Monday, December 29, 2008

RIAA/AAIR .... The inevitable backflip

Amazon
Washington Post/Reuters, Challenges remain for Amazon digital music service (13 December 2008) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/13/AR2008121301613.html> at 15 December 2008

Artists
Digital Music News, Can't Believe It? T-Pain Suddenly Topping File-Sharing Networks (18 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121708tpain> at 20 December 2008

ZeroPaid, Sir Paul McCartney Doesn't Object to File Sharing (30 November 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9861/Sir+Paul+McCartney+Doesn%27t+Object+to+FileSharing> at 3 December 2008

BitTorrent
Slyck, BREIN Takes out 'Largest Illegal Top Site Ever' (16 December 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1810_BREIN_Takes_out_Largest_Illegal_Top_Site_Ever> at 20 December 2008

Slyck, BREIN Nukes 75 BitTorrent Sites (12 December 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1809_BREIN_Nukes_75_BitTorrent_Sites> at 15 December 2008

ZeroPaid, Virgin Media to Begin Throttling BitTorrent Next Summer (18 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9904/Virgin+Media+to+Begin+Throttling+BitTorrent+Next+Summer> at 20 December 2008

The Register, Virgin Media to dump neutrality and target BitTorrent users (16 December 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/virgin_bittorrent/> at 18 December 2008

Digital Music News, Reverse Funding: BitTorrent Starts Returning Cash to VCs... (16 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121508bittorrent> at 18 December 2008

Digital Music News, Not Even Close: Torrent Entertainment Network Shuttered... (9 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120908torren> at 11 December 2008

ZeroPaid, BitTorrent Inc. Shutters BitTorrent Entertainment Network, Reverts to Torrent Search (9 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9876/BitTorrent+Inc.+Shutters+BitTorrent+Entertainment+Network%2C+Reverts+to+Torrent+Search> at 11 December 2008

ZeroPaid, Danish Appeals Court: 'ISP Must Continue Blocking the Pirate Bay (1 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9863/Danish+Appeals+Court%3A+%27ISP+Must+Continue+Blocking+The+Pirate+Bay%27> at 3 December 2008

Billboard.biz, Pirate Bay Block Ordered In Denmark (27 November 2008) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3iacfb4ddfa5a1002be18e65ba10e108f0> at 3 December 2008

Blanket/Collective Licensing
EFF Deeplinks, Labels Open to Collective Licensing on Campus (10 December 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/12/labels-open-collective-licensing-campus> at 15 December 2008

The Register, Choruss: Legal File Sharing on Campus (11 December 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/11/griffin_choruss/> at 15 December 2008

ArsTechnica, Voluntary campus-wide music licenses could stop the lawsuits (8 December 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081208-voluntary-campus-wide-music-licenses-could-stop-the-lawsuits.html> at 11 December 2008

Digital Music News, Universities Ponder Warner Music Group Blanket... (8 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120708griffin> at 11 December 2008

Digital Music News, Major Overtures to Major Universities Underway... (10 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120908griffin> at 11 December 2008

ZeroPaid, Warner Music Proposes File-Sharing Tax for College Tuition (10 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9879/Warner+Music+Proposes+File-Sharing+Tax+for+College+Tuition> at 11 December 2008

TechDirt, Warner Music Pitches Music Tax To Universities: You Pay, We Stop Suing (4 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081204/1534153023.shtml> at 8 December 2008

TechDirt, Why A Music Tax Is A Bad Idea (9 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081209/0144083060.shtml> at 11 December 2008

CD Sales
ZeroPaid, STUDY: Teen File-Sharing Up 46% (23 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9910/STUDY%3A+Teen+File-Sharing+Up+46%25!> at 30 December 2008

CNet News, Digital music gains, but CD losses a pain (18 December 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10126331-93.html> at 20 December 2008

ArsTechnica, Report: Online to be larger piece of shrinking music pie (2 December 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081202-report-online-to-be-larger-piece-of-shrinking-music-pie.html> at 3 December 2008

Copyright Law EU
ZeroPaid, New Euro Telecom Package Paves the Way for France's '3 Strikes' Law (2 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9867/New+Euro+Telecom+Package+Paves+the+Way+for+France%27s+%273-Strikes%27+Law> at 3 December 2008

