To Those Who Bought Into Its DRM Story (23 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080422/234401923.shtml> at 26 April 2008

Digital Music News, MP3 Fever Spreads: Tesco Latest to Dump DRM (16 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041508tesco> at 17 April 2008

TechDirt, Wal-Mart Ditches DRM... And Lots Of Major Label Music With It (8 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080408/003857784.shtml> at 13 April 2008 Digital Music

The Register, Right idea, wrong time: Snocap's corpse washes up at Imeem (7 April 2008)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/07/imeem_acquires_snocap/> at 8 April 2008

Digital Music News, Wal-Mart Reaffirms Commitment to MP3s; Standoff Continues (7 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040608walmart> at 8 April 2008

Digital Music News, Developing: Sony BMG, Warner Music Downloads Missing at Wal-Mart (4 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040308wal-mart> at 8 April 2008

Digital Music News, The DRM-Free Drag... Why a Broader Rollout Remains Elusive (2 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040208drm/> at 8 April 2008

Economics
TechDirt, Just Because Content Is Free Doesn't Mean It's Worthless (15 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080411/153919828.shtml> at 17 April 2008

TechDirt, Why Do So Many People Freak Out When They See 'Free' As Part Of A Business Model? (4 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080404/103308752.shtml> at 7 April 2008

Education Strategies/Campaigns
Australian Music: In Tune (April 2008) <http://www.in-tune.com.au/> at 29 April 2008

The Age, Please don't rip off our music (29 April 2008) <http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/04/29/1209234824947.html> at 29 April 2008

eMusic
Digital Music News, Rolling Stones Roll Into eMusic; Abkco Deal Quietly Emerges (4 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040308emusic> at 8 April 2008

Fair Use/Fair Dealing
TechDirt, Recording Industry Testing Out New Theory: It Deserves More Money Because It Lets You Transfer Music (16 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080415/021207852.shtml> at 23 April 2008

ArsTechnica, Fair use on campus: publishers sue school over class reading (16 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080416-fair-use-on-campus-publishers-sue-school-over-class-reading.html> at 17 April 2008

ZeroPaid, New Music Piracy Study Also Measures 'Offline Copying' (8 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9394/New+Music+Group+Piracy+Study+Also+Measures+%27Offline+Copying%27> at 8 April 2008

TechDirt, The International Whisper Campaign Against Fair Use (7 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080403/012447736.shtml> at 8 April 2008

ArsTechnica, Big Content in worldwide "whisper campaign" against Fair Use (7 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080407-patry-copyright-owners-wants-rights-expanded-to-were-rabbit-size.html> at 8 April 2008

The Patry Copyright Blog, Fair Use, the Three-Step Test, and the Counter-Reformation (2 April 2008) <http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/04/fair-use-three-step-test-and-european.html> at 8 April 2008

Filtering
Sydney Morning Herald, Music industry opens new front on piracy (25 April 2008)<http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/music-industry-opens-new-front-on-piracy/2008/04/25/1208743215717.html> at 27 April 2008

ZeroPaid, P2p ISP Filtering Test Published, Labels Deny Ensuing Criticism (17 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9409/P2P+ISP+Filtering+Test+Published%2C+Labels+Deny+Ensuing+Criticism> at 26 April 2008

TechDirt, Turns Out P2P Filters Don't Actually Work (1 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080328/135304687.shtml> at 3 April 2008

First Sale Doctrine
EFF Deeplinks, Courtroom Showdown for eBay Seller Over Promo CD Sales (8 April 2002) <http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/04/08> at 13 April 2008

TechDirt, New RIAA Argument: Throwing A Promo CD In The Garbage = Unauthorized Distribution (9 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080408/231307794.shtml> at 13 April 2008

Imeem
Digital Music News, Imeem Grabs Lavigne Exclusive; Latest Big-Name Exclusive (11 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041008imeem> at 13 April 2008

Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
TechDirt, File Sharing Pre-Settlement Letters In Europe Get Lawyer Banned For Six Months (7 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080407/002030770.shtml> at 8 April 2008

Individual Lawsuits USA
EFF Deeplinks, Big Victory in Atlantic v. Howell: Court Rejects RIAA "Making Available" Theory (29 April 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/big-victory-atlantic-v-howell-court-rejects-making> at 30 April 2008

ArsTechnica, Judge deals another blow to RIAA's making available theory (29 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080429-judge-deals-another-blow-to-riaas-making-available-theory.html> at 30 April 2008

Digital Music News, "Making Available" Gets Retried, Reinterpreted, Reconsidered... (10 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040908making> at 13 April 2008

