NZ Delays a Catastrophic Copyright Change & The Pirate Party Begins

Ad Supported Music
ArsTechnica, Qtrax: Free, legal music downloads are finally ready (12 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/02/qtrax-free-legal-music-downloads-are-finally-ready.ars> at 17 February 2009

Digital Music News, Ad-Supported Never Die: Qtrax Licenses Warner Music (12 February 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021109warner> at 13 February 2009

Artists
The Age, Music Piracy not so bad, Sneaky say (25 February 2009) <http://www.theage.com.au/news/digital-life/articles/music-piracy-not-so-bad-sneaky-say/2009/02/25/1235237716312.html> at 1 March 2009

TechDirt, Cure Singer Blasts Radiohead, Saying Name-Your-Own-Price Can't Work; Apparently Unaware That It Did Work (27 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090225/0147283894.shtml> at 1 March 2009

Digital Music News, Eminem Case Heads to Trial; Uncomfortable Questions Bubble... (25 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022409eminem> at 26 February 2009

The Register, Big labels or Google - who is the songwriters' worst enemy? (5 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/chris_castle_carnes_interview/> at 11 February 2009

CD Sales
Digital Music News, 62,000 Units = Number One Selling Album... (26 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022509no1> at 27 February 2009

TechDirt, Despite Declining CD Sales, CD Baby Experiences Growth in 2008 (11 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090124/2225163523.shtml> at 13 February 2009

Digital Music News, New Year, Similar Story: January Album Sales Down 12 Percent... (5 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/020409january> at 6 February 2009

Concerts
ZeroPaid, How to Fight Piracy? Include Free Concert Ticket with Album (11 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9999/How+to+Fight+Piracy%3F+Include+Free+Concert+Ticket+with+Album> at 13 February 2009

Copyright Law EU
Digital Music News, Recording Copyright Extension Gets Closer In Europe... (13 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021209ext> at 17 February 2009

TechDirt, EU Proposal Would Outright Ban BitTorrent Sites, Make ISPs Copyright Cops & Use 3 Strikes (2 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090201/2216223594.shtml> at 4 February 2009

Copyright Law Other Countries
The Local, Swedish parliament passes copyright bill (25 February 2009) <http://www.thelocal.se/17832/20090225/> at 26 February 2009

ArsTechnica, Norway Education Minister: there's no future in fighting P2P (24 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/norway-education-minister-theres-no-future-in-fighting-p2p.ars> at 25 February 2009

TechDirt, Norwegian Education Minister Wants To Legalize File Sharing; While IFPI Demands Norwegian Pirate Bay Block (23 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090223/0150053862.shtml> at 25 February 2009

ZeroPaid, Danish ISPs Challenge Court Order to Block the Pirate Bay (9 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9997/Danish+ISPs+Challenge+Court+Order+to+Block+The+Pirate+Bay> at 11 February 2009

TechDirt, Can A Link, By Itself, Be Copyright Infringement? (23 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090223/0214513863.shtml> at 25 February 2009

Copyright Law USA
TechDirt, Senator Feinstein Trying To Sneak ISP Copyright Filtering Into Broadband Stimulus Bill (10 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090210/1050313726.shtml> at 13 February 2009

Copyright Term
Billboard.biz, U.K. Govt Rebuffs EU Copyright Vote (13 February 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i2caa28b320f868d51550ebc8697585d4> at 21 February 2009

TimesOnline, Musicians celebrate victory as go-ahead given for copyright to be extended to 95 years (13 February 2009) <http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5720510.ece> at 17 February 2009

Digital Music News, Recording Copyright Extension Gets Closer In Europe... (13 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021209ext> at 17 February 2009

Damages
TechDirt, Will The RIAA's New Friends In Justice Get Involved Over Constitutionality Of RIAA Damage Awards? (17 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090217/1235483802.shtml> at 21 February 2009

Digital Sales
Digital Music News, 62,000 Units = Number One Selling Album... (26 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022509no1> at 27 February 2009

TechDirt, Despite Declining CD Sales, CD Baby Experiences Growth in 2008 (11 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090124/2225163523.shtml> at 13 February 2009

Digital Music News, New Year, Similar Story: January Album Sales Down 12 Percent... (5 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/020409january> at 6 February 2009

Digital Music Stores
Digital Music News, ...And Total Music Now Totally On-the-Rocks (9 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/020809total> at 11 February 2009

The Register, TotalMusic Goes Totally Tits Up (9 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/09/totally_titsup/> at 11 February 2009

Digital Music News, Ruckus: This Service Will No Longer Be Provided... (9 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/020609ruckus> at 11 February 2009

TechDirt, Ruckus Music Service -- Which Was Supposed To Save The Industry -- Now Dead (9 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090207/1759103686.shtml> at 11 February 2009

