Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Better Late Than Never...

Ad Supported Music
CNet News, Legal P2P music site Qtrax signs EMI Music (3 June 2008)<http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9958560-7.html> at 5 June 2008

guardian.co.uk, Universal to allow free music downloads (8 May 2008) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/08/digitalmedia.digitalmusic> at 10 May 2008

Wired Listening Post, Qtrax Inks Deal With Universal for Legal P2P Music (6 May 2008) <http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/05/qtrax-inks-deal.html> at 7 May 2008

TechDirt, Advertising Is Content; Content Is Advertising (19 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080318/004136567.shtml> at 7 May 2008

ArsTechnica, Report: ad-supported content will soon dominate digital media (5 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080505-report-ad-support-content-will-soon-dominate-digital-media.html> at 6 May 200

Allofmp3
Digital Music News, Majors Drop Suit Against Beleaguered AllofMP3 (28 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052708allofmp3> at 5 June 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Drops Allofmp3 Lawsuit; Pretends Mp3Sparks Doesn't Exist (27 May 2008)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080527/0044331223.shtml> at 4 June 2008

ASCAP
TechDirt, ASCAP's Bill Of Wrongs (30 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080529/2308011264.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, Do Songwriters Deserve A Cut Of Yahoo Search Revenue? (13 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080512/0252111088.shtml> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, Yahoo, RealNetworks, AOL Bite Back Against ASCAP Rates (5 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050508yahoo> at 6 May 2008

The Register, Songwriters score victory over AOL, Yahoo! and Real Pay up (1 May 2008)<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/01/ascap_aol_real_yahoo/> at 2 May 2008

TechDirt, District Court Tells Yahoo, AOL To Pay Millions To Songwriters (1 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080501/020611996.shtml> at 2 May 2008

CNet News, Court: Online services must pay up for song use (1 May 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9933398-7.html> at 2 May 2008

Digital Music News, Court Determines ASCAP Rates for Yahoo, AOL, RealNetworks (30 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/043008ascap> at 2 May 2008

The Wall Street Journal, Court Sets Royalty Fees To Be Paid to ASCAP (30 April 2008) <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120959909400857751.html> at 2 May 2008

BitTorrent
ZeroPaid, How to Get Into Private BitTorrent Tracker Sites (4 June 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9530/How+to+Get+Into+Private+BitTorrent+Tracker+Sites> at 5 June 2008

ZeroPaid, Where to Find Free AND Legal BitTorrent Downloads (29 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9521/Where+to+Find+Free+AND+Legal+BitTorrent+Downloads> at 5 June 2008

ZeroPaid, The Pirate Bay Enters Top 100 Websites (24 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9510/The+Pirate+Bay+Enters+Top+100+Websites> at 5 June 2008

TechDirt, How The RIAA/MPAA Helped Catapult The Pirate Bay Into Being One Of The World's Most Popular Sites (20 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080519/0227541162.shtml> at 21 May 2008

ArsTechnica, Pirate Bay: MPAA's $15.4 million damage claim a fabrication (9 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080509-pirate-bay-mpaas-15-4-million-damage-claim-a-fabrication.html> at 10 May 2008

The Local, The Pirate Bay faces massive damages claim (8 May 2008) <http://www.thelocal.se/11614.html> at 10 May 2008

The Register, UK cops arrest six alleged BitTorrent music uploaders (2 June 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/02/onk_further_arrests/> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, UK Authorities Charging OiNK Users With 'Conspiracy To Defraud The Music Industry' (2 June 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080601/1756051285.shtml> at 4 June 2008

Digital Music News, We're Broke! Torrentspy Offers Latest Snub to MPAA... (12 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051108torrent> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, TorrentSpy Faces Hefty, $110 Million Infringement Penalty (7 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050708torrentspy> at 10 May 2008

The Register, Hollywood awarded $110m against TorrentSpy (7 May 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/07/mpaa_awarded_110m_from_torrentspy/> at 10 May 2008

Yahoo UK Ireland, TorrentSpy to appeal 110-mln-dollar ruling in film piracy suit (8 May 2008) <http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080508/ttc-us-it-internet-copyright-film-trial-e0bba4a.html> at 10 May 2008

TechDirt, Court Orders TorrentSpy To Pay $110 Million To MPAA (7 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080507/1657261059.shtml> at 10 May 2008

TechDirt, TorrentSpy, Though Out Of Business, To Appeal Massive Fine (8 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080508/1046351063.shtml> at 10 May 2008

ArsTechnica, TorrentSpy ordered to pay $110 million in damages to MPAA (7 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080507-torrentspy-ordered-to-pay-110-million-in-damages-to-mpaa.html> at 8 May 2008

TechDirt, isoHunt Tries The 'Just A Search Engine' Defense (6 May 2008)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080504/2203281027.shtml> at 8 May 2008

ArsTechnia, Researchers use Akamai to find local BitTorrent peers (6 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080506-researchers-use-akamai-to-find-local-bittorrent-peers.html> at 7 May 2008

