Saturday, November 29, 2008

Pirate Bay 20/22/23/25 Million Peers in 5 Years

Ad Supported Music
Digital Music News, Ad-Funded Experiment Continues; We7 Out of Beta (12 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111108we7> at 16 November 2008

Amazon
Digital Music News, Amazon Jumps In; Launches Thousands of Artist Stores (18 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111708amazon> at 19 November 2008

Anti Trust Issues
Digital Music News, Exclusive: Federal Judge Dismisses Major Label Collusion Charges (12 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111108collusion> at 16 November 2008

BitTorrent
Slyck, The Pirate Bay Celebrates 5 Years Online (25 November 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1802_The_Pirate_Bay_Celebrates_5_Years_Online> at 26 November 2008

Slyck, The Pirate Bay Breaks 25 Million Users (15 November 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1797_The_Pirate_Bay_Breaks_25_Million_Users> at 16 November 2008

ZeroPaid, The Pirate Bay Surpasses 23 Million Peers (12 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9841/The+Pirate+Bay+Surpasses+23+Million+Peers>at 16 November 2008

Digital Music News, Pirate Bay Keeps Plundering; 22 Million Peers Worldwide (7 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110608piratebay> at 11 November 2008

Slyck, The Pirate Bay's 20 Million (3 November 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1789_The_Pirate_Bays_20_Million> at 5 November 2008

Slyck, BitTorrent Will Be Fine (9 November 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1794_BitTorrent_Will_Be_Fine> at 11 November 2008

TechDirt, Danish High Court Says ISPs Must Be Internet Policemen; Have To Block The Pirate Bay (26 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081126/0909552961.shtml> at 28 November 2008

ZeroPaid, South Africa Music Industry Group Closes that Country's Largest BitTorrent Site (7 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9834/South+African+Music+Industry+Group+Closes+that+Country%27s+Largest+BitTorrent+Site> at 11 November 2008

TechDirt, Reputation Matters Among File Sharers (14 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081113/0143222820.shtml> at 16 November 2008

CD Sales
ZeroPaid, RIAA Sued for Price Fixing - 6 Years (2 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9829/RIAA+Sued+for+Price+Fixing+-+6+Years+Later> at 5 November 2008

Central Repositories Archives
ArsTechnica, EU opens digital library to public with over 2 million works (20 November 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081120-eu-opens-digital-library-to-public-with-over-2-million-works.html> at 21 November 2008

Concerts
Digital Music News, Arena-Sized Profit Gains at Live Nation... (7 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110608nation> at 11 November 2008

Constitutional Law
ZeroPaid, Harvard Professor Takes on the RIAA (30 October 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9827/Harvard+Professor+Takes+on+the+RIAA> at 5 November 2008

TechDirt, Big Guns Come Out In Effort To Show RIAA's Lawsuits Are Unconstitutional (30 October 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081030/0203582685.shtml> at 5 November 2008

Copyright Law EU
ZeroPaid, Entertainment Industry Trying to Sneak 'Three Strikes Law' into EU? (25 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9855/Entertainment+Industry+Trying+to+Sneak+%27Three+Strikes%27+Law+into+EU%3F> at 26 November 2008

TechDirt, Three Strikes Rule May Sneak Into EU Law, Despite Earlier Rejection (21 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081120/0305392897.shtml> at 23 November 2008

The Register, Academics warn of EU 'three strikes back door plan' (19 November 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/19/eu_three_strikes_warning/> at 21 November 2008

Copyright Law Other Countries
TechDirt, Once More, With Feeling: Copyright Is Not A Welfare System For Musicians (26 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081126/0807212958.shtml> at 28 November 2008

ZeroPaid, Anti-P2p Group: 'Online Piracy Must Equal Physical Piracy' (19 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9850/Anti-P2P+Group%3A+%27Online+Piracy+Must+Equal+Physical+Piracy%27> at 20 November 2008

TechDirt, Germany Realizes That Music Samples Can Be Fair Use (24 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081123/0934552920.shtml> at 26 November 2008

The Register, French Senate passes bill to disconnect file sharers (1 November 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/01/french_senate_passes_three_strikes_bill/> at 5 November 2008

TechDirt, French Recording Industry Sues SourceForge For Hosting Open Source P2P (14 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081114/1457012833.shtml> at 16 November 2008

Digital Music News, French Labels Suing Limewire, Morpheus, Others (19 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111808france> at 20 November 2008