ZeroPaid, The Ruckus Service 'Will No Longer Be Provided (9 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9996/Ruckus+Service+%27Will+No+Longer+Be+Provided%27> at 11 February 2009

DMCA
LA Weekly, Google's New Killer App? Why Are Music Bloggers' Posts Disappearing, and Who Is Deleting Them? (4 February 2009) <http://www.laweekly.com/2009-02-05/music/google-39-s-new-killer-app-why-are-music-bloggers-39-posts-disappearing-and-who-is-deleting-them/all> at 25 February 2009

EFF Deeplinks, YouTube's January Fair Use Massacre (3 February 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/youtubes-january-fair-use-massacre> at 8 February 2009

TechDirt, Google Accused Of Invisibly Deleting Blog Posts On The RIAA's Say-So (6 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090206/1237213675.shtml> at 8 February 2009

DRM
EFF Deeplinks, EFF Calls on Federal Regulators to Protect Consumers from DRM (9 February 2009) <http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/02/09> at 17 February 2009

ArsTechnica, Qtrax: Free, legal music downloads are finally ready (12 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/02/qtrax-free-legal-music-downloads-are-finally-ready.ars> at 17 February 2009

The Register, Norwegians swallow iTunes threat (5 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/norway_drops_itunes_action/> at 11 February 2009

Digital Music News, Norway Drops Its iTunes+iPod Investigation... (5 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/020409norway> at 6 February 2009

TechDirt, Norway Drops Complaint Against Apple Now That Apple Dropped DRM In iTunes (4 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090204/1723223648.shtml> at 6 February 2009

CNet News, Norway drops iTunes gripes after Apple drops DRM (4 February 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10157000-37.html> at 6 February 2009

Economics
TechDirt, Dispensing With Some Myths About The Poor Poor Songwriters Decimated By Piracy (3 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090130/1931253587.shtml> at 6 February 2009

Failure to Adapt
TorrentFreak, How To Kill The Music Industry (27 February 2009) <http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-kill-the-music-industry-090227/> at 1 March 2009

TechDirt, Why Piracy Is Not Actually A Problem For The Music Industry (27 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090227/0242173922.shtml> at 1 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Former EMI Chief Says it's 'Useless' to fight P2p (13 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10003/Former+EMI+Chief+Says+it%27s+%27Useless%27+to+Fight+P2P> at 17 February 2009

TechDirt, Dispensing With Some Myths About The Poor Poor Songwriters Decimated By Piracy (3 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090130/1931253587.shtml> at 6 February 2009

Fair Use/Fair Dealing
ArsTechnica, John McCain to champion fair use in Jackson Browne suit? (24 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/john-mccain-to-champion-fair-use-in-jackson-browne-suit.ars> at 26 February 2009

Wired, Infringement Case Against McCain Advances (23 February 2009) <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/infringement-ca.html> at 25 February 2009

EFF Deeplinks, YouTube's January Fair Use Massacre (3 February 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/youtubes-january-fair-use-massacre> at 8 February 2009

File Sharing
The Age, Music Piracy not so bad, Sneaky say (25 February 2009) <http://www.theage.com.au/news/digital-life/articles/music-piracy-not-so-bad-sneaky-say/2009/02/25/1235237716312.html> at 1 March 2009

TorrentFreak, How To Kill The Music Industry (27 February 2009) <http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-kill-the-music-industry-090227/> at 1 March 2009

ZeroPaid, UK Survey: 54% of File-Sharers Buy Music on iTunes (26 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10030/UK+SURVEY%3A+54%25+of+File-Sharers+Buy+Music+on+iTunes> at 1 March 2008

TechDirt, Why Piracy Is Not Actually A Problem For The Music Industry (27 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090227/0242173922.shtml> at 1 March 2009

Filtering
ZeroPaid, Aussie Internet Censorship Plans Scuttled (27 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10033/Aussie+Internet+Censorship+Plans+Scuttled> at 1 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Key backer's change of heart endangers Aussie 'Net filtering (26 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/02/key-backers-change-of-heart-endangers-aussie-net-filtering.ars> at 27 February 2009

Sydney Morning Herald, Web censorship plan heads towards a dead end (26 February 2009) <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/02/26/1235237810486.html> at 27 February 2009

LA Weekly, Google's New Killer App? Why Are Music Bloggers' Posts Disappearing, and Who Is Deleting Them? (4 February 2009) <http://www.laweekly.com/2009-02-05/music/google-39-s-new-killer-app-why-are-music-bloggers-39-posts-disappearing-and-who-is-deleting-them/all> at 25 February 2009

TechDirt, Senator Feinstein Trying To Sneak ISP Copyright Filtering Into Broadband Stimulus Bill (10 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090210/1050313726.shtml> at 13 February 2009

Graduated Response Other Countries
Slyck, Three Strikes on Hold in New Zealand (24 February 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1835_Three_Strikes_on_Hold_in_New_Zealand> at 25 February 2009

