One Step Forward Three Steps Back

Ad Supported Music
The Register, Google launches free (legal) music service in China (30 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/30/google_formally_launches_music_service_china/> at 31 March 2009

TechDirt, So Only When Piracy Gets Really Bad Will Record Labels Change Their Act? (30 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090330/1001534306.shtml> at 31 March 2009

Digital Music News, SpiralFrog DRM music to play 60 days, then vanish (20 March 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10201355-93.html> at 25 March 2009

TechDirt, Ashes Still Smoldering... Spiralfrog Story Still Emerging (23 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032209spiralfrog> at 25 March 2009

CNet News, Requiem for a frog: SpiralFrog shuts down (19 March 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10200722-93.html> at 22 March 2009

Digital Music News, Spiralfrog Sunk: Site Goes Dark, Scant Assets Remain... (20 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031809spiralfrog> at 22 March 2009

TechDirt, Yet Another 'Savior For The Music Industry' Shuts Down (20 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090320/0113114193.shtml> at 22 March 2009

Digital Music News, Bad Cloud Continues to Surround Spiralfrog... (18 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031709spiralfrog> at 19 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Labels: whatever the future of music is, it isn't "free" (13 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/can-labels-still-sell-recorded-music.ars> at 16 March 2009

Artists
Digital Music News, D.I.Y. & the Death of the Rock Star... (30 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032909diy> at 31 March 2009

The Huffington Post, On My Mind: The State of the Music Business (22 March 2009)<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-mellencamp/on-my-mind-the-state-of-t_b_177836.html> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, John Mellencamp: Back In The Good Old Days... (24 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090323/2137204220.shtml> at 29 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Canadian Music Industry: ‘Copyright Laws are So Out of Date’ (19 March 2009) <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zeropaid/~3/aXbkOGIKdFw/> at 29 March 2009

The Star, Songwriters rewrite bid for legalized file sharing (23 March 2009) <http://www.thestar.com/article/606488> at
25 March 2009

ZeroPaid, UK Music Artists Denounce Prosecuting File Sharers (18 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10057/UK+Music+Artists+Denounce+Prosecuting+File-Sharers> at 20 March 2009

The Independent, It's not a crime to download, say musicians (12 March 2009) <http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/its-not-a-crime-to-download-say-musicians-1643217.html> at 14 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Bono Blasts File Sharers (16 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10054/Bono+Blasts+File-Sharers> at 18 March 2009

The Register, Hits out at music industry bigwigs (12 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/12/featured_artists_coalition_not_crime_to_download/> at 14 March 2009

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

BitTorrent
ArsTechnica, The Pirate Bay to roll out secure €5 per month VPN service (26 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/03/the-pirate-bay-to-roll-out-secure-vpn-service.ars> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, Austalian ISP Stands Up For Users In Court -- Claims They're Not Violating Copyright (26 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090325/1836414257.shtml> at 29 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Canadian Music Industry: 'Copyright Laws are So Out Of Date' (18 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10058/Canadian+Music+Industry%3A+%27Copyright+Laws+are+So+Out+of+Date%27> at 20 March 2009

Slyck, BREIN Plans to Move against NZB Sites (14 March 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1840_BREIN_Plans_to_Move_against_NZB_Sites> at 16 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Torrent search engine Mininova earning €1 million a year (11 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/torrent-search-engine-mininova-earning-1-million-a-year.ars> at 16 March 2009

NRK Beta, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation sets up its own bittorrent tracker (8 March 2009) <http://nrkbeta.no/norwegian-broadcasting-corporation-sets-up-its-own-bittorrent-tracker/> at 10 March 2009

Blanket/Collective Licensing
ArsTechnica, Canadian artists' new/old plan: $5 to share music legally (24 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/canadian-songwriters-plan-5-to-share-music-legally.ars> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, Jim Griffin Explains Choruss; We're Still Left Wondering Why It's Needed (25 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090324/1439024238.shtml> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, Dear Jim Griffin: Let's Have An Open Discussion About Choruss (19 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090319/1003034179.shtml> at 20 March 2009

TechDirt, Choruss' Music Tax Plan: Bait-And-Switch (18 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090318/0304264167.shtml> at 20 March 2009

EFF Deeplinks, Additional Details on Choruss, Collective Licensing on Campus (5 March 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/additional-details-choruss-collective-licensing-ca> at 14 March 2009

The Star, Songwriters rewrite bid for legalized file sharing (23 March 2009) <http://www.thestar.com/article/606488> at
25 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Canada Survey: File-Sharing the 'New Normal' (20 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10059/Canada+Survey%3A+File-Sharing+the+%27New+Normal%27> at 22 March 2009