ZeroPaid, French Court Okays Music Industry Lawsuit Targeting P2p Companies, Sourceforge (18 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9849/French+Court+Okays+Music+Industry+Lawsuit+Targeting+P2P+Companies%2C+Sourceforge> at 19 November 2008

ZeroPaid, French Senate Passes Three-Strikes Anti-Piracy Law (4 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9830/French+Senate+Passes+Three-Strikes+Anti-Piracy+Law> at 5 November 2008

TechDirt, French Senate Approves 3 Strikes Law (3 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081102/1942132705.shtml> at 5 November 2008

The Register, Music royalties group pooh-poohs Belgian P2p appeal reports (3 November 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/03/sabam_scarlet_dispute/> at 5 November 2008

The Local, Justice minister offers concessions on file sharing law (21 November 2008) <http://www.thelocal.se/15844/20081121/> at 23 November 2008

The Local, Lines drawn in battle over file sharing bill (14 November 2008) <http://www.thelocal.se/15688/> at 16 November 2008

The Local, Resistance mounts to new file sharing law (7 November 2008) <http://www.thelocal.se/15536/20081107/> at 11 November 2008

ZeroPaid, South Africa Music Industry Group Closes that Country's Largest BitTorrent Site (7 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9834/South+African+Music+Industry+Group+Closes+that+Country%27s+Largest+BitTorrent+Site> at 11 November 2008

Copyright Law USA
RecordingIndustryvThe People Blog, Judge quashes Boston University subpoena as to 'John Does' whom BU could not identify 'to reasonable degree of technical certainty' (24 November 2008) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/11/judge-quashes-boston-university.html> at 26 November 2008

Digital Music News, Jammie Thomas Retrial Just Months Away... (3 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110108jammie> at 5 November 2008

ZeroPaid, Harvard Professor Takes on the RIAA (30 October 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9827/Harvard+Professor+Takes+on+the+RIAA> at 5 November 2008

TechDirt, Big Guns Come Out In Effort To Show RIAA's Lawsuits Are Unconstitutional (30 October 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081030/0203582685.shtml> at 5 December 2008

CNet News, U of Tennessee blocked P2P sites before RIAA law (19 November 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10103084-93.html> at 21 November 2008

EFF Deeplinks, RIAA Wins, Campuses Lose as Tennessee Governor Signs Campus Network Filtering Law (17 November 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/11/riaa-wins-campuses-lose-tennessee-governor-signs-c> at 21 November 2008

TechDirt, Tennessee Passes Anti-Piracy, University-Focused Law (19 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111808tennessee> at 20 November 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Gets Tennessee Law To Force Universities To Filter Networks For Copyrighted Content (18 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081118/0301472864.shtml> at 20 November 2008

ZeroPaid, Tennessee Governor Signs Campus Piracy Bill into Law (15 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9845/Tennessee+Governor+Signs+Campus+Piracy+Bill+into+Law> at 16 November 2008

Copyright Term
TechDirt, Once More, With Feeling: Copyright Is Not A Welfare System For Musicians (26 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081126/0807212958.shtml> at 28 November 2008

Culture/Remixing
TechDirt, Copyright And Its Harm On Culture (13 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081111/0327252799.shtml> at 16 November 2008

Damages
ZeroPaid, Harvard Professor Takes on the RIAA (30 October 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9827/Harvard+Professor+Takes+on+the+RIAA> at 5 November 2008

TechDirt, Big Guns Come Out In Effort To Show RIAA's Lawsuits Are Unconstitutional (30 October 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081030/0203582685.shtml> at 5 December 2008

Digital Music Stores
Digital Music News, Amazon Jumps In; Launches Thousands of Artist Stores (18 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111708amazon> at 19 November 2008

Digital Music News, Live Nation, Musictoday Delivering Major Label MP3s (11 September 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112008musictoday> at 12 September 2008

Digital Music News, The Power of Context: Can Music Stand On Its Own? (31 October 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/103008context> at 5 November 2008

Digital Sales
Digital Music News, Accomplishment, Of Sorts: Atlantic Digital Hits 51 Percent (26 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112508atlantic> at 28 November 2008

Digital Music News, Exclusive: Federal Judge Dismisses Major Label Collusion Charges (12 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111108collusion> at 16 November 2008

DMCA
TechDirt, EFF Blasts Apple For Fraudulent DMCA Takedown Of Wiki Page (26 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081125/2330182955.shtml> at 28 November 2008

TechDirt, Coupons.com Drops DMCA Case Against Guy Who Told People To Delete Files On Their Hard Drive (21 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081121/0131062908.shtml> at 23 November 2008