Concerts
TechDirt, Musicians Whining About Fans With Mobile Phones (13 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080512/0056591086.shtml> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, Bands Should Give Away Their Music With Every Concert Ticket Sold (16 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080514/0306491110.shtml> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, Reznor Rampage Continues; Touring Experiment Next (5 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050508nin> at 6 May 2008

TechDirt, If You're Going To Argue In Favor Of Copyright, It Might Help To Do Some Research First (28 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080527/1716281240.shtml> at 4 June 2008

Copyright Law Other Countries
EFF Deeplink, The Struggles of France's Three Strikes Law (9 May 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/struggles-frances-three-strikes-law> at 5 June 2008

National Post, Tories eye $500 fine for illegal downloads (2 June 2008) <http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=558674> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, Japan Decides Fair Use Is A Good Thing (30 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080528/1906131250.shtml> at 4 June 2008

ZeroPaid, French RIAA Announces Deadline to Ban File-Sharers from the Internet (8 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9477/French+RIAA+Announces+Deadline+to+Ban+File-Sharers+from+the+Internet> at 10 May 2008

ZeroPaid, Swedish Man Convicted of Illegal File-Sharing (7 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9463/Swedish+Man+Convicted+for+Illegal-File+Sharing> at 8 May 2008

TorrentFreak, File-Sharer Convicted in Sweden’s Biggest P2P Case (5 May 2008) <http://torrentfreak.com/file-sharer-convicted-in-swedens-biggest-p2p-case-080505/> at 6 May 2008

Constitutional Law
TechDirt, Funny How Universal Music Thinks Infringement Fines Are Unconstitutional When It's On The Receiving End (14 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080513/1807491105.shtml> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, Is The Copyright Royalty Board Unconstitutional? (16 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080516/0334011133.shtml> at 21 May 2008

Copyright USA
EFF Deeplinks, Release the Orphan Works! (16 May 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/release-orphan-works> at 5 June 2008

TechDirt, Orphan Works Legislation Would Be A Small But Important Step Toward Copyright Reform (29 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080425/124144950.shtml> at 2 May 2008

TechDirt, Is Watching An Infringing YouTube Video Copyright Infringement? (16 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080514/1736121116.shtml> at 21 May 208

TechDirt, Copyrights An Engine Of Free Expression? (15 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080514/0233311107.shtml> at 21 May 2008

The Patry Copyright Blog, Atlantic Recording Corp. v. Howell (30 April 2008) <http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/04/atlantic-recording-corp-v-howell.html> at 10 May 2008

CNet News, Court rejects RIAA's 'making available' piracy argument (29 April 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9932004-7.html> at 2 May 2008

Effector, House Passes Controversial PRO IP Act (8 May 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/house-passes-controversial-pro-ip-act> at 5 June 2008

ArsTechnica, House overwhelmingly passes controversial PRO-IP Act (8 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080508-house-overwhelmingly-passes-controversial-pro-ip-act.html> at 10 May 2008

TechDirt, House Passes Pro IP Overwhelmingly (8 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080508/1854491068.shtml> at 10 May 2008

billboard.biz, House Passes PRO IP Bill (6 May 2008) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i4552e786232dd91baa8a825cc2f79780> at 8 May 2008

ArsTechnica, Controversial Pro-IP Act sails through Judiciary Committee (30 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080430-pro-ip-act-passes-in-the-house.html> at 2 May 2008

Digital Music News, House Backs Serious IP Protection Bill, 410-11 Vote (8 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050808pro> at 10 May 2008

CNet NewsBlog, House OKs copyright czar, new piracy penalties (8 May 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9939265-7.html> at 10 May 2008

ZeroPaid, Anti-Piracy Czar to be Created in US Congress (3 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9453/Anti-Piracy+Czar+to+be+Created+in+US+Congress> at 5 May 2008

Wasingtonpost, House Bill to Create Anti-Piracy Czar Advances (1 May 2008) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/30/AR2008043003360.html> at 2 May 2008

TechDirt, Can Someone Explain Why The White House Should Be Playing The Role Of Copyright Cop? (1 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080430/194141989.shtml> at 2 May 2008

CNet News, Proposed new piracy penalties advance in House (30 April 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9932260-7.html?tag=nefd.top> at 2 May 2008

TechDirt, If Copyright Is About Incentive, Should It Allow Total Control Over The Work? (9 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080508/0226201062.shtml> at 10 May 2008

TechDirt, IP Lawyer Explains Why Uploading Files May Not Be Distribution For CopyrightLegal Issues (8 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080508/1119441065.shtml> at 10 May 2008

Copyright Term
The Patry Copyright Blog, Happy Birthday Now Pay the License Fee (5 May 2008) <http://regbyarchexp4.blogspot.com/search/label/v> at 10 May 2008

Digital Music Stores
ZeroPaid, Napster Comes Full Circle, Launches DRM-Free mp3 Store (22 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9509/Napster+Comes+Full+Circle%2C+Launches+DRM-Free+MP3+Store> at 5 June 2008

TechDirt, No, iTunes And Amazon Downloads Are Not The Answer For The Recording Industry (21 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080519/2320201174.shtml> at 4 June 2008