ArsTechnica, New Zealand P2P disconnection plan delayed after outcry (23 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/new-zealand-p2p-disconnection-plan-delayed-after-outcry.ars> at 25 February 2009

ComputerWorld, John Key delays copyright law (23 February 2009) <http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/86D681292534A2CCCC25756600143FD1> at 25 February 2009

TechDirt, New Zealand Temporarily Backs Down From Controversial Copyright Law (23 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090222/2146293855.shtml> at 25 February 2009

TechDirt, Recording Industry, Politicians Continue To Give Bogus Reasons To Support 3 Strikes In New Zealand (25 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090224/0212283883.shtml> at 26 February 2009

Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: The Debate In New Zealand... (24 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022309partingshot> at 25 February 2009

Digital Music News, ISP Disconnection Law On Hold In New Zealand... (24 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022309kiwi> at 25 February 2009

ZeroPaid, France Finalizes Plans for Govt 'Three Strikes' Agency (25 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10027/France+Finalizes+Plans+for+Govt+%27Three-Strikes%27+Agency> at 26 February 2009

Sydney Morning Herald, NZ blogs in copyright law blackout demo (23 February 2009) <http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/nz-blogs-in-copyright-law-blackout-demo-20090223-8ez1.html> at 25 February 2009

ZDNet, New Zealand copyright protest blockades parliament (19 February 2009) <http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-270800.html> at 22 February 2009

The Register, Kiwis go all black over copyright enforcement laws (17 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/17/new_zealand_copyright/> at 21 February 2009

ZeroPaid, New Zealand Websites Go Black in Protest of Copyright Legislation (18 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10018/New+Zealand+Websites+Go+Black+in+Protest+of+Copyright+Legislation> at 21 February 2009

EFF Deeplinks, New Zealand Goes All Black Against Three Strikes Call To Action (17 February 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/02/new-zealand-goes-all-black-against-three-strikes> at 21 February 2009

ArsTechnica, Kiwis get strict copyright, three-strikes law at month's end (3 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/kiwis-get-strict-copyright-three-strikes-law-at-months-end.ars> at 4 February 2009

TechDirt, France Plans Government Agency To Boot File Sharers Offline (23 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090223/1219443868.shtml> at 25 February 2009

Digital Music News, Eircom Taking More Label Orders; Pirate Bay Getting Blocked... (25 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022409eircom> at 26 February 2009

The Register, Music industry's Irish ISP shakedown letter leaked (25 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/25/irma_letter_to_isps_blacknight_solutions/> at 26 February 2009

ZeroPaid, Irish ISP Agrees to Block BitTorent Tracker Sites (24 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10026/Irish+ISP+Agrees+to+Block+BitTorrent+Tracker+Sites> at 26 February 2009

ArsTechnica, Record industry talks Irish ISP into blocking P2P sites (23 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/02/record-industry-talks-irish-isp-into-blocking-p2p-sites.ars> at 25 February 2009

ArsTechnica, Eircom: no Pirate Bay blockade until we get a court order (24 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/eircom-no-pirate-bay-blockade-until-we-get-a-court-order.ars> at 25 February 2009

TechDirt, Recording Industry Says Irish ISPs Shouldn't Protest If It Demands Pirate Bay Block (19 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090219/0229583833.shtml> at 21 February 2009

The Register, 'Automatic' music label salute (23 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/23/irma_demands_irish_isps_block_access_to_piracy_sites/> at 25 February 2009

The Register, Irish ISP Eircom in 'three strikes' file sharer crackdown (3 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/03/eircom_agrees_to_three_strikes_enforcement/> at 4 February 2009

Slyck, Ireland says Yes, Germany No to 3 Strikes (3 February 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1829_Ireland_says_Yes_Germany_No_to_3_Strikes> at 4 February 2009

Billboard, Germany Rejects Three-Strikes Piracy Plan (10 February 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i73b3660e2c6025e6507555e3cfec977d> at 13 February 2009

Digital Music News, Germany Offers Another Strike Against Three-Strikes... (11 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021009germany> at 13 February 2009

TechDirt, Germany Rejects Three Strikes (4 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090204/0129443638.shtml> at 6 February 2009

ZeroPaid, Digital Britain Report - No 'Three-Strikes' for File-Sharers (4 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9989/Digital+Britain+Report+-+No+%27Three-Strikes%27+for+File-Sharers> at 6 February 2009

TechDirt, Research Paper Shows How Useless It Is To Require ISPs To Be Copyright Cops (18 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090218/0233063814.shtml> at 21 February 2009

Graduated Response USA
TechDirt, Research Paper Shows How Useless It Is To Require ISPs To Be Copyright Cops (18 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090218/0233063814.shtml> at 21 February 2009

Independents
Digital Music News, Independent Shopper? iTunes Presents Indie Spotlights... (26 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022509itunes> at 27 February 2009