DRM
Digital Music News, Apple Faces More Scandinavian Regulatory Drama (7 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110608apple> at 11 November 2008

TechDirt, Don't Buy The Open Source DRM Hype (30 October 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081028/0342002668.shtml> at 5 November 2008

Economics
TechDirt, The Long Tail Is Only As Good As The Recommendation System (26 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081123/1230162928.shtml> at 28 November 2008

TechDirt, Free Is Not Socialism (26 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081121/0323212915.shtml> at 28 November 2008

TechDirt, Yes, Actually, Music Can Be Free (20 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081118/1647262872.shtml> at 21 November 2008

TechDirt, Copyright And Its Harm On Culture (13 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081111/0327252799.shtml> at 16 November 2008

The Register, A new economics of P2p File Sharing (30 October 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/30/shadow_pricing_p2p/> at 5 November 2008

TechDirt, Economists Realizing That Current Music Industry Structure Leads To 'Sub-Optimal Outcomes' (31 October 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081031/0207002697.shtml> at 5 November 2008

eMusic
Digital Music News, eMusic Crosses Quarter-Billion Download Mark... (20 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111908emusic> at 21 November 2008

Digital Music News, Staffing Changes Aside, eMusic Keeps Upgrading (5 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110408emusic> at 6 November 2008

Failure to Adapt
TechDirt, Dear Recording Industry: Stop Whining, Start Making Money (18 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081118/1711512873.shtml> at 20 November 2008

Fair Use/Fair Dealing
TechDirt, Germany Realizes That Music Samples Can Be Fair Use (24 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081123/0934552920.shtml> at 26 November 2008

Digital Music News, Running on Empty? McCain Claims Fair Use (21 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112008browne> at 23 November 2008

TechDirt, McCain Responds To Jackson Browne Lawsuit: Here's How Fair Use Works... (21 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081121/0203022910.shtml> at 23 November 2008

Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
The Register, French Senate passes bill to disconnect file sharers (1 November 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/01/french_senate_passes_three_strikes_bill/> at 5 November 2008

Individual Lawsuits USA
RecordingIndustryvThe People Blog, Judge quashes Boston University subpoena as to 'John Does' whom BU could not identify 'to reasonable degree of technical certainty' (24 November 2008) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/11/judge-quashes-boston-university.html> at 26 November 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Sued For Racketeering Yet Again (21 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081121/1203512916.shtml> at 23 November 2008

TechDirt, All-Star Witness List In Lawsuit Over Constitutionality Of RIAA Lawsuits (20 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081120/1244282904.shtml> at 21 November 2008

ZeroPaid, Harvard Professor Takes on the RIAA (30 October 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9827/Harvard+Professor+Takes+on+the+RIAA> at 5 November 2008

TechDirt, Big Guns Come Out In Effort To Show RIAA's Lawsuits Are Unconstitutional (30 October 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081030/0203582685.shtml> at 5 November 2008

TechDirt, Are Copyright Holders Purposely Putting Content On P2P In Order To Demand Money? (19 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081119/0334182883.shtml> at 21 November 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Agrees To Settlement, Then Asks For Twice As Much (19 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081119/0141502878.shtml> at 21 November 2008

ZeroPaid, Students Dropping Out of School to Pay RIAA Legal Fees (15 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9843/Students+Dropping+Out+of+School+to+Pay+RIAA+Legal+Fees> at 16 November 2008

TechDirt, Students Dropping Out Of School To Pay RIAA Settlement Fees? (10 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081110/0017452784.shtml> at 11 November 2008

ZeroPaid, Duke Now Requires RIAA to Have Proof of Illegal File Sharing (15 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9846/Duke+Now+Requires+RIAA+to+Have+Proof+of+Illegal+File-Sharing> at 16 November 2008

Wired, Retrial Date Set in RIAA v. Thomas (30 October 2008) <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/retrial-date-se.html> at 16 November 2008

Digital Music News, Jammie Thomas Retrial Just Months Away... (3 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110108jammie> at 5 November 2008

International Copyright Issues
TechDirt, EU Continues To Give Bogus Reasons For Keeping ACTA Secret (11 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081111/0254142796.shtml> at 16 November 2008

The Star, Treaty consultation process snubs public (3 November 2008) <http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/529251> at 5 November 2008

ISP Liability
ZeroPaid, Aussie Movie & TV Industry Sues ISP for Allowing Piracy (20 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9852/Aussie+Movie+%26+TV+Industry+Sues+ISP+for+Allowing+P2P+Piracy> at 21 November 2008