TechDirt, European Council Rejects EU Parliament's Amendment Against Three Strikes Rule (2 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081201/0245052983.shtml> at 3 December 2008

Copyright Law Other Countries
The Straits Times, Copyright Law Amended (18 December 2008) <http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_316063.html> at 21 December 2008

The Japan Times, Culture panel seeks download ban (17 December 2008) <http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nb20081217a9.html> at 18 December 2008

Sydney Morning Herald, iiNet to fight piracy claims (17 December 2008) <http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/iinet-to-fight-piracy-claims/2008/12/17/1229189665528.html> at 18 December 2008

The Register, Music copyright extension - strings attached (12 December 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/12/burnham_mccreevy_sound_recording_term_extension/> at 15 December 2008

ZeroPaid, British Government Announces Support for Copyright Term Extension (12 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9889/British+Government+Announces+Support+for+Copyright+Term+Extension> at 15 December 2008

TechDirt, UK Culture Secretary Pushes Copyright Extension With Questionable Logic (11 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081211/1131193091.shtml> at 15 December 2008

ZeroPaid, Swedish Gov't Mulls New Anti-File Sharing Law (9 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9877/Swedish+Gov%27t+Mulls+New+Anti-File-Sharing+Law> at 11 December 2008

TechDirt, How Canada Fought Bad Copyright Law: Showing Why Copyright Law Matters (4 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081203/1826493010.shtml> at 8 December 2008

Billboard.biz, Pirate Bay Block Ordered In Denmark (27 November 2008) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3iacfb4ddfa5a1002be18e65ba10e108f0> at 3 December 2008

Copyright Law USA
Digital Music News, Harvard v. The RIAA: The Showdown Continues... (16 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121508harvard> at 18 December 2008

TechDirt, When Life And Work Blend, Everything Is Commercial Use (8 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081207/2239253051.shtml> at 11 December 2008

Copyright Term
TechDirt, Gowers Slams Out Of Touch UK Cultural Secretary Over Copyright Extension PlanSay (17 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081216/0238293135.shtml> at 20 December 2008

The Register, Music copyright extension - strings attached (12 December 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/12/burnham_mccreevy_sound_recording_term_extension/> at 15 December 2008

ZeroPaid, British Government Announces Support for Copyright Term Extension (12 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9889/British+Government+Announces+Support+for+Copyright+Term+Extension> at 15 December 2008

TechDirt, UK Culture Secretary Pushes Copyright Extension With Questionable Logic (11 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081211/1131193091.shtml> at 15 December 2008

Creative Commons
TechDirt, When Life And Work Blend, Everything Is Commercial Use (8 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081207/2239253051.shtml> at 11 December 2008

Damages
TechDirt, More Judges Realizing That Statutory Damages In Copyright Suits Out Of Line (1 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081201/0036452979.shtml> at 3 December 2008

Digital Music Stores
Digital Music News, The New EMI.com: Where Will This All Go? (18 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121708emi > at 20 December 2008

Digital Music News, Let the Experimentation Begin: EMI Music Splashes EMI.com (17 December 2008) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121608emi> at 18 December 2008

Digital Music News, AmazonMP3: Second Place Never Looked So Bad... (16 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121508amazon> at 17 December 2008

Washington Post/Reuters, Challenges remain for Amazon digital music service (13 December 2008) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/13/AR2008121301613.html> at 15 December 2008

Digital Sales
ZeroPaid, STUDY: Teen File-Sharing Up 46% (23 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9910/STUDY%3A+Teen+File-Sharing+Up+46%25!> at 30 December 2008

CNet News, Digital music gains, but CD losses a pain (18 December 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10126331-93.html> at 20 December 2008

ArsTechnica, Report: Online to be larger piece of shrinking music pie (2 December 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081202-report-online-to-be-larger-piece-of-shrinking-music-pie.html> at 3 December 2008

DRM
TechDirt, Whaddaya Know? DRM For Nokia's 'Comes With Music' Is Cracked (12 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081211/1905463098.shtml> at 15 December 2008

Facebook
TechDirt, Record Labels Continue To Go After Music Startups (22 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081221/2103273183.shtml> at 23 December 2008