The New York Times, Amazon Gains Share of Shrinking Paid Music Market (17 April 2008) <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/amazon-gains-share-of-shrinking-paid-music-market/> at 12 May 2008

Digital Music News, iTunes Store Turns Five; Four Billion Downloads Later (5 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050508itunes> at 6 May 2008

Digital Sales
Digital Music News, Pew: Internet Playing Minor Role in Music Buying Decisions (22 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052208pew> at 4 June 2008

Digital Music News, Shedding Billions: Latest IFPI Figures Reflect Difficult Decade (21 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022108industry> at 4 June 2008

ZeroPaid, Music Revenues Move Up at RealNetworks; Gaming Moves Out (8 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050808realnetworks> at 10 May 2008

Digital Music News, Warner Music Group Pilots True Variable Pricing (6 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050508warner> at 7 May 2008

THR.Com, Warner music Group to try dynamic pricing (5 May 2008) <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i33d4223fc20859064e611002f6284804> at 7 May 2008

DMCA
TechDirt, Indian Music Firm Sues Yahoo Over Music Streaming (2 June 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080602/1037331289.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, Mainstream Media Way Behind on DRM and DMCA (19 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080515/1516101126.shtml> at 21 May 2008

ZeroPaid, USA - Copyright Infringer Sentenced to 30 months in prison (3 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9454/USA+-+Copyright+Infringer+Sentenced+to+30+Months+in+Prison%21> at 5 May 2008

DRM
ZeroPaid, Napster Comes Full Circle, Launches DRM-Free mp3 Store (22 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9509/Napster+Comes+Full+Circle%2C+Launches+DRM-Free+MP3+Store> at 5 June 2008

TechDirt, The Stealth Anti-Piracy Chip That Is Neither Stealth Nor Anti-Piracy (27 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080527/0107111224.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, Copyright Battles Are About Controlling New Technologies (22 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080521/0945301189.shtml> at 4 June 2008

Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: Putting Napster's MP3s Into Perspective (15 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052008parting> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, Napster Gets It Done: MP3s For Everyone (19 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052008napster> at 21 May 2008

Billboard.biz, Napster Goes DRM-Free (20 May 2008) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i9189f73c48e7dd51669d4bee4dc1d1b1> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, Collapse of Music DRM Continues; DRM Customers Still Screwed (20 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080520/0551131178.shtml> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, Mainstream Media Way Behind on DRM and DMCA (19 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080515/1516101126.shtml> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, EA Backs Down On Controversial DRM (12 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080511/1507061080.shtml> at 21 May 2008

ArsTechnica, If music DRM is dead, the RIAA expects its resurrection (8 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080508-if-music-drm-is-dead-the-riaa-expects-its-resurrection.html> at 10 May 2008

Digital Music News, Warner Music, Wal-Mart Work It Out... MP3s Online (7 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050708warner> at 10 May 2008

TechDirt, RIAA, MPAA In Denial About The Death Of DRM (8 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080508/1414361067.shtml> at 10 May 2008

Economics
TechDirt, If You're Going To Argue In Favor Of Copyright, It Might Help To Do Some Research First (28 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080527/1716281240.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, Reputation Is A Scarce Good... As Metallica Is Learning (30 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080529/1914021263.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, 'Give It Away And Pray' Isn't A Business Model... But It Doesn't Mean That 'Free' Doesn't Work (23 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080522/1545021204.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, Up-and-Coming Label Illustrates How to Sell Infinite Goods in the Internet Age (8 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080506/0529041043.shtml> at 10 May 2008

TechDirt, Trent Reznor Gives Away New Album As A Completely Free Download (5 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080505/0908591030.shtml> at 7 May 2008

Education Strategies/Campaigns
Associated Press, Copyright quiz limits students' music file sharing (5 June 2008) <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jCWtRbLKE-7NlcLKQok2RQVSTgvgD913E9880> at 5 June 2008

ZeroPaid, College Allows File-Sharing for Student Who Ace Copyright Law Test (19 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9503/College+Allows+File-Sharing+for+Students+Who+Ace+Copyright+Law+Test> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, University Makes Students Take Copyright Quiz To Get Timed Access To P2P (16 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080515/1907211130.shtml> at 21 May 2008

BBC News, Charity advice on music downloads (30 April 2008) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7375621.stm> at 3 May 2008

TechDirt, Recording Industry Funds Charity To Run Its Latest Brainwashing Program (2 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080430/090922985.shtml> at 3 May 2008

TechDirt, Musician Claims He Was Tricked Into Appearing In Anti-Piracy Video (1 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080501/035740998.shtml> at 2 May 2008

Sydney Morning Herald, Musician 'duped' into anti-piracy video (1 May 2008) <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/04/30/1209234943373.html> at 2 May 2008

EULAs
EFF Deeplinks, MSN Music Debacle Highlights EULA Dangers (5 May 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/msn-music-debacle-highlights-eula-dangers> at 8 May 2008

TechDirt, Courts Should Reject Blizzard's Assault on the First Sale Doctrine (6 May 2008)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080505/1918081035.shtml> at 8 May 2008