The Age, Film Companies Sue iiNet 'for allowing piracy' (20 November 2008) <http://business.theage.com.au/business/iinet-sued-for-allowing-piracy-20081120-6cjo.html> at 21 November 2008

TechDirt, Movie Studios Sue Australian ISP For Not Waving Magic Wand And Defeating Piracy (20 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081120/1214592902.shtml> at 21 November 2008

CNet News, U of Tennessee blocked P2P sites before RIAA law (19 November 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10103084-93.html> at 21 November 2008

EFF Deeplinks, RIAA Wins, Campuses Lose as Tennessee Governor Signs Campus Network Filtering Law (17 November 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/11/riaa-wins-campuses-lose-tennessee-governor-signs-c> at 21 November 2008

TechDirt, Tennessee Passes Anti-Piracy, University-Focused Law (19 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111808tennessee> at 20 November 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Gets Tennessee Law To Force Universities To Filter Networks For Copyrighted Content (18 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081118/0301472864.shtml> at 20 November 2008

TechDirt, UK ISPs Looking To Work With Entertainment Industry; But What About Consumers? (6 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081105/1249402747.shtml> at 7 November 2008

The Register, Music royalties group pooh-poohs Belgian P2p appeal reports (3 November 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/03/sabam_scarlet_dispute/> at 5 November 2008

ZeroPaid, French Senate Passes Three-Strikes Anti-Piracy Law (4 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9830/French+Senate+Passes+Three-Strikes+Anti-Piracy+Law> at 5 November 2008

TechDirt, French Senate Approves 3 Strikes Law (3 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081102/1942132705.shtml> at 5 November 2008

iTunes
The Register, Beatles stays off iTunes cos of 'heavy negotiations, man' (25 November 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/25/mccartney_itunes_emi_beatles/> at 26 November 2008

Labels Revenue
Digital Music News, EMI Music Restructuring Plans Emerge In London (7 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110608emi> at 11 November 2008

Digital Music News, Quarterly Losses Widen at Sony BMG; $57 Million Down (30 October 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/102908sony> at 5 November 2008

Leaks
TechDirt, Guns N' Roses Loves Online Music, On Its Own Terms (20 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081120/0736312898.shtml> at 21 November 2008

Digital Music News, Chinese Democracy Leaker Switches Plea to Guilty... (12 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111108guns> at 16 November 2008

TechDirt, Blogger Who Uploaded GNR Album Pleads Guilty, Accepts Deal (11 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081110/1939572792.shtml> at 16 November 2008

Limewire
Digital Music News, French Labels Suing Limewire, Morpheus, Others (19 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111808france> at 20 November 2008

TechDirt, French Recording Industry Sues SourceForge For Hosting Open Source P2P (14 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081114/1457012833.shtml> at 16 November 2008

Slyck, LimeWire Announces Upcoming 5.0 Release (7 November 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1793_LimeWire_Announces_Upcoming_50_Release> at 11 November 2008

ZeroPaid, LimeWire Goes Social, to Allow Private P2P Networks (8 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9836/LimeWire+Goes+Social%2C+to+Allow+Private+P2P+Networks> at 11 November 2008

Musicians Politics
The Register, China slams Guns N' Roses album (25 November 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/25/chinese_democracy/> at 26 November 2008

Digital Music News, Running on Empty? McCain Claims Fair Use (21 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112008browne> at 23 November 2008

TechDirt, McCain Responds To Jackson Browne Lawsuit: Here's How Fair Use Works... (21 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081121/0203022910.shtml> at 23 November 2008

MySpace
Digital Music News, MySpace Educating Masses on Chinese Democracy (21 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112008myspace> at 23 November 2008

Digital Music News, Chinese Democracy Comes to MySpace Music... (20 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111908chinese> at 21 November 2008

TechDirt, Guns N' Roses Loves Online Music, On Its Own Terms (20 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081120/0736312898.shtml> at 21 November 2008

New Business Models
TechDirt, Turns Out There's Lottttttttssss Of Money To Be Made In T-Shirts (26 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081124/1709222941.shtml> at 28 November 2008

TechDirt, Yes, Actually, Music Can Be Free (20 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081118/1647262872.shtml> at 21 November 2008

TechDirt, Band Incorporates As A Company And Raises Money, Rather Than Signing With A Label (6 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081105/0239362744.shtml> at 7 November 2008

Other
ZeroPaid, RIAA Sued for Price Fixing - 6 Years (2 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9829/RIAA+Sued+for+Price+Fixing+-+6+Years+Later> at 5 November 2008