Individual Lawsuits USA
ArsTechnica, Tenenbaum file-swapping case gets seriously funky (27 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/while-the-bizarre-antics-and.ars> at 1 March 2009

TechDirt, Court Says It Doesn't Matter That MediaSentry Isn't A Licensed Investigator (19 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090219/0135273829.shtml> at 21 February 2009

International Copyright Issues
Electronic Frontier Foundation, Act on ACTA: Tell the New Congress to Open the Secret IP Pact (February 2009) <http://www.eff.org/action/act-on-acta> at 8 February 2009

TechDirt, ACTA Proposal Would Criminalize Substantial Non-Commercial Infringement (3 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090203/1526293627.shtml> at 6 February 2009

ISP Liability
TechDirt, Research Paper Shows How Useless It Is To Require ISPs To Be Copyright Cops (18 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090218/0233063814.shtml> at 21 February 2009

iTunes
ZeroPaid, UK Survey: 54% of File-Sharers Buy Music on iTunes (26 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10030/UK+SURVEY%3A+54%25+of+File-Sharers+Buy+Music+on+iTunes> at 1 March 2008

Digital Music News, Independent Shopper? iTunes Presents Indie Spotlights... (26 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022509itunes> at 27 February 2009

TechDirt, iTunes Gets One Step Closer To Letting You Subscribe To A Band (25 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090224/2307213890.shtml> at 26 February 2009

Digital Music News, Feeding the Superfan: The iTunes Pass Debuts... (25 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022409itunespass> at 26 February 2009

CNet News, EMI, Apple unveil iTunes Pass (24 February 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10170894-37.html> at 26 February 2009

The Register, Norwegians swallow iTunes threat (5 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/norway_drops_itunes_action/> at 11 February 2009

Labels Revenue
TorrentFreak, How To Kill The Music Industry (27 February 2009) <http://torrentfreak.com/how-to-kill-the-music-industry-090227/> at 1 March 2009

ZeroPaid, The Pirate Bay 'Spectrial' Day #9 - Prof Argues No Link Between File Sharing and Music Losses (26 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10031/The+Pirate+Bay+%22Spectrial%22+Day+%239+-+Prof+Argues+No+Link+Between+File-Sharing+and+Music+Losses> at 1 March 2009

ZeroPaid, The Pirate Bay 'Spectrial' Day #8 - Rec Exec Takes the Stand (25 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10029/The+Pirate+Bay+%27Spectrial%27+Day+%238+-+Record+Exec+Takes+the+Stand> at 1 March 2009

WashingtonPost, Music industry takes stand in Pirate Bay case (25 February 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/25/AR2009022501380.html> at 26 February 2009

Digital Music News, New Year, Similar Story: January Album Sales Down 12 Percent... (5 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/020409january> at 6 February 2009

Leaks
ZeroPaid, After Bit Torrent Leak, U2 Offers Free Album Streaming on MySpace (24 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10025/After+BitTorrent+Leak%2C+U2+Offers+Free+Album+Streaming+on+MySpace> at 26 February 2009

Digital Music News, MySpace Music Scores U2 Album Pre-Release... (23 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022009myspace> at 25 February 2009

ArsTechnica, Upcoming U2 album all over P2P after band's label screws up (20 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/02/upcoming-u2-album-all-over-p2p-after-bands-label-screws-up.ars> at 22 February 2009

Digital Music News, Horizon Suddenly Appears: U2 Album Starts Leaking... (19 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021809u2> at 21 February 2009

TechDirt, U2 Album Leaks... Despite Ridiculous Attempts To Block It (19 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090219/0108293826.shtml> at 21 February 2009

ZeroPaid, U2's New 'No Line On the Horizon' Album Leaks to BitTorrent (18 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10016/U2%27s+New+%27No+Line+On+the+the+Horizon%27+Album+Leaks+to+BitTorrent> at 21 February 2009

Digital Music News, Move Over, U2: Kelly Clarkson Latest Major Leak... (23 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022209clarkson> at 25 February 2009

RollingStone, Norwegian iTunes Leaks Kelly Clarkson’s “All I Ever Wanted” (20 February 2009) <http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/02/20/norwegian-itunes-leaks-kelly-clarksons-all-i-ever-wanted/> at 22 February 2009

Digital Music News, And Another Leak: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Starts Slipping... (24 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022309yyy> at 25 February 2009

Digital Music News, Latest Album Leaks: The Fray, Lily Allen... (3 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/020209leaks> at 4 February 2009

LA Weekly, Google's New Killer App? Why Are Music Bloggers' Posts Disappearing, and Who Is Deleting Them? (4 February 2009) <http://www.laweekly.com/2009-02-05/music/google-39-s-new-killer-app-why-are-music-bloggers-39-posts-disappearing-and-who-is-deleting-them/all> at 25 February 2009