TechDirt, Surprise, Surprise: Canadians Aren't Interested In ISP Levies (19 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090313/0115054106.shtml> at 20 March 2009

CBS News, Rogers, Shaw argue against ISP levy (10 March 2009) <http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/10/rogers-crtc.html> at 12 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Bono Blasts File Sharers (16 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10054/Bono+Blasts+File-Sharers> at 18 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Labels: whatever the future of music is, it isn't "free" (13 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/can-labels-still-sell-recorded-music.ars> at 16 March 2009

CD Sales
TechDirt, Oh Gosh: How Dare People Want To Listen To Music (24 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090324/0804574229.shtml> at 29 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Report: 17 million people stopped buying CDs in 2008 (18 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/report-yep-cd-sales-keep-falling-but-new-trends-may-help.ars> at 23 March 2009

Slyck, 17 Million Fewer CD Buyers in 2008 (17 March 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1842_17_Million_Fewer_CD_Buyers_in_2008> at 23 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Labels: whatever the future of music is, it isn't "free" (13 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/can-labels-still-sell-recorded-music.ars> at 16 March 2009

ARIA, ARIA releases 2008 wholesale sales figures (11 March 2009) <http://www.aria.com.au/2008SalesFigures.htm> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, Australian Recording Sales Keep Deteriorating... (12 March 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031109australia> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, Album Sales Keep Tracking Downward; Dip Approaches 12%... (5 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030409sales> at 6 March 2009

CD Sales
Digital Music News, No Doubt Ticketing: Lessons Learned from Reznor, Springsteen... (26 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032509nodoubt> at 29 March 2009

Digital Music News, Reselling Controversy Simmers on Jackson Dates... (18 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031709jackson> at 19 March 2009

Digital Music News, Reznor Discusses Dirty Details of Secondary Ticketing... (17 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031509tickets> at 18 March 2009

TechDirt, Live Concerts Can't Support The Existing Recording Industry... But Did Anyone Ever Say They Would? (23 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090315/1951474124.shtml> at 25 March 2009

Contract Law
TechDirt, Google 'Requests' That We Not Copy Works That Are Already In The Public Domain (17 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090315/1648464119.shtml> at 18 March 2009

Copyright Law EU
Digital Music News, European Lawmakers Continue to Question Three-Strikes... (30 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032909europe> at 31 March 2009

TechDirt, European Parliament Still Debating Three Strikes Laws (27 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090326/1823044270.shtml> at 29 March 2009

Copyright Law Other Countries
TechDirt, EU Rejects Copyright Extension... For Now (30 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090328/1446094291.shtml> at 31 March 2009

Billboard.biz, U.K. Biz 'Disappointed' At EU Term Extension Rejection (27 March 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ie96e4a3e8c042db2656e93200128bb91> at 31 March 2009

TechDirt, Is The UK Turning The Policing Of File-Sharing Over To The Copyright Cartel? (19 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090317/1228084154.shtml> at 20 March 2009

Digital Music News, British Legislators Ponder Digital Rights Agency... (16 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031509agenc> at 18 March 2009

ZeroPaid, UK Govt Asks for Input on Proposed Copyright Agency (16 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10052/UK+Govt+Asks+for+Input+on+Proposed+Copyright+Agency> at 18 March 2009

TechDirt, UK Academics Warn Copyright Extension Supporters Not To Fall Back Into The Evidence-Free Zone (9 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090303/1937513976.shtml> at 12 March 2009

Guardian.co.uk, Government outlines digital rights agency proposal (13 March 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/13/uk-government-outlines-digital-rights-agency> at 18 March 2009

ZeroPaid, UK Wants Global Anti-File Sharing Plan (2 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10036/UK+Wants+Global+Anti-File-Sharing+Plan> at 6 March 2009

TechDirt, UK Says No Copyright Exception For Mashups (6 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090303/2345353980.shtml> at 8 March 2009

The Register, UK opposes copyright exemptions for mashups (3 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/03/mashup_copyright/> at 6 March 2009

Japan Today, Japan may adopt so-called 'fair use' in secondary use of copyrighted work (26 March 2009) <http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/japan-may-adopt-so-called-fair-use-in-secondary-use-of-copyrighted-work> at 29 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Canadian Music Industry: ‘Copyright Laws are So Out of Date’ (19 March 2009) <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zeropaid/~3/aXbkOGIKdFw/> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, Austalian ISP Stands Up For Users In Court -- Claims They're Not Violating Copyright (26 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090325/1836414257.shtml> at 29 March 2009

The Age, iiNet faces the music in landmark case (25 March 2009) <http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/biztech/iinet-faces-the-music-in-landmark-case/2009/03/25/1237656984092.html> at 26 March 2009