Digital Music News, Swapping Suits Under Fire: EMI Digital Chief Criticizes Strategy (4 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040308emi> at 8 April 2008

ArsTechnica, Recent "making available" cases may not stop RIAA nastygrams (7 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080407-recent-making-available-cases-may-not-stop-riaa-nastygrams.html> at 8 April 2008

EFF Deeplinks, Offering to Distribute = Distribution, says Court in Elektra v. Barker (1 April 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/offering-distribute-distribution-says-elektra-v-barker-ruling> at 8 April 2008

EFF Deeplinks, Making Available is Not Distribution, Says Court in London-Sire v. Doe (2 April 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/04/making-available-distribution-says-court-london-sire-v-doe> at 8 April 2008

ZeroPaid, Court Helps Record Labels Define Kazaa's 'Shared Folder' in Lawsuit (2 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9374/Court+Helps+Record+Labels+Define+KaZaA%27s+%27Shared+Folder%27+in+Lawsuit> at 3 April 2008

ArsTechnica, New ruling may "grease the wheels" of RIAA litigation machine (31 March 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080331-new-ruling-may-grease-the-wheels-of-riaa-litigation-machine.html> at 2 April 2008

RecordingIndsutryvThePeople, Judge rejects RIAA "making available" theory but sustains complaint, and gives RIAA chance to replead defective theory in Elektra v. Barker (31 March 2008) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/03/judge-rejects-riaa-making-available.html> at 2 April 2008

Billboard.biz, Court Backs Majors On File-Sharing Question (31 March 2008) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i73f32003f239851a2a6aae5368d831e9> at 2 April 2008

The Patry Copyright Blog, The recent making available cases (3 April 2008) <http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/04/recent-making-available-cases.html> at 8 April 2008

SiliconValley/Associated Press, Judges take opposite sides on legality of uploading music files to share (4 April 2008) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_8813684> at 8 April 2008

TechDirt, Another Court Ruling Actually Does Say Making Available Is Not Distribution (3 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080403/111932740.shtml> at 7 April 2008

The Register, Is sharing a folder copyright infringement? (2 April 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/02/elektra_barker_dismissal_rejection/> at 7 April 2008

BusinessWeek, Does She Look Like a Music Pirate? (24 April 2008) <http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/08_18/b4082042959954.htm> at 30 April 2008

TechDirt, Tanya Andersen Decides To Drop Racketeering Charges Against The RIAA (28 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080427/161528962.shtml> at 30 April 2008

ArsTechnica, Marshall University fails to block RIAA's P2P subpoenas (16 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080416-marshall-university-fails-to-block-riaas-p2p-subpoenas.html> at 17 April 2008

ArsTechnica, Maine law students try to derail RIAA lawsuit express (2 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080402-maine-law-students-try-to-derail-riaa-lawsuit-express.html> at 3 April 2008

ZeroPaid, Biggest RIAA Campus Crackdown Ever: 569 Students Get Settlement Letters (16 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9407/Biggest+RIAA+Campus+Crackdown+Ever%3A+569+Students+Get+%27Settlement%27+Letters> at 17 April 2008

RecordingIndustryvThePeople, Correction to prior story on MediaSentry illegality (10 April 2008) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/04/mediasentry-violates-massachusetts.html> at 13 April 2008

Intellectual Property
TechDirt, Nobel Prize Winning Economist Explains How IP Rights Are Part Of The Globalization Problem (24 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080421/024049903.shtml> at 26 April 2008

International Copyright Issues
SiliconValley/The Associated Press, U.S. targets 9 nations on copyrights (26 April 2008) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_9064314?nclick_check=1> at 29 April 2008

Internet
Australian IT, Oz broadband gets faster (24 April 2008) <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23591949-15306,00.html> at 26 April 2008

ISP Liability
Sydney Morning Herald, Music industry opens new front on piracy (25 April 2008)<http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/music-industry-opens-new-front-on-piracy/2008/04/25/1208743215717.html> at 27 April 2008

ZeroPaid, UK ISP Talk Talk Says it 'Refuses to Become Internet Police' (6 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9383/UK+ISP+Talk+Talk+Says+it+%27Refuses+to+Become+Internet+Police%27> at 8 April 2008

ZeroPaid, Virgin Media: 'We Have No Plans to Disconnect Illegal File-Sharers' (5 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9381/Virgin+Media%3A+%27We+Have+No+Plans+to+Disconnect+Illegal+File-Sharers> at 8 April 2008

ArsTechnica, Fight brewing between UK ISPs, labels on disconnecting users (4 April 2008)<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080404-fight-brewing-between-uk-isps-labels-on-disconnecting-users.html> at 8 April 2008