ZeroPaid, 5 Ways to Stop Album Leaks (10 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9998/5+Ways+to+Stop+Album+Leaks> at 13 February 2009

Mergers/Consolidation
Digital Music News, Regulatory Drama Simmering on Live Nation + Ticketmaster... (12 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021109livenation> at 13 February 2009

Musicians Politics
ArsTechnica, John McCain to champion fair use in Jackson Browne suit? (24 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/john-mccain-to-champion-fair-use-in-jackson-browne-suit.ars> at 26 February 2009

Wired, Infringement Case Against McCain Advances (23 February 2009) <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/infringement-ca.html> at 25 February 2009

MySpace
ZeroPaid, After Bit Torrent Leak, U2 Offers Free Album Streaming on MySpace (24 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10025/After+BitTorrent+Leak%2C+U2+Offers+Free+Album+Streaming+on+MySpace> at 26 February 2009

Digital Music News, MySpace Music Scores U2 Album Pre-Release... (23 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022009myspace> at 25 February 2009

Digital Music News, MySpace Music v. YouTube: Who Really Drives More Impressions... (18 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021709myspace> at 21 February 2009

Digital Music News, The Lily Allen Story: It Keeps Getting Better... (11 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021009lily> at 13 February 2009

New Business Models
TechDirt, Cure Singer Blasts Radiohead, Saying Name-Your-Own-Price Can't Work; Apparently Unaware That It Did Work (27 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090225/0147283894.shtml> at 1 March 2009

ZeroPaid, CASE STUDY: Trent Reznor and the Future of the Music Industry (11 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10000/CASE+STUDY%3A+Trent+Reznor+and+the+Future+of+the+Music+Industry> at 13 February 2009

TechDirt, My MidemNet Presentation: Trent Reznor And The Formula For Future Music Business Models (5 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090201/1408273588.shtml> at 8 February 2009

TechDirt, Why Piracy Is Not Actually A Problem For The Music Industry (27 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090227/0242173922.shtml> at 1 March 2009

TechDirt, Drummer Takes Tiered Buying Options To Extreme (And Hilarious) Levels (20 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090220/1040373845.shtml> at 21 February 2009

TechDirt, Yet Another Musician Offers Tiers... Including A Backyard Concert (12 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090211/1820373740.shtml> at 17 February 2009

TechDirt, Forget Free, Indie Band Offers To Pay People $1 To Download Album (19 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090219/0205043832.shtml> at 21 February 2009

TechDirt, Indie Label That Gets It: Sell Things People Want, Not Just What They Hear (13 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090212/1301143750.shtml> at 17 February 2009

ZeroPaid, How to Fight Piracy? Include Free Concert Ticket with Album (11 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9999/How+to+Fight+Piracy%3F+Include+Free+Concert+Ticket+with+Album> at 13 February 2009

Digital Music News, The Lily Allen Story: It Keeps Getting Better... (11 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021009lily> at 13 February 2009

TechDirt, Corey Smith Clarification: Not $4.2 Million; Just $4 Million (4 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090203/1726063634.shtml> at 6 February 2009

TechDirt, Groove Armada's Business Model Experiments; Halfway There (4 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090203/0149433617.shtml> at 6 February 2009

TechDirt, Dispensing With Some Myths About The Poor Poor Songwriters Decimated By Piracy (3 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090130/1931253587.shtml> at 6 February 2009

Other
ZeroPaid, Political Hypocrisy: French President Sued for Copyright Infringement (29 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10034/Political+Hypocrisy%3A+French+President+Sued+for+Copyright+Infringement> at 1 March 2009

Digital Music News, Legal Headaches Mounting, Songbeat Goes Offline... (27 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022609songbeat> at 1 March 2009

Digital Music News, Another Week, Another Lawsuit: Majors Target Songbeat (9 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/020609songbeat> at 11 February 2009

P2p Developments
ArsTechncia, OneSwarm friend-to-friend P2P likely to irk Big Content, ISPs (25 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/software/news/2009/02/oneswarm-friend-to-friend-p2p-likely-to-irk-big-content-isps.ars> at 26 February 2009

ZeroPaid, OneSwarm Turns P2p into F2F (23 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10024/OneSwarm+Turns+P2P+into+F2F> at 25 February 2009

P2p Statistics
ZeroPaid, STUDY: P2p Still Generates Most Traffic World Wide (20 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10021/STUDY%3A+P2P+Still+Generates+Most+Traffic+Worldwide> at 22 February 2009

ZeroPaid, UK Youth Survey: 61% Say Music Should Be Free (16 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10006/UK+Youth+Survey%3A+61%25+Say+Music+Should+be+Free>a t 21 February 2009

Phones Music
The Age, Music Piracy not so bad, Sneaky say (25 February 2009) <http://www.theage.com.au/news/digital-life/articles/music-piracy-not-so-bad-sneaky-say/2009/02/25/1235237716312.html> at 1 March 2009