First Sale Doctrine
TechDirt, Courts Should Reject Blizzard's Assault on the First Sale Doctrine (6 May 2008)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080505/1918081035.shtml> at 8 May 2008

Imeem
Digital Music News, Imeem: These Numbers Are Starting to Look Good (12 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051308imeem> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, The Social Networking Boom: Do Artists Deserve More? (7 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050608social> at 8 May 2008

Independent
Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: Where's My Long Tail Playbook? (12 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051308parting> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, Up-and-Coming Label Illustrates How to Sell Infinite Goods in the Internet Age (8 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080506/0529041043.shtml> at 10 May 2008

Digital Music News, The Social Networking Boom: Do Artists Deserve More? (7 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050608social> at 8 May 2008

ArsTechnica, "Fifth major" Merlin signs 12,000 indie labels, eyes MySpace (5 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080505-fifth-major-merlin-signs-12000-indie-labels-eyes-myspace.html> at 6 May 2008

Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
EFF Deeplink, The Struggles of France's Three Strikes Law (9 May 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/struggles-frances-three-strikes-law> at 5 June 2008

ZeroPaid, French RIAA Announces Deadline to Ban File-Sharers from the Internet (8 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9477/French+RIAA+Announces+Deadline+to+Ban+File-Sharers+from+the+Internet> at 10 May 2008

ZeroPaid, Swedish Man Convicted of Illegal File-Sharing (7 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9463/Swedish+Man+Convicted+for+Illegal-File+Sharing> at 8 May 2008

TorrentFreak, File-Sharer Convicted in Sweden’s Biggest P2P Case (5 May 2008) <http://torrentfreak.com/file-sharer-convicted-in-swedens-biggest-p2p-case-080505/> at 6 May 2008

Individual Lawsuits USA
RecordinIndustryvThePeople, RIAA brings third proceeding against University of Maine "John Does"; this time Court does not sign ex parte discovery order (29 May 2008) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/05/riaa-brings-third-proceeding-against.html> at 5 June 2008

Slyck, P2P Defendant Awarded Attorney Fees (15 May 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1687_P2P_Defendant_Awarded_Attorney_Fees> at 5 June 2008

Effector, Score Two for Defendants in the P2p Wars (16 May 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/score-two-defendants-p2p-wars> at 5 June 2008

The Register, RIAA ordered to shell out $100k for P2P witch hunt (15 May 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/15/tanya_andersen_attorneys_fees/> at 21 May 2008

ZeroPaid, RIAA Must Pay $107,834 in Legal Fees (17 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9497/RIAA+Must+Pay+%24107%2C834+in+Legal+Fees> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, ...And Fresh Challenges Emerge on "Making Available" (15 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051508jammie> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, Bad Day For The RIAA: Two High Profile Cases Go Against RIAA (15 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080515/1228441125.shtml> at 21 May 2008

ZeroPaid, Comcast Mulls 250GB Monthly Cap, Disconnecting File-Sharers (9 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9470/Comcast+Mulls+250GB+Monthly+Cap%2C+Disconnecting+File-Sharers> at 10 May 2008

The Patry Copyright Blog, Atlantic Recording Corp. v. Howell (30 April 2008) <http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2008/04/atlantic-recording-corp-v-howell.html> at 10 May 2008

TechDirt, Florida Judge Won't Let The RIAA Off The Hook (7 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080507/0317481054.shtml> at 10 May 2008

TechDirt, IP Lawyer Explains Why Uploading Files May Not Be Distribution For Copyright Legal Issues (8 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080508/1119441065.shtml> at 10 May 2008

ZeroPaid, RIAA Steps Up Campus File-Sharing War, Says Using 'Better Software, More Servers' (7 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9459/RIAA+Steps+Up+Campus+File-Sharing+War%2C+Says+Using+%27Better+Software%2C+More+Servers%27> at 8 May 2008

RecordingIndustry v ThePeopleBlog, Counterclaims for extortion, conspiracy, trespass, consumer fraud & abuse, abuse of process upheld in Atlantic v. Boyer (6 May 2008) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/05/counterclaims-for-extortion-conspiracy.html> at 7 May 2008

ArsTechnica, Andersen relentless in quest to nail the RIAA (5 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080505-andersen-relentless-in-quest-to-nail-the-riaa.html> at 6 May 2008

Digital Music News, Universities Report Climb In RIAA Letters... (2 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050108college> at 5 May 2008

ZeroPaid, File-Sharing Lawsuits - Could They Be Over? (2 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9452/File+Sharing+Lawsuits+-+Could+they+be+over%3F> at 5 May 2008

Digital Music News, Court Questions Making Available Theory, Trial Ahead (2 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050108riaa> at 3 May 2008

Wired Blog, Universities Baffled By Massive Surge In RIAA Copyright Notices (30 April 2008) <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/riaa-sends-spik.html> at 3 May 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Massively Ramps Up Warning Notices To College Students Over File Sharing (May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080502/1552351013.shtml> at 3 May 2008

ArsTechnica, Campuses swimming in flood of infringement notices from RIAA (30 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080430-campuses-swimming-in-flood-of-infringement-notices-from-riaa.html> at 2 May 2008