TechDirt, Facebook Gives In, Cuts Off Project Playlist For No Legal Reason (24 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081223/2331263212.shtml> at 30 December 2008

Filtering
ZeroPaid, Aussie Internet Filtering Plan to include P2p Traffic (24 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9913/Aussie+Internet+Filtering+Plan+to+Include+P2P+Traffic> at 30 December 2008

TechDirt, Australia's Slippery Slope Of Censorship Gets Even Slicker With Plans To Filter Bittorrent (22 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081222/1155133194.shtml> at 23 December 2008

ArsTechnica, Australian 'Net filter testing set, will include P2P (22 December 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081222-australian-net-filter-testing-set-will-include-p2p.html> at 23 December 2008

First Sale Doctrine
CNet News, Reselling MP3s: The music industry's new battleground? (11 December 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10120951-93.html> at 15 December 2008

Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
ZeroPaid, UK Consumer Group Reports Anti-File-Sharing 'Bully' to Authorities (11 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9884/UK+Consumer+Group+Reports+Anti-File-Sharing+%27Bully%27+to+Authorities> at 15 December 2008

guardian.co.uk, Which? seeks action on filesharer 'bullies' (10 December 2008) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/10/filesharing-davenport-lyons> at 15 December 2008

TechDirt, European Council Rejects EU Parliament's Amendment Against Three Strikes Rule (2 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081201/0245052983.shtml> at 3 December 2008

Individual Lawsuits USA
TechDirt, RIAA Apparently Unable To Stop Lawsuits In Motion (24 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081223/1701593209.shtml> at 30 December 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Caught Lying About Stopping Lawsuits (22 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081221/1519113180.shtml> at 23 December 2008

TechDirt, RIAA's New Policy Isn't About Deterrence, It's About Sidestepping Due Process (22 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081219/1642533177.shtml> at 23 December 2008

Digital Music News, Major Labels Ending Lawsuits Against Individuals.... Now What? (22 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121908riaa> at 23 December 2008

ArsTechnica, RIAA graduated response plan: Q&A with Cary Sherman (21 December 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081221-riaa-graduated-response-plan-qa-with-cary-sherman.html> at 22 December 2008

The Register, RIAA won't sue, but will throttle (20 December 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/20/riaa_drops_legal_campaign/>

TechDirt, RIAA Abandoning Mass Lawsuits In Favor Of Backroom 3 Strikes Policy (19 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081219/0225073172.shtml> at 20 December 2008

CNet News, RIAA President: No talk of blakclisting file sharers (19 December 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10127313-93.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1> at 20
December 2008

Digital Music News, Developing - Major Lables Endign Lawsuits Against Individuals (19 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121908riaa/view> at 20 December 2008

Slyck, RIAA Drops Lawsuit Campaign – Mostly (19 December 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1812_RIAA_Drops_Lawsuit_Campaign_Mostly> at 20 December 2008

ZeroPaid, RIAA to Quit Suing File-Sharers, Wants ISPs to Disconnect Instead (19 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9907/RIAA+to+Quit+Suing+File-Sharers%2C+Wants+ISPs+to+Disconnect+Instead> at 20 December 2008

EFF Deeplinks, RIAA v. The People Turns from Lawsuits to 3 Strikes (19 December 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/12/riaa-v-people-turns-lawsuits-3-strikes> at 20 December 2008

ArsTechnica, No more lawsuits: ISPs (19 December 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081219-no-more-lawsuits-isps-to-work-with-riaa-cut-off-p2p-users.html> at 20 December 2008

ABC, US Music Indudstry Abandons Mass Piracy Lawsuits (20 December 2008) <http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/20/2451897.htm?section=justin> at 20 December 2008

Wall Street Journal, Music Industry to Abandon Mass Suits (19 Decemebr 2008)
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122966038836021137.html> at 20 December 2008

ZeroPaid, RIAA Pres: 'Legal Music Sales Growth Proof that Suing People Worked' (23 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9911/RIAA+Pres%3A+%27Legal+Music+Sales+Growth+Proof+that+Suing+People+Worked%27> at 30 December 2008

TechDirt, Some ISPs Push Back On RIAA Plan (23 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081222/1222183195.shtml> at 30 December 2008