Plagiarism
TechDirt, Michael Jackson and Rihanna Both Get Sued Over a 1972 Tune (10 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090204/1128463641.shtml> at 13 February 2009

Privacy
TechDirt, ISPs Fear SAFETY Act Outlaws Email; While RIAA Thrilled They Can Use Retained Log Files For Anti-Piracy (23 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090222/2220003856.shtml> at 25 February 2009

Publishing
The Register, Big labels or Google - who is the songwriters' worst enemy? (5 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/chris_castle_carnes_interview/> at 11 February 2009

Recording Contracts
Digital Music News, Eminem Case Heads to Trial; Uncomfortable Questions Bubble... (25 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022409eminem> at 26 February 2009

The Register, Big labels or Google - who is the songwriters' worst enemy? (5 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/chris_castle_carnes_interview/> at 11 February 2009

The Register, Brand sponsors - 'The most worrying trend in music' (2 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/02/emi_brand_sponsorship_please/> at 4 February 2009

RIAA
TechDirt, Massive Layoffs Hit The RIAA: Maybe Focus On Building Business Rather Than Suing Customers Next Time? (27 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090227/1203203925.shtml> at 1 March 2009

Digital Music News, Layoffs Confirmed at RIAA, Estimates Approach 30... (27 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022609riaa> at 1 March 2009

Royalties
Digital Music News, The Late Factor: Majors Challenging Recent Royalty Determinations (27 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022609crb> at 1 March 2009

Digital Music News, Eminem Case Heads to Trial; Uncomfortable Questions Bubble... (25 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022409eminem> at 26 February 2009

ArsTechnica, SoundExchange, broadcasters reach royalty pact for streams (17 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/02/soundexchange-broadcasters-reach-royalty-pact-for-streams.ars> at 22 February 2009

Digital Music News, Another Non-Deal: Webcaster Royalty Rate Deadline Lapses... (18 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021709radio> at 21 February 2009

TechDirt, Traditional Radio Stations Agree To Webcasting Rates; Internet Only Webcasters... Not So Much (18 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090217/1803403805.shtml> at 21 February 2009

The Wall Street Journal/The Associated Press, Agreement reached on Internet music royalty rates (17 February 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/17/AR2009021701776.html> at 21 February 2009

Digital Music News, SoundExchange Floats Preliminary, Small Webcaster Deal (10 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/020909exchange> at 11 February 2009

The Register, Big labels or Google - who is the songwriters' worst enemy? (5 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/chris_castle_carnes_interview/> at 11 February 2009

Search Engines
Digital Music News, Seeqpod Situation Gets Uglier; EMI Joins the Suit... (26 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022509seeqpod> at 27 February 2009

Billboard.biz, EMI Joins Suit Against SeeqPod (25 February 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i195c363ab252f976f5cb974c94b6b3ff> at 27 February 2009

ArsTechnica, IFPI boss at TPB trial: you're either with us or against us (25 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/ifpi-boss-youre-either-with-us-or-against-us.ars> at 26 February 2009

TechDirt, EMI Continues Suing Innovators And Their Investors (25 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090224/2340153891.shtml> at 26 February 2009

Social Networking Music
CNet News, Share MP3s as tweets with Songly (28 January 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10152190-2.html?part=rss> at 4 February 2009

Sponsorship
TechDirt, Groove Armada's Business Model Experiments; Halfway There (4 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090203/0149433617.shtml> at 6 February 2009

The Register, Brand sponsors - 'The most worrying trend in music' (2 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/02/emi_brand_sponsorship_please/> at 4 February 2009

Subscription
Digital Music News, Rhapsody Subscriber Total: 775,000... (13 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021209real> at 17 February 2009

Terrestrial Radio
TechDirt, Recording Industry Lobbying Group Pushes Congress To Tax Radio Stations More (25 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090224/1511393886.shtml> at 26 February 2009

TechDirt, Congressman Buys Recording Industry Argument That Radio Is Piracy (9 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090206/1538503680.shtml> at 11 February 2009

Digital Music News, Performance Rights Act Drawing Major Reactions... (6 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/020509performance> at 8 February 2009

TechDirt, If You're Trying To Unseat An Entrenched Technology, You Need To Offer Some Significant Improvements (5 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090203/1659043631.shtml> at 8 February 2009

ArsTechnica, New radio "pay to play" bills pit RIAA against broadcasters (5 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/02/new-radio-pay-to-play-bills-pit-riaa-against-broadcasters.ars> at 6 February 2009

Digital Music News, Should They Pay? Terrestrial Royalty Debate Resurfacing... (5 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/020409bubbling> at 6 February 2009

The Pirate Bay
ZeroPaid, The Pirate Bay 'Spectrial' Day #9 - Prof Argues No Link Between File Sharing and Music Losses (26 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10031/The+Pirate+Bay+%22Spectrial%22+Day+%239+-+Prof+Argues+No+Link+Between+File-Sharing+and+Music+Losses> at 1 March 2009