The Star, Songwriters rewrite bid for legalized file sharing (23 March 2009) <http://www.thestar.com/article/606488> at
25 March 2009

BBC News, File sharing agency up for debate (16 March 2009) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7945754.stm> at 23 March 2009

ISP Review, Bandwidth and Service Limits Proposed to Curb Illegal Downloads (15 March 2009) <http://www.ispreview.co.uk/news/EkFZEpAAklKwISRGAs.html> at 23 March 2009

The Local, Swedes say no to copyright law: poll (17 March 2009) <http://www.thelocal.se/18260/20090317/> at 19 March 2009

CBS News, Rogers, Shaw argue against ISP levy (10 March 2009) <http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/10/rogers-crtc.html> at 12 March 2009

TechDirt, Who Says Remixing Isn't Creative Or New? (5 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090304/1710523995.shtml> at 6 March 2009

Copyright Law USA
TechDirt, Who Says Remixing Isn't Creative Or New? (5 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090304/1710523995.shtml> at 6 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Music industry: licensing is a problem, but how to fix it? (1 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/musics-copyright-battle-made-worse-by-the-fear-of-change.ars> at 6 March 2009

TechDirt, Time To Scrap All Music Industry Licensing Schemes (2 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090302/0200473945.shtml> at 6 March 2009

Copyright Term
TechDirt, EU Rejects Copyright Extension... For Now (30 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090328/1446094291.shtml> at 31 March 2009

Billboard.biz, U.K. Biz 'Disappointed' At EU Term Extension Rejection (27 March 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ie96e4a3e8c042db2656e93200128bb91> at 31 March 2009

TechDirt, Debating Copyright Extension In The UK (26 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090324/0042034224.shtml> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, UK Academics Warn Copyright Extension Supporters Not To Fall Back Into The Evidence-Free Zone (9 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090303/1937513976.shtml> at 12 March 2009

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

Creative Commons
ArsTechnica, Want to waive copyright? Creative Commons has a tool for you (27 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/02/want-to-waive-copyright-creative-commons-has-a-tool-for-you.ars> at 6 March 2009

Digital Music News, Just Background Noise? Jamendo Offers Cheaper Alternative (2 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030109background> at 6 March 2009

Culture/Remixing
TechDirt, Remixing Is Creating And Original -- It's Not Just Derivative Copying (27 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090327/1611474282.shtml> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, UK Says No Copyright Exception For Mashups (6 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090303/2345353980.shtml> at 8 March 2009

TechDirt, Who Says Remixing Isn't Creative Or New? (5 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090304/1710523995.shtml> at 6 March 2009

The Register, UK opposes copyright exemptions for mashups (3 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/03/mashup_copyright/> at 6 March 2009

Damages
ArsTechnica, DoJ supports RIAA in Sony v. Tenenbaum three-ring circus (23 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/obama-admin-nothing-wrong-with-statutory-damages.ars> at 29 March 2009

CNet News, Obama administration sides with RIAA in P2P suit (23 March 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10201831-38.html> at 25 March 2009

ZeroPaid, File Sharing, Damages And The Constitution... (19 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090318/0355054170.shtml> at 20 March 2009

Digital Sales
TechDirt, Oh Gosh: How Dare People Want To Listen To Music (24 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090324/0804574229.shtml> at 29 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Report: 17 million people stopped buying CDs in 2008 (18 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/report-yep-cd-sales-keep-falling-but-new-trends-may-help.ars> at 23 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Labels: whatever the future of music is, it isn't "free" (13 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/can-labels-still-sell-recorded-music.ars> at 16 March 2009

ARIA, ARIA releases 2008 wholesale sales figures (11 March 2009) <http://www.aria.com.au/2008SalesFigures.htm> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, Australian Recording Sales Keep Deteriorating... (12 March 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031109australia> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, Album Sales Keep Tracking Downward; Dip Approaches 12%... (5 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030409sales> at 6 March 2009

Digital Sales
ArsTechnica, Report: 17 million people stopped buying CDs in 2008 (18 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/report-yep-cd-sales-keep-falling-but-new-trends-may-help.ars> at 23 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Labels: whatever the future of music is, it isn't "free" (13 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/can-labels-still-sell-recorded-music.ars> at 16 March 2009

DMCA
TechDirt, A Closer Look At How The Takedown Process Is Widely Abused (24 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090321/1321414205.shtml> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, Google Provides Numbers On Just How Often DMCA Takedown Process Is Abused (18 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090315/2033134126.shtml> at 20 March 2009

ArsTechncia, Google's DMCA takedowns leaving Blogger users high and dry (8 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/kafka-in-bloggerland-the-mysterious-world-of-the-dmca.ars> at 16 March 2009