ZeroPaid, RIAA Letter to ISPs Ask for Help in Combating File Sharing (23 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9909/RIAA+Letter+to+ISPs+Asks+for+Help+in+Combating+File-Sharing> at 30 December 2008

ZeroPaid, Jammie Thomas Case Transcript Posted Online (29 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9920/Jammie+Thomas+Case+Transcript+Posted+Online> at 30 December 2008

TechDirt, Record Labels Disobey Court Order On How Student Info Can Be Used (16 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081216/0309303138.shtml> at 18 December 2008

Digital Music News, Harvard v. The RIAA: Faceoff Moves to January... (17 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121608harvard> at 18 December 2008

Digital Music News, Harvard v. The RIAA: The Showdown Continues... (16 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121508harvard> at 18 December 2008

ZeroPaid, Harvard Prof on RIAA Tactics:'It's a Shake-Down, Extortion, Blight and an Insult' (4 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9872/Harvard+Prof+on+RIAA+Tactics%3A+%27It%E2%80%99s+a+Shake-Down%2C+Extortion%2C+Blight%2C+and+an+Insult%27> at 5 December 2008

ZeroPaid, Business As Usual As RIAA Targets ESU in P2p Lawsuit Campaign (14 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9895/Business+As+Usual+As+RIAA+Targets+ESU+in+P2P+Lawsuit+Campaign> at 15 December 2008

ZeroPaid, RIAA Sues Transplant Teen for Illegal File-Sharing (4 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9870/RIAA+Sues+Transplant+Teen+for+Illegal+File-Sharing> at 5 December 2008

TechDirt, More Judges Realizing That Statutory Damages In Copyright Suits Out Of Line (1 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081201/0036452979.shtml> at 3 December 2008

International Copyright Issues
ZeroPaid, ACTA Negotiations Will Continue into 2009 (25 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9914/ACTA+Negotiations+Will+Continue+into+2009> at 30 December 2008

Canadian Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Further Opportunities (18 December 2008) <http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/fo/paris.aspx?lang=en> at 20 December 2008

TechDirt, Why Obama Should Change US Trade Policy On Intellectual Property (12 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081212/0143153102.shtml> at 15 December 2008

ISP Liability
TechDirt, Some ISPs Push Back On RIAA Plan (23 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081222/1222183195.shtml> at 30 December 2008

ZeroPaid, RIAA Letter to ISPs Ask for Help in Combating File Sharing (23 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9909/RIAA+Letter+to+ISPs+Asks+for+Help+in+Combating+File-Sharing> at 30 December 2008

TechDirt, Details Emerge On Australian Lawsuit Against ISPs For Failing To Stop Piracy (17 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081217/0159503147.shtml> at 21 December 2008

ZeroPaid, Business As Usual As RIAA Targets ESU in P2p Lawsuit Campaign (14 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9895/Business+As+Usual+As+RIAA+Targets+ESU+in+P2P+Lawsuit+Campaign> at 15 December 2008

ZeroPaid, Warner Music Proposes File-Sharing Tax for College Tuition (10 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9879/Warner+Music+Proposes+File-Sharing+Tax+for+College+Tuition> at 11 December 2008

Labels Revenue
Digital Music News, More Softness In November; Fifth-Straight Monthly Slide (15 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121408softness> at 15 December 2008

Digital Music News, Fresh Data Reveals Broader November Sales Decline... (11 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120908november> at 15 December 2008

ArsTechnica, Report: Online to be larger piece of shrinking music pie (2 December 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081202-report-online-to-be-larger-piece-of-shrinking-music-pie.html> at 3 December 2008

Leaks
Digital Music News, Chinese Democracy Leak Case Plods Onward... (16 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121508guns> at 17 December 2008

Digital Music News, Final Votes for Chinese Democracy: 261,000 (4 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120308gnr> at 5 December 2008

Digital Music News, Another Week, Another Leak: Fall Out Boy Latest (8 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120708fallout> at 11 December 2008

Levies
TechDirt, Canadian Blank CD Levy To Increase By Another 38% (16 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081205/1952423036.shtml> at 18 December 2008

Digital Music News, Blank CDs Just Got More Expensive In Canada... (8 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120808canada> at 11 December 2008