CNet News, Court rejects RIAA's 'making available' piracy argument (29 April 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9932004-7.html> at 2 May 2008

TechDirt, Court Rejects RIAA's 'Making Available' Theory In Infamous Howell Case (29 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080429/125025979.shtml> at 2 May 2008

Innovation Impact
TechDirt, Time For Warner Music To Fire The Lawyers And Promote Ethan Kaplan (21 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080521/1301391192.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, Copyright Battles Are About Controlling New Technologies (22 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080521/0945301189.shtml> at 4 June 2008

International Copyright Issues
ZeroPaid, US Proposes 'Pirate Bay Killer' Trade Agreement (24 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9511/US+Proposes+%27Pirate+Bay+Killer%27+Trade+Agreement> at 5 June 2008

TechDirt, Debunking The Faulty Premises Of The Pirate Bay-Criminalization Treaty (23 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080523/1203101212.shtml> at 4 June 2008

isoHunt
TechDirt, isoHunt Tries The 'Just A Search Engine' Defense (6 May 2008)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080504/2203281027.shtml> at 8 May 2008

ISP Liability
ZeroPaid, College Allows File-Sharing for Student Who Ace Copyright Law Test (19 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9503/College+Allows+File-Sharing+for+Students+Who+Ace+Copyright+Law+Test> at 21 May 2008

ZeroPaid, Demanding the Impossible - RIAA Demands ISPs Fight Piracy (9 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9471/Demanding+the+Impossible+-+RIAA+Demands+ISPs+Fight+Piracy> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, Lawmakers Questions ISP Monitoring Plan... (15 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051808charter> at 16 May 2008

TechDirt, Is Canada Considering A Three Strikes And You're Off The Internet Policy? (Legal Issues) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080511/1628291082.shtml> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, University Makes Students Take Copyright Quiz To Get Timed Access To P2P (16 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080515/1907211130.shtml> at 21 May 2008

ZeroPaid, Comcast Mulls 250GB Monthly Cap, Disconnecting File-Sharers (9 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9470/Comcast+Mulls+250GB+Monthly+Cap%2C+Disconnecting+File-Sharers> at 10 May 2008

CNet News Blog, RIAA: Don't let Net neutrality hurt piracy fight (6 May 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9937153-7.html?tag=blog.promos> at 7 May 2008

Slyck, RIAA Wants ISPs to Act on Piracy (6 May 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1685_RIAA_Wants_ISPs_to_Act_on_Piracy> 7 May 2008

Digital Music News, Universities Report Climb In RIAA Letters... (2 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050108college> at 5 May 2008

Wired Blog, Universities Baffled By Massive Surge In RIAA Copyright Notices (30 April 2008) <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/riaa-sends-spik.html> at 3 May 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Massively Ramps Up Warning Notices To College Students Over File Sharing (May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080502/1552351013.shtml> at 3 May 2008

iTunes
Digital Music News, iTunes Store Turns Five; Four Billion Downloads Later (5 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050508itunes> at 6 May 2008

Labels Revenue
Digital Music News, Shedding Billions: Latest IFPI Figures Reflect Difficult Decade (21 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022108industry> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, How A Big Record Label Could Make Itself Useful: Act As The Filter (27 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080527/0028181222.shtml> at 4 June 2008

Digital Music News, Warner Music Group Pilots True Variable Pricing (6 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050508warner> at 7 May 2008

THR.Com, Warner music Group to try dynamic pricing (5 May 2008) <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i33d4223fc20859064e611002f6284804> at 7 May 2008

Slyck, RIAA Wants ISPs to Act on Piracy (6 May 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1685_RIAA_Wants_ISPs_to_Act_on_Piracy> 7 May 2008

LaLa
Digital Music News, Warner's $20 Million Horse: Is It a Winner? (28 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052808warner> at 5 June 2008

Leaks
Digital Music News, The Usher Leak: Download Estimates Emerge... (26 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052608usher> at 4 June 2008

Digital Music News, ..But Upcoming Usher Album Starts Leaking (22 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052208usherleak> at 4 June 2008

Merlin
Digital Music News, The Social Networking Boom: Do Artists Deserve More? (7 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050608social> at 8 May 2008

ArsTechnica, "Fifth major" Merlin signs 12,000 indie labels, eyes MySpace (5 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080505-fifth-major-merlin-signs-12000-indie-labels-eyes-myspace.html> at 6 May 2008

MySpace
Digital Music News, Pennywise, Poundwise: MySpace Free Experiment Pays Off (15 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051808pennywise> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, MySpace's Worst-Kept Secret: Gnarls Barkley Hits Big Apple (15 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051508gnarls> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, The Social Networking Boom: Do Artists Deserve More? (7 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050608social> at 8 May 2008

Napster2
ZeroPaid, Napster Comes Full Circle, Launches DRM-Free mp3 Store (22 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9509/Napster+Comes+Full+Circle%2C+Launches+DRM-Free+MP3+Store> at 5 June 2008

Digital Music News, Napster Slims Losses; Subscribers Also Slimming (22 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052108napster> at 4 June 2008

Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: Putting Napster's MP3s Into Perspective (15 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052008parting> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, Napster Gets It Done: MP3s For Everyone (19 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052008napster> at 21 May 2008

New Business Models
TechDirt, How A Big Record Label Could Make Itself Useful: Act As The Filter (27 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080527/0028181222.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, No, iTunes And Amazon Downloads Are Not The Answer For The Recording Industry (21 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080519/2320201174.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, Time For Warner Music To Fire The Lawyers And Promote Ethan Kaplan (21 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080521/1301391192.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, When Even Pop Boy Bands Don't Need Record Labels... (30 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080527/1729081241.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, Reputation Is A Scarce Good... As Metallica Is Learning (30 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080529/1914021263.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, Prince And Radiohead Fight Over YouTube Song (30 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080530/1507241271.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, 'Give It Away And Pray' Isn't A Business Model... But It Doesn't Mean That 'Free' Doesn't Work (23 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080522/1545021204.shtml> at 4 June 2008

Digital Music News, 50 Cent: The Next 360-Degree, Mega-Deal Artist? (15 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051808fitty> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, Pennywise, Poundwise: MySpace Free Experiment Pays Off (15 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051808pennywise> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, MySpace's Worst-Kept Secret: Gnarls Barkley Hits Big Apple (15 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051508gnarls> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: Where's My Long Tail Playbook? (12 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051308parting> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, Grateful Dead Label Demands NPR Feature Story To Blog A Grateful Dead Song (14 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080514/0252141108.shtml> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, Bands Should Give Away Their Music With Every Concert Ticket Sold (16 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080514/0306491110.shtml> at 21 May 2008

ZeroPaid, Comcast Mulls 250GB Monthly Cap, Disconnecting File-Sharers (9 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9470/Comcast+Mulls+250GB+Monthly+Cap%2C+Disconnecting+File-Sharers> at 10 May 2008

Digital Music News, Desmond Tutu Venture Emerges... Free Music For All (7 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050708tutu> at 10 May 2008

TechDirt, Up-and-Coming Label Illustrates How to Sell Infinite Goods in the Internet Age (8 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080506/0529041043.shtml> at 10 May 2008

Digital Music News, Offspring Latest to Spin Freebie Single Download (6 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050508offspring> at 7 May 2008

Digital Music News, This One's On the Me: Reznor Just Gives It Away (6 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050508reznor> at 7 May 2008

TechDirt, Trent Reznor Gives Away New Album As A Completely Free Download (5 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080505/0908591030.shtml> at 7 May 2008

Wired Listening Post, Qtrax Inks Deal With Universal for Legal P2P Music (6 May 2008) <http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/05/qtrax-inks-deal.html> at 7 May 2008

THR.Com, Warner music Group to try dynamic pricing (5 May 2008) <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i33d4223fc20859064e611002f6284804> at 7 May 2008

CNet News Blog, Music blogs: The new wall of sound (5 May 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9934879-7.html> at 7 May 2008

Slyck, RIAA Wants ISPs to Act on Piracy (6 May 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1685_RIAA_Wants_ISPs_to_Act_on_Piracy> 7 May 2008

TechDirt, Advertising Is Content; Content Is Advertising (19 March 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080318/004136567.shtml> at 7 May 2008

ArsTechnica, Report: ad-supported content will soon dominate digital media (5 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080505-report-ad-support-content-will-soon-dominate-digital-media.html> at 6 May 2008

Digital Music News, Reznor Rampage Continues; Touring Experiment Next (5 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050508nin> at 6 May 2008

Digital Music News, Coldplay Freebie Draws Healthy Crowds, Healthy Listens (30 April 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042908coldplay> at 2 May 2008

The Register, Radiohead diss freetards (30 April 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/30/radiohead_in_rainbows/> at 2 May 2008

TechDirt, Don't Read Too Much Into Radiohead's Claim That It Won't Offer Music For Free Again (30 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080430/172628986.shtml> at 2 May 2008

Other
Digital Music News, Project Playlist: Another Lopsided Settlement Ahead? (12 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051108playlist> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Now Decides That Not Enough People Have Heard Of Project Playlist (29 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080428/194905972.shtml> at 2 May 2008

Other File Sharing Lawsuits
CNet News, Jury hands feds first guilty verdict for Web music piracy (23 May 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9951371-7.html> at 4 June 2008

The Register, UK cops arrest six alleged BitTorrent music uploaders (2 June 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/02/onk_further_arrests/> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, UK Authorities Charging OiNK Users With 'Conspiracy To Defraud The Music Industry' (2 June 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080601/1756051285.shtml> at 4 June 2008

Digital Music News, Role Reversal: RIAA Faces $107,834 Penalty... (15 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051508tanya> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, Florida Judge Won't Let The RIAA Off The Hook (7 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080507/0317481054.shtml> at 10 May 2008

RecordingIndustry v ThePeopleBlog, Counterclaims for extortion, conspiracy, trespass, consumer fraud & abuse, abuse of process upheld in Atlantic v. Boyer (6 May 2008) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/05/counterclaims-for-extortion-conspiracy.html> at 7 May 2008