ZeroPaid, The Pirate Bay 'Spectrial' Day #8 - Rec Exec Takes the Stand (25 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10029/The+Pirate+Bay+%27Spectrial%27+Day+%238+-+Record+Exec+Takes+the+Stand> at 1 March 2009

ZeroPaid, The Pirate Bay 'Spectrial' Day #7 - Prosecution Alters Charges (24 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10028/The+Pirate+Bay+%27Spectrial%27+Day+%237+-+Prosecution+Alters+Charges> at 1 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Day #5 of The Pirate Bay 'Spectrial' - Pete Sunde Takes The Stand (20 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10022/Day+%235+of+The+Pirate+Bay+%27Spectrial%27+-+Peter+Sunde+Takes+the+Stand> at 22 February 2009

ZeroPaid, Day #4 of The Pirate Bay 'Spectrial' - Accused of 'Purposeful Crime on Grand Scale' (19 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10020/Day+%234+of+The+Pirate+Bay+%27Spectrial%27+-+Accused+of+%27Purposeful+Crime+on+Grand+Scale%27> at 21 February 2009

ZeroPaid, Day #3 of The Pirate Bay Trial - Users Responsible for Uploads (18 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10015/Day+%233+of+The+Pirate+Bay+Trial+%E2%80%93+Users+Responsible+for+Uploads> at 21 February 2009

ZeroPaid, Day #2 of The Pirate Bay Trial - Half of Charges Dismissed (17February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10011/Day+%232+of+The+Pirate+Bay+Trial+-+Half+of+Charges+Dismissed> at 21 February 2009

ZeroPaid, Day #1 of The Pirate Bay 'Spectrial' in Sweden (16 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10005/Day+%231+of+The+Pirate+Bay+%27Spectrial%27+in+Sweden> at 21 February 2009

ArsTechnica, TPB trial witness: file-sharing not bad for music business (26 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/tpb-trial-witness-file-sharing-not-bad-for-music-business.ars> at 27 February 2009

WashingtonPost, Music industry takes stand in Pirate Bay case (25 February 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/25/AR2009022501380.html> at 26 February 2009

Wired, Music Executive Ridiculed at Pirate Bay Trial (25 February 2009) <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/piratebaywednes.html> at 26 February 2009

ArsTechnica, IFPI boss at TPB trial: you're either with us or against us (25 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/ifpi-boss-youre-either-with-us-or-against-us.ars> at 26 February 2009

TechDirt, Prosecutors Change Pirate Bay Charges Again; Weak Evidence Exposed (24 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090224/1303143885.shtml> at 26 February 2009

The Register, IFPI boss 'vague' on BitTorrent tech (25 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/25/pirate_bay_prosecutors_amendments/> at 26 February 2009

ArsTechnica, As charges change (again), Pirate Bay writes a book (24 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/as-charges-change-again-pirate-bay-writes-a-book.ars> at 25 February 2009

Digital Music News, Pirate Bay: 80 Percent of Content Actually Legal... (23 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022209piratebay> at 25 February 2009

ArsTechnica, Pirate Bay: survey says that 80% of our torrents are legal (20 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/pirate-bay-survey-says-that-80-of-our-torrents-are-legal.ars> at 22 February 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay Prosecutor tosses infringing charges overboard (17 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/17/pirate_bay_half_charges_dropped_report/> at 21 February 2009

Digital Music News, Pirate Bay Case Shifts Rather Quickly; Major Charges Dropped (18 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021709bay> at 21 February 2009

Digital Music News, Pirate Bay Lawsuit Sets Sail In Stockholm.. (17 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021709pirate> at 21 February 2009

TechDirt, Prosecutors Drop Half The Charges Against The Pirate Bay (17 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090217/1024233798.shtml> at 21 February 2009

Guardian, Pirate Bay triumphant as prosecution drops half of charges (17 February 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/17/pirate-bay-internet> at 21 February 2009

ArsTechnica, Labels want $13 million from Pirate Bay as trial starts (16 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/labels-want-13-million-from-pirate-bay-as-trial-starts.ars> at 17 February 2009

The Local, Pirate Bay trial starts on Monday (12 February 2009) <http://www.thelocal.se/17554/20090212/> at 17 February 2009

Digital Music News, Eircom Taking More Label Orders; Pirate Bay Getting Blocked... (25 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/022409eircom> at 26 February 2009

ZeroPaid, Irish ISP Agrees to Block BitTorent Tracker Sites (24 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10026/Irish+ISP+Agrees+to+Block+BitTorrent+Tracker+Sites> at 26 February 2009

ArsTechnica, Record industry talks Irish ISP into blocking P2P sites (23 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/02/record-industry-talks-irish-isp-into-blocking-p2p-sites.ars> at 25 February 2009