TechDirt, Another UK ISP Insists It Won't Become A Copyright Cop; Scolds BPI (4 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080404/084828750.shtml> at 7 April 2008

BBC News, Policing internet 'not ISP's job' (4 April 2008) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7329801.stm> at 7 April 2008

TechDirt, Virgin Denies Reports That It Will Kick File Sharers Offline (3 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080403/153118744.shtml> at 7 April 2008

TechDirt, Virgin Agrees To Be IFPI's Copyright Cop (31 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080331/112321703.shtml> at 2 April 2008

The Register, Virgin Media in talks to trial three strikes regime against P2P (31 March 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/31/virgin_media_bpi_three_strikes/> at 2 April 2008

ZeroPaid, Virgin Media will be the First UK ISP to Disconnect Illegal-File Sharers (1 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9373/Virgin+Media+Will+be+the+First+UK+ISP+to+Disconnect+Illegal+File-Sharers> at 2 April 2008

Society for Computers and the Law, Filter or Else! Music Industry Sues Irish ISP (3 April 2008) <http://www.scl.org/editorial.asp?i=1786> at 8 April 2008

Leaks
Reuters, Labels mull release strategies in age of piracy (29 April 2008) <http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSN2941336220080429> at 30 April 2008

MySpace
Digital Music News, Independent Equity Details Surface on MySpace Music (21 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042008myspace> at 26 April 2008

Digital Music News, DeWolfe: MySpace Actively Talking to Independents (4 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040308myspace2> at 8 April 2008

Digital Music News, MySpace Music Initiative Announced; Three Majors On Board (4 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040308myspace> at 8 April 2008

TechDirt, Major Record Labels Form Joint Venture With MySpace (3 April 2008)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080403/111142739.shtml> at 7 April 2008

The Register, MySpace Music leaves creators cold (4 April 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/04/myspace_music_coup/> at 7 April 2008

The Register, MySpace trumpets music service (3 April 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/03/myspace_music/> at 7 April 2008

SiliconValley/Associated Press, MySpace starts music service with 3 major record companies (3 April 2008) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/personaltech/ci_8796093> at 7 April 2008

New Business Models
Digital Music News, Coldplay Tossing Freebie Singles, Live Dates... (29 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042808coldplay> at 30 April 2008

The Register, Coldplay in digital and vinyl giveaway (28 April 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/28/coldplay_giveaway/> at 29 April 2008

Digital Music News, 7,500 Gigs, 30+ Countries... Live Nation Announces Summer Slate (25 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042408live> at 26 April 2008

Digital Music News, Marvelous Result: Reznor Disciple Finds $300,000 (14 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041308niggy> at 17 April 2008

Digital Music News, Live Nation Empire-Building Continues; Festival Deal Emerges (11 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041008live> at 13 April 2008

Other File Sharing Software Lawsuits
RTE Business, Eircom rejects record firms' claims (21 April 2008) <http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0421/eircom.html> at 26 April 2008

Society for Computers and the Law, Filter or Else! Music Industry Sues Irish ISP (3 April 2008) <http://www.scl.org/editorial.asp?i=1786> at 8 April 2008

Social Science Research, Translation of ("Norwegian Napster") Case: Tono et. al v. Frank Allan Bruvik d/b/a Napster, Hr-2005-00133-A, Rt-2005-41 (Supreme Court of Norway, 27 January 2005 - Docket No. 2004/822) <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1107112> at 8 April 2008

P2p Statistics
TorrentFreak, Filesharing Report Shows Explosive Growth for uTorrent (26 April 2008) <http://torrentfreak.com/p2p-statistics-080426/> at 30 April 2008

ArsTechnica, Study: BitTorrent sees big growth, LimeWire still #1 P2P app (21 April 2008) <http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5959936174502501606> at 27 April 2008

ZeroPaid, 59% of Swedish Musicians Have Engaged in Illegal File Sharing (3 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9376/59%25+of+Swedish+Musicians+Have+Engaged+in+Illegal+File-Sharing> at 8 April 2008

The Register, Freetards fill their boots - music survey (18 April 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/18/npd_music_survey/> at 26 April 2008

Piracy
TechDirt, Australian Police: Cracking Down On Piracy... Except When The Police Are The Pirates (8 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080408/100432788.shtml> at 13 April 2008

Recording Contracts
Digital Music News, In 360-Degrees We Trust: Evolving Deal Points Emerge (10 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040908three> at 13 April 2008

Royalties
Wired, 'Project Unfound Artist' Seeks to Make SoundExchange Pay (29 April 2008) <http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/project-unfound.html> at 30 April 2008