ArsTechnica, Andersen relentless in quest to nail the RIAA (5 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080505-andersen-relentless-in-quest-to-nail-the-riaa.html> at 6 May 2008

ZeroPaid, Irish Record Industry Sues ISP for Illegal File-Sharing on Its Network (30 April 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9443/Irish+Record+Industry+Sues+ISP+for+Illegal+File-Sharing+on+its+Network> at 2 May 2008

P2p Development
ArsTechnia, Researchers use Akamai to find local BitTorrent peers (6 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080506-researchers-use-akamai-to-find-local-bittorrent-peers.html> at 7 May 2008

P2p Security
The Register, Rogue MP3 Trojan streaks across P2P networks (7 May 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/07/mp3_trojan_blitz/> at 10 May 2008

CNet News Blog, Malware outbreak blamed on file-swapped MP3s, MPEGs (6 May 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9937818-7.html> at 7 May 2008

P2p Statistics
ZeroPaid, The Pirate Bay Enters Top 100 Websites (24 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9510/The+Pirate+Bay+Enters+Top+100+Websites> at 5 June 2008

Digital Music News, The Usher Leak: Download Estimates Emerge... (26 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052608usher> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, No, iTunes And Amazon Downloads Are Not The Answer For The Recording Industry (21 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080519/2320201174.shtml> at 4 June 2008

Slyck, RIAA Wants ISPs to Act on Piracy (6 May 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1685_RIAA_Wants_ISPs_to_Act_on_Piracy> 7 May 2008

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

Piracy
CNet News, Jury hands feds first guilty verdict for Web music piracy (23 May 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9951371-7.html> at 4 June 2008

ZeroPaid, USA - Copyright Infringer Sentenced to 30 months in prison (3 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9454/USA+-+Copyright+Infringer+Sentenced+to+30+Months+in+Prison%21> at 5 May 2008

Public Choice Theory
ZeroPaid, Obama, Hillary Favor Network Neutrality, McCain Prefers 'Market Forces' (29 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9519/Obama%2C+Hillary+Favor+Network+Neutrality%2C+McCain+Prefers+%27Market+Forces%27> at 5 June 2008

TechDirt, House Passes Pro IP Overwhelmingly (8 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080508/1854491068.shtml> at 10 May 2008

Publishing
TechDirt, Do Songwriters Deserve A Cut Of Yahoo Search Revenue? (13 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080512/0252111088.shtml> at 21 May 2008

Digital Music News, WMG Publishing Picture Flat; Mechanicals Facing Downward Pressure (7 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050708publishing> at 10 May 2008

QTrax
CNet News, Legal P2P music site Qtrax signs EMI Music (3 June 2008)<http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9958560-7.html> at 5 June 2008

Digital Music News, Qtrax Scores Another Legit License... Major Publishers Sealed (14 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051408qtrax> at 21 May 2008

guardian.co.uk, Universal to allow free music downloads (8 May 2008) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/08/digitalmedia.digitalmusic> at 10 May 2008

Digital Music News, This Time It's Real: Qtrax Inks Universal Music Deal (7 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050608umg> at 8 May 2008

Wired Listening Post, Qtrax Inks Deal With Universal for Legal P2P Music (6 May 2008) <http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/05/qtrax-inks-deal.html> at 7 May 2008

Recording Contracts
Digital Music News, 50 Cent: The Next 360-Degree, Mega-Deal Artist? (15 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051808fitty> at 21 May 2008

RIAA
Slyck, RIAA Wants ISPs to Act on Piracy (6 May 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1685_RIAA_Wants_ISPs_to_Act_on_Piracy> 7 May 2008

Search Engines
Digital Music News, Project Playlist: Another Lopsided Settlement Ahead? (12 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051108playlist> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Now Decides That Not Enough People Have Heard Of Project Playlist (29 April 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080428/194905972.shtml> at 2 May 2008

Social Networking
Digital Music News, The Social Networking Boom: Do Artists Deserve More? (7 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050608social> at 8 May 2008

Streaming
PC World, Yahoo Sued by Indian Music Company for Copyright Infringement (2 June 2008) <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146547/yahoo_sued_by_indian_music_company_for_copyright_infringment.html> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, Indian Music Firm Sues Yahoo Over Music Streaming (2 June 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080602/1037331289.shtml> at 4 June 2008

Subscription
Digital Music News, Napster Slims Losses; Subscribers Also Slimming (22 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052108napster> at 4 June 2008

ArsTechnica, If music DRM is dead, the RIAA expects its resurrection (8 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080508-if-music-drm-is-dead-the-riaa-expects-its-resurrection.html> at 10 May 2008

ZeroPaid, Music Revenues Move Up at RealNetworks; Gaming Moves Out (8 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050808realnetworks> at 10 May 2008

The Register, Songwriters score victory over AOL, Yahoo! and Real Pay up (1 May 2008)<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/01/ascap_aol_real_yahoo/> at 2 May 2008

TechDirt, District Court Tells Yahoo, AOL To Pay Millions To Songwriters (1 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080501/020611996.shtml> at 2 May 2008

CNet News, Court: Online services must pay up for song use (1 May 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9933398-7.html> at 2 May 2008