ArsTechnica, Eircom: no Pirate Bay blockade until we get a court order (24 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/eircom-no-pirate-bay-blockade-until-we-get-a-court-order.ars> at 25 February 2009

The Register, 'Automatic' music label salute (23 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/23/irma_demands_irish_isps_block_access_to_piracy_sites/> at 25 February 2009

TechDirt, Recording Industry Says Irish ISPs Shouldn't Protest If It Demands Pirate Bay Block (19 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090219/0229583833.shtml> at 21 February 2009

ArsTechnica, Norway Education Minister: there's no future in fighting P2P (24 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/norway-education-minister-theres-no-future-in-fighting-p2p.ars> at 25 February 2009

TechDirt, Norwegian Education Minister Wants To Legalize File Sharing; While IFPI Demands Norwegian Pirate Bay Block (23 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090223/0150053862.shtml> at 25 February 2009

Billboard.biz, Danish ISPs Await Pirate Bay Appeal Decision (13 February 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i2caa28b320f868d525f15f6b680fc656> at 21 February 2009

ZeroPaid, Danish ISPs Challenge Court Order to Block the Pirate Bay (9 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9997/Danish+ISPs+Challenge+Court+Order+to+Block+The+Pirate+Bay> at 11 February 2009

TorrentSpy
ZeroPaid, TorrentSpy Appeals $110 Million Judgment Won by MPAA (5 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9993/TorrentSpy+Appeals+%24110+Million+Judgment+Won+by+MPAA> at 8 February 2009

Traffic Shaping/Network Neutrality
ArsTechnica, Norway gets net neutrality—voluntary, but broadly supported (25 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/norway-gets-voluntary-net-neutrality.ars> at 26 February 2009

ArsTechnica, Panel: what does broadband policy mean for musicians? (12 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/panel-what-does-broadband-policy-mean-for-artists.ars> at 17 February 2009

The Register, US bandwidth gets new caps (6 February 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/charter_and_time_warner_bandwidth_caps/> at 11 February 2009

ZeroPaid, Charter to Have Data Caps Beginning Next Week (6 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9994/Charter+to+Have+Data+Caps+Beginning+Next+Week> at 8 February 2009

ZeroPaid, Vuze Calls for FCC Scrutiny of Cox P2p Throttling Plan (3 February 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9986/Vuze+Calls+for+FCC+Scrutiny+of+Cox+P2P+Throttling+Plan> at 6 February

ArsTechnica, Vuze calls for FCC probe of Cox Cable traffic management (3 February 2009) http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/02/vuze-calls-for-fcc-probe-of-cox-cable-traffic-management.ars> at 4 February 2009

TechDirt, UK Government Report Says Net Neutrality Threatens Innovation (3 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090129/0735373570.shtml> at 6 February 2009

Webcasting
ArsTechnica, SoundExchange, broadcasters reach royalty pact for streams (17 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/02/soundexchange-broadcasters-reach-royalty-pact-for-streams.ars> at 22 February 2009

ArsTechnica, Webcasters: still (!) no deal on streaming royalties (19 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/02/webcasters-left-out-in-cold-over-streaming-royalties.ars> at 22 February 2009

Digital Music News, But Wait: SoundExchange Forges Separate, NAB Agreement... (18 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021709nab> at 21 February 2009

Digital Music News, Another Non-Deal: Webcaster Royalty Rate Deadline Lapses... (18 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021709radio> at 21 February 2009

TechDirt, Traditional Radio Stations Agree To Webcasting Rates; Internet Only Webcasters... Not So Much (18 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090217/1803403805.shtml> at 21 February 2009

The Wall Street Journal/The Associated Press, Agreement reached on Internet music royalty rates (17 February 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/17/AR2009021701776.html> at 21 February 2009

Digital Music News, About That Small Webcaster Proposal You Sent... (11 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021009webcaster> at 13 February 2009

Digital Music News, SoundExchange Floats Preliminary, Small Webcaster Deal (10 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/020909exchange> at 11 February 2009

Weblogs
LA Weekly, Google's New Killer App? Why Are Music Bloggers' Posts Disappearing, and Who Is Deleting Them? (4 February 2009) <http://www.laweekly.com/2009-02-05/music/google-39-s-new-killer-app-why-are-music-bloggers-39-posts-disappearing-and-who-is-deleting-them/all> at 25 February 2009

TechDirt, Google Accused Of Invisibly Deleting Blog Posts On The RIAA's Say-So (6 February 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090206/1237213675.shtml> at 8 February 2009

YouTube
Digital Music News, MySpace Music v. YouTube: Who Really Drives More Impressions... (18 February 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/021709myspace> at 21 February 2009

EFF Deeplinks, YouTube's January Fair Use Massacre (3 February 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/youtubes-january-fair-use-massacre> at 8 February 2009