Billboard.biz, Canadian Copyright Board Raises Tax (8 December 2008) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3iea59cb79796a9dff8409b470a2d0e049> at 11 December 2008

Limewire
ZeroPaid, Limewire 5 Alpha Introduces Private File Sharing (12 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9886/Limewire+5+Alpha+Introduces+Private+File-Sharing> at 15 December 2008

Slyck, LimeWire 5.0 Alpha Released (10 December 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1808_LimeWire_50_Alpha_Released> at 11 December 2008

MySpace
TechDirt, Record Labels Continue To Go After Music Startups (22 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081221/2103273183.shtml> at 23 December 2008

New Business Models
Digital Music News, Another Casualty: Equity Music Group Shuts Down (18 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121708equity> at 20 December 2008

Digital Music News, Can't Believe It? T-Pain Suddenly Topping File-Sharing Networks (18 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121708tpain> at 20 December 2008

The Wall Street Journal, Rock’s New Republic Posted (2 December 2008) <http://magazine.wsj.com/features/the-big-interview/rock%E2%80%99s-new-republic/print/> at 15 December 2008

MediaShift, Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride Puts Fans in Charge of Bands (11 December 2008)<http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2008/12/nettwerk-ceo-terry-mcbride-puts-fans-in-charge-of-bands346.html> at 15 December 2008

TechDirt, Terry McBride Explains How Nettwerk Puts Fans In Control (12 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081211/1941213099.shtml> at 15 December 2008

TechDirt, Can Concert Promoters Become The New Record Labels? (10 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081207/1910593046.shtml> at 15 December 2008

TechDirt, What About Free CDs? (8 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081207/1843393045.shtml> at 11 December 2008

TechDirt, More Musicians Recognizing The Power of Free (5 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081203/0240563005.shtml> at 8 December 2008

Other
Newsweek, Reboot the FCC (23 December 2008) <http://www.newsweek.com/id/176809/> at 30 December 2008

TechDirt, Lessig: Ditch The FCC, Replace It With Innovation Agency (24 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081224/0040333217.shtml> at 30 December 2008

TechDirt, Facebook Gives In, Cuts Off Project Playlist For No Legal Reason (24 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081223/2331263212.shtml> at 30 December 2008

TechDirt, Record Labels Continue To Go After Music Startups (22 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081221/2103273183.shtml> at 23 December 2008

TechDirt, Did Amazon Force Takedown Of Firefox Pirate Extension? (5 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081205/0145003028.shtml> at 8 December 2008

Other File Sharing Lawsuits
Slyck, BREIN Takes out 'Largest Illegal Top Site Ever' (16 December 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1810_BREIN_Takes_out_Largest_Illegal_Top_Site_Ever> at 20 December 2008

Slyck, BREIN Nukes 75 BitTorrent Sites (12 December 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1809_BREIN_Nukes_75_BitTorrent_Sites> at 15 December 2008

Sydney Morning Herald, iiNet to fight piracy claims (17 December 2008) <http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/iinet-to-fight-piracy-claims/2008/12/17/1229189665528.html> at 18 December 2008

The Australian, Cops arrest two in Brisbane on pirate film website raid (4 December 2008) <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24751066-5013044,00.html> at 8 December 2008

P2p Developments
ZeroPaid, BitTorrent Inc. Collaborates to Help ISPs Speed Up P2p Traffic (10 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9878/BitTorrent+Inc.+Collaborates+to+Help+ISPs+Speed+Up+P2P+Traffic> at 15 December 2008

ZeroPaid, BitTorrent Inc. Collaborates to Help ISPs Speed Up P2p Traffic (10 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9878/BitTorrent+Inc.+Collaborate+to+Help+ISPs+Speed+Up+P2P+Traffic> at 11 December 2008

P2p Statistics
ZeroPaid, STUDY: 38% of Swedish Men are File-Sharers (27 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9916/STUDY%3A+38%25+of+Swedish+Men+are+File-Sharers> at 30 December 2008

ZeroPaid, STUDY: Teen File-Sharing Up 46% (23 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9910/STUDY%3A+Teen+File-Sharing+Up+46%25!> at 30 December 2008

Phones/Digital Music
Digital Music News, TeliaSonera: All-You-Can-Eat, All-In-Your-Handheld... (11 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120908teliasonera> at 15 December 2008