TorrentSpy
Digital Music News, We're Broke! Torrentspy Offers Latest Snub to MPAA... (12 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051108torrent> at 21 May 2008

ArsTechnica, Pirate Bay: MPAA's $15.4 million damage claim a fabrication (9 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080509-pirate-bay-mpaas-15-4-million-damage-claim-a-fabrication.html> at 10 May 2008

Digital Music News, TorrentSpy Faces Hefty, $110 Million Infringement Penalty (7 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050708torrentspy> at 10 May 2008

The Register, Hollywood awarded $110m against TorrentSpy (7 May 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/07/mpaa_awarded_110m_from_torrentspy/> at 10 May 2008

Yahoo UK Ireland, TorrentSpy to appeal 110-mln-dollar ruling in film piracy suit (8 May 2008) <http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080508/ttc-us-it-internet-copyright-film-trial-e0bba4a.html> at 10 May 2008

TechDirt, Court Orders TorrentSpy To Pay $110 Million To MPAA (7 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080507/1657261059.shtml> at 10 May 2008

TechDirt, TorrentSpy, Though Out Of Business, To Appeal Massive Fine (8 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080508/1046351063.shtml> at 10 May 2008

ArsTechnica, TorrentSpy ordered to pay $110 million in damages to MPAA (7 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080507-torrentspy-ordered-to-pay-110-million-in-damages-to-mpaa.html> at 8 May 2008

TorrentSpy/Network Neutrality
ZeroPaid, Obama, Hillary Favor Network Neutrality, McCain Prefers 'Market Forces' (29 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9519/Obama%2C+Hillary+Favor+Network+Neutrality%2C+McCain+Prefers+%27Market+Forces%27> at 5 June 2008

SiliconValley/Associated Press, Comcast to test new way to manage Internet jams (3 June 2008) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_9467453?nclick_check=1> at 5 June 2008

TechDirt, Canadian Regulators Won't Stop Bell Canada's Traffic Shaping (14 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080514/1748391117.shtml> at 21 May 2008

ArsTechnica, New bill ties net neutrality to antitrust law (8 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080508-new-bill-ties-net-neutrality-to-antitrust-law.html> at 10 May 2008

CNet News, Democrats revive another Net neutrality proposal (8 May 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9939443-7.html> at 10 May 2008

ArsTechnica, Senator to ISPs: "Think twice" about 'Net neutrality... or else (6 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080506-senator-to-isps-think-twice-about-net-neutrality-or-else.html> at 7 May 2008

Future of Music Coallition, The RIAA and Net Neutrality (6 May 2008) <http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/> at 8 May 2008

TechDirt, Didn't Take Long: Comcast Ditches P2P Bill Of Rights Idea (6 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080506/1208131046.shtml> at 8 May 2008

CNet News Blog, RIAA: Don't let Net neutrality hurt piracy fight (6 May 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9937153-7.html?tag=blog.promos> at 7 May 2008

ArsTechnia, Researchers use Akamai to find local BitTorrent peers (6 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080506-researchers-use-akamai-to-find-local-bittorrent-peers.html> at 7 May 2008

ArsTechnica, RIAA: Piracy fight more important than net neutrality bill (6 May 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080506-riaa-piracy-fight-more-important-than-net-neutrality-bill.html> at 7 May 2008

ArsTechnica, P2P throttling leading to net neutrality showdown in Canada (24 April 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080424-p2p-throttling-leading-to-net-neutrality-showdown-in-canada.html> at 2 May 2008

Viral Marketing
Digital Music News, Pew: Internet Playing Minor Role in Music Buying Decisions (22 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052208pew> at 4 June 2008

Watermarks
Digital Music News, 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

Webcasting
Digital Music News, SoundExchange, Large Broadcasters Still at Loggerheads (14 May 2008)<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051508loggerheads> at 21 May 2008

Weblogs
TechDirt, Grateful Dead Label Demands NPR Feature Story To Blog A Grateful Dead Song (14 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080514/0252141108.shtml> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, Up-and-Coming Label Illustrates How to Sell Infinite Goods in the Internet Age (8 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080506/0529041043.shtml> at 10 May 2008

Digital Music News, Guilty By Association: Is UMG Suddenly In the Blog Biz? (7 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050608blogs> at 8 May 2008

Digital Music News, Universal/Buzznet Acquisition Machine Continues... (6 May 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/050508punk> at 7 May 2008

CNet News Blog, Music blogs: The new wall of sound (5 May 2008) <http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9934879-7.html> at 7 May 2008

YouTube
ZeroPaid, Prince Removes Radiohead 'Creep' Cover From YouTube (31 May 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9524/Prince+Removes+Radiohead+%27Creep%27+Cover+from+YouTube> at 5 June 2008

TechDirt, Prince And Radiohead Fight Over YouTube Song (30 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080530/1507241271.shtml> at 4 June 2008

TechDirt, Musicians Whining About Fans With Mobile Phones (13 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080512/0056591086.shtml> at 21 May 2008

TechDirt, Is Watching An Infringing YouTube Video Copyright Infringement? (16 May 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080514/1736121116.shtml> at 21 May 208