Search Engines
Wired, 'Project Unfound Artist' Seeks to Make SoundExchange Pay (29 April 2008) <http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/project-unfound.html> at 30 April 2008

New York Times/Reuters, Record Companies Sue Project Playlist on Copyright (28 April 2008) <http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-suit.html?_r=1&oref=slogin> at 30 April 2008

Digital Music News, Project Playlist Hauled Into Court; Majors Allege Massive Infringement (29 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042808playlist> at 30 April 2008

Digital Music News, Baidu Stays Wealthy; Quarterly Income Explodes... (28 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042708baidu/view> at 30 April 2008

Digital Music News, Labels Cranking Legal Heat In China... Again (8 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040808china> at 13 April 2008

ZeroPaid, IFPI Suing Major search Engine for $9 Million (8 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9390/IFPI+Suing+Major+Search+Engine+for+%249+Million> at 8 April 2008

ArsTechnica, Labels seek billions in damages over Baidu MP3 deep-linking (7 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080407-labels-seek-billions-in-damages-over-baidu-mp3-deep-linking.html> at 8 April 2008

Social Networking Music
Digital Music News, Imeem Grabs Lavigne Exclusive; Latest Big-Name Exclusive (11 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041008imeem> at 13 April 2008

Digital Music News, Radiohead Social Network Emerges... (4 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040308radiohead> at 8 April 2008

Social Norms
National Post, Is peer-to-peer downloading just digital gluttony? (1 April 2008) <http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=412792> at 2 April 2008

Subscription
Digital Music News, Subscriptions Plateau In 2007; Revenues Start Declining (28 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042708subscription> at 30 April 2008

ZeroPaid, Danish ISP Offers Customers Unlimited FREE Music Downloads (8 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9388/Danish+ISP+Offers+Customers+Unlimited+FREE+Music+Downloads> at 8 April 2008

TechDirt, Danish ISP Latest To Offer Crippled DRM-Infested Music Subscription Service (1 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080401/104543715.shtml> at 3 April 2008

Digital Music News, Danish Access Provider Bundles Unlimited Music; Strings Attached (1 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033108tdc> at 1 April 2008

Digital Music News, Napster Touts Revenue Gains; Profitability, Licensing Questions Remain (4 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040308napster> at 8 April 2008

Digital Music News, Rhapsody Challenges Recent Researcher Ranking (2 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040108rhapsody> at 3 April 2008

Traffic Shaping/Network Neutrality
TechDirt, Changing The Internet's Architecture Isn't So Easy (24 April 2008)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080419/150606895.shtml> at 26 April 2008

ZeroPaid, AT&T to FCC: 'We Don't Throttle Bit Torrent' (27 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9439/AT%26T+to+FCC%3A+%27We+Don%27t+Throttle+BitTorrent%27> at 29 April 2008

The Register, Comcast proposes P2P 'bill of rights' (16 April 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/16/comcast_proposes_p2p_bill_of_rights/> at 26 April 2008

TechDirt, But Why Do We Need A P2P Bill Of Rights In The First Place? (16 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080416/015107858.shtml> at 23 April 2008

Washington Post/The Associated Press, Comcast wants 'bill of rights' for file-sharers and ISPs (15 April 2008) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/15/AR2008041501993.html> at 17 April 2008

TechDirt, What Comcast/Bittorrent Actually Means: Bittorrent Selling Hardware (3 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080331/185542711.shtml> at 7 April 2008

The Star, CRTC asked to stop Bell's 'throttling' (5 April 2008) <http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/410454> at 8 April 2008

The Vancouver Sun, CYBERLAW: Plan to limit bandwidth is threat to competitive 'Net (31 March 2008) <http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=81a0b5a3-218c-4d9c-a3bd-b235e7693a84&k=12434> at 2 April 2008

ZeroPaid, How Bell and CBC Ignited Network Neutrality Debate in Canada (31 March 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9369/How+Bell+and+CBC+Ignited+Network+Neutrality+Debate+in+Canada> at 2 April 2008

TechDirt, BBC To ISPs: Don't Traffic Shape Me, Bro (4 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080403/151858743.shtml> at 7 April 2008

YouTube
CNet News, Indonesia blocks access to YouTube over anti-Koran film (8 April 2008) <http://www.news.com/Indonesia-blocks-access-to-YouTube-over-anti-Koran-film/2100-1028_3-6236929.html> at 13 April 2008

TechDirt, Congress Makes YouTube Promise To Host Representatives' Videos Sans Ads (11 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080411/024555821.shtml> at 13 April 2008