Pirate Bay
ZeroPaid, Danish Appeals Court: 'ISP Must Continue Blocking the Pirate Bay (1 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9863/Danish+Appeals+Court%3A+%27ISP+Must+Continue+Blocking+The+Pirate+Bay%27> at 3 December 2008

Billboard.biz, Pirate Bay Block Ordered In Denmark (27 November 2008) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3iacfb4ddfa5a1002be18e65ba10e108f0> at 3 December 2008

Plagiarism
TechDirt, EMI Claims Controversial Satriani/Coldplay Mashup Video Violates Coldplay Copyright (15 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081215/0800393123.shtml> at 18 December 2008

Digital Music News, Coldplay Plagiarism Case Grows; EMI Yanking YouTube Clips (17 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121608coldplay> at 18 December 2008

Digital Music News, Coldplay v. Satriani: A Case of Blatant Ripoff? (8 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120808coldplay> at 11 December 2008

Digital Music News, Coldplay Officially Responds to Plagiarism Suit... (10 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120908coldplay> at 11 December 2008

TechDirt, Joe Satriani Sues Coldplay For Copyright Infringement (5 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081205/1146593034.shtml> at 8 December 2008

Recording Contracts
TechDirt, Live Nation's Strategy Looking Even Worse As It Has To Cough Up Extra $$s For U2, Madonna (18 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081218/0409153165.shtml> at 20 December 2008

The Wall Street Journal, Rock’s New Republic Posted (2 December 2008) <http://magazine.wsj.com/features/the-big-interview/rock%E2%80%99s-new-republic/print/> at 15 December 2008

TechDirt, Can Concert Promoters Become The New Record Labels? (10 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081207/1910593046.shtml> at 15 December 2008

RIAA
ZeroPaid, RIAA Pres: 'Legal Music Sales Growth Proof that Suing People Worked' (23 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9911/RIAA+Pres%3A+%27Legal+Music+Sales+Growth+Proof+that+Suing+People+Worked%27> at 30 December 2008

Search Engines
Technology & Marketing Law Blog, Search Engine "Cache" Function Covered by Implied License--Parker v. Yahoo (16 October 2008)<http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2008/10/search_engine_c.htm> at 16 December 2008

Social Networking Music
TechDirt, Social Networking Sites Still Struggling With The Whole Monetization Thing (18 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081216/0949133141.shtml> at 20 December 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

Traffic Shaping/Network Neutrality
ZeroPaid, Virgin Media to Begin Throttling BitTorrent Next Summer (18 December 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9904/Virgin+Media+to+Begin+Throttling+BitTorrent+Next+Summer> at 20 December 2008

The Register, Virgin Media to dump neutrality and target BitTorrent users (16 December 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/16/virgin_bittorrent/> at 18 December 2008

SiliconValley, Google says its stands by Net neutrality (15 December 2008) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_11236798?nclick_check=1> at 18 December 2008

TechDirt, Have The Big Internet Companies Turned Their Back On Net Neutrality? (15 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081214/1858183112.shtml> at 18 December 2008

TechDirt, Before We Start Regulating ISPs, Maybe It Would Be Good Idea To Define Them (11 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081201/0255472985.shtml> at 15 December 2008

Weblogs
WireTap Magazine, Free Association: Sound of Silence (28 November 2008) <http://www.wiretapmag.org/arts/43899/> at 8 December 2008

YouTube
TechDirt, Record Labels Learning They Have Little Leverage On YouTube (23 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081223/0021143203.shtml> at 30 December 2008

TechDirt, Warner Music Taking Its Music Off YouTube And Going Home (22 December 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20081221/1451593178.shtml> at 23 December 2008

ArsTechnica, YouTube, Warner negotiations fail, music content gets pulled (21 December 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081221-web-content-licensing-stumbles-amid-youtube-warner-spat.html> at 22 December 2008

Digital Music News, Universal Music: YouTube Adding Tens of Millions In Revenue... (19 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121808umg> at 20 December 2008

CNet News, Universal Music seeing 'tens of millions' from YouTube (18 December 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10126439-93.html> at 20 December 2008

Digital Music News, YouTube Hits 100 Million Users In October... (11 December 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121008youtube> at 15 December 2008