ZeroPaid, MTV Censors Names of P2p Program in Music Video (1 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9828/MTV+Censors+Names+of+P2P+Programs+from+Music+Video> at 5 November 2008

TechDirt, MTV Bleeps File Sharing Software Out Of Music Videos (30 October 2008 <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081030/0358562688.shtml> at 5 November 2008

Other File Sharing Lawsuits
ZeroPaid, Aussie Movie & TV Industry Sues ISP for Allowing Piracy (20 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9852/Aussie+Movie+%26+TV+Industry+Sues+ISP+for+Allowing+P2P+Piracy> at 21 November 2008

The Age, Film Companies Sue iiNet 'for allowing piracy' (20 November 2008) <http://business.theage.com.au/business/iinet-sued-for-allowing-piracy-20081120-6cjo.html> at 21 November 2008

TechDirt, Movie Studios Sue Australian ISP For Not Waving Magic Wand And Defeating Piracy (20 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081120/1214592902.shtml> at 21 November 2008

Digital Music News, French Labels Suing Limewire, Morpheus, Others (19 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111808france> at 20 November 2008

ZeroPaid, French Court Okays Music Industry Lawsuit Targeting P2p Companies, Sourceforge (18 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9849/French+Court+Okays+Music+Industry+Lawsuit+Targeting+P2P+Companies%2C+Sourceforge> at 19 November 2008

TechDirt, French Recording Industry Sues SourceForge For Hosting Open Source P2P (14 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081114/1457012833.shtml> at 16 November 2008

P2p Developments
ArsTechnica, Comcastic P4p trial shows 80% speed boost for P2p downloads (3 November 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081103-comcastic-p4p-trial-shows-80-speed-boost-for-p2p-downloads.html> at 5 November 2008

P2p Statistics
TechDirt, Music Industry Squanders $69 Billion Worth Of Free Promotions In 2007 (19 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081118/0409422868.shtml> at 21 November 2008

ZeroPaid, STUDY: Pirated Music on P2p Networks Valued at $69 Billion in 2007 (18 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9847/STUDY%3A+Pirated+Music+on+P2P+Networks+Valued+at+%2469+Billion+in+2007> at 19 November 2008

Slyck, The Pirate Bay Breaks 25 Million Users (15 November 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1797_The_Pirate_Bay_Breaks_25_Million_Users> at 16 November 2008

ZeroPaid, The Pirate Bay Surpasses 23 Million Peers (12 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9841/The+Pirate+Bay+Surpasses+23+Million+Peers>at 16 November 2008

Digital Music News, Pirate Bay Keeps Plundering; 22 Million Peers Worldwide (7 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110608piratebay> at 11 November 2008

Slyck, The Pirate Bay's 20 Million (3 November 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1789_The_Pirate_Bays_20_Million> at 5 November 2008

Slyck, BitTorrent Will Be Fine (9 November 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1794_BitTorrent_Will_Be_Fine> at 11 November 2008

RIAA
TechDirt, RIAA Sued For Racketeering Yet Again (21 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081121/1203512916.shtml> at 23 November 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

Social Networking
Digital Music News, Jerkins, Langano Brewing Music Mogul, LLC... (18 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111708mogul> at 19 November 2008

Streaming
Digital Music News, Ad-Funded Experiment Continues; We7 Out of Beta (12 November 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111108we7> at 16 November 2008

Subscription
TechDirt, Zune Music Rental Service, Now With Stuff You Get To Keep, Too (21 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081120/1149262901.shtml> at 23 November 2008

ArsTechnica, Zune Pass subscribers get to keep 10 songs (20 November 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081120-zune-pass-subscribers-get-to-keep-10-songs-not-yet-perfect.html> at 21 November 2008

Terrestrial Radio
Wired, Study: Payola and Major Labels Still Rule Radio (24 October 2008) <http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/10/study-payola-an.html> at 11 November 2008

Traffic Shaping/Network Neutrality
ArsTechnica, Is government regulation needed to ensure net neutrality? (14 November 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081114-is-government-regulation-needed-to-ensure-net-neutrality.html> at 16 November 2008

TechDirt, The Paper On Network Neutrality That Any Policy Maker Needs To Read (12 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081112/0121062806.shtml> at 16 November 2008

TechDirt, Net Neutrality Legislation Expected In January (14 November 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081113/1531282827.shtml> at 16 November 2008

ZeroPaid, AT&T Begins 20-150GB Data Cap Trials in Reno NV (5 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9831/AT%26T+Begins+20-150GB+Data+Cap+Trials+in+Reno%2C+NV> at 6 November 2008