DRM
ArsTechnica, FTC: We'll "come calling" about deceptive DRM (25 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/ftc-well-come-calling-about-deceptive-drm.ars> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, Sleight Of Hand: If We Don't Call It DRM, We Can Pretend That DRM Is Gone (27 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090327/1150494278.shtml> at 29 March 2009

Digital Music News, SpiralFrog DRM music to play 60 days, then vanish (20 March 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10201355-93.html> at 25 March 2009

CNet News, Requiem for a frog: SpiralFrog shuts down (19 March 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10200722-93.html> at 22 March 2009

ArsTechnica, French anti-P2P law toughest in the world (10 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/french-anti-p2p-law-toughest-in-the-world.ars> at 16 March 2009

ArsTechncia, Vodafone Music goes DRM-free, throws in free upgrades (11 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/vodafone-music-goes-drm-free-throws-in-free-upgrades.ars> at 16 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Labels: whatever the future of music is, it isn't "free" (13 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/can-labels-still-sell-recorded-music.ars> at 16 March 2009

The Register, Vodafone Music drops the protection (12 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/12/vodafone_drm_free/> at 14 March 2009

The WashingtonPost/Reuters, Vodafone to offer restriction-free music service (11 March 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/11/AR2009031101658.html> at 14 March 2009

Digital Music News, Is It Plausible? Nokia Hints at DRM-Free Comes With Music... (9 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030809nokia> at 10 March 2009

Economics
TechDirt, Music Industry Folks Worried About iTunes Variable Pricing (26 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090326/1127144263.shtml> at 29 March 2009

Wired, eMusic Says Data Supports Long Tail Theory (15 January 2009) <http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/01/emusic-data-sup.html> at 10 March 2009

TechDirt, Those Who Don't Understand The Value Of Free Information Are Doomed To Fail (5 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090304/0051483982.shtml> at 6 March 2009

eMusic
Wired, eMusic Says Data Supports Long Tail Theory (15 January 2009) <http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/01/emusic-data-sup.html> at 10 March 2009

Facebook
Slyck, The Pirate Bay Introduces Facebook App (30 March 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1845_The_Pirate_Bay_Introduces_Facebook_App> at 31 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Pirate Bay Adds "Share on Facebook" Feature (30 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85912/pirate-bay-adds-share-on-facebook-feature/> at 31 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Facebook does right thing, listens to disgruntled feedback (25 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/03/facebook-does-right-thing-listens-to-disgruntled-feedback.ars> at 29 March 2009

Digital Music News, Evolution, Iteration Rules at MySpace Music... (17 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031609myspace> at 18 March 2009

Failure to Adapt
ArsTechnica, "Lancing the f***ing boil": how digital killed Big Music (24 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/reviews/2009/03/lancing-the-fing-boil-inside-the-major-labels-slump.ars> at 29 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Bono Blasts File Sharers (16 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10054/Bono+Blasts+File-Sharers> at 18 March 2009

TechDirt, There Is No New Business Model For Music? (12 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090311/0410024072.shtml> at 14 March 2009

TechDirt, Blame Game Continues: Now It's Online Streaming That's Killing Music (9 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090309/0425194040.shtml> at 12 March 2009

TechDirt, What The RIAA Efforts Have Really Been About: Controlling Channels (3 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090301/1512023936.shtml> at 6 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

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

Fair Use/Fair Dealing
Japan Today, Japan may adopt so-called 'fair use' in secondary use of copyrighted work (26 March 2009) <http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/japan-may-adopt-so-called-fair-use-in-secondary-use-of-copyrighted-work> at 29 March 2009

EFF Deeplinks, The Fair Use Massacre Continues: Now Warner’s Going After the Babies (15 March 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/fair-use-massacre-continues-now-warner-s-going-aft> at 20 March 2009

File Sharing
TechDirt, What The RIAA Efforts Have Really Been About: Controlling Channels (3 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090301/1512023936.shtml> at 6 March 2009

TechDirt, A Tale Of Two Studies On File Sharing... (4 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090304/0025383981.shtml> at 6 March 2009

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, iiNet Quits Aussie Filtering Trial (24 March 2009) <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zeropaid/~3/GOu18Thgjhg/> at 29 March 2009

The Australian, ISP pulls out of internet filter trial (24 March 2009) <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25230591-15306,00.html> at 26 March 2009

SiliconValley/Associated Press, Australian Internet blacklist prompts concern (20 March 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_11958495?nclick_check=1> at 25 March 2009

The Register, Can't reconcile with corp responsibility (23 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/23/aussie_isp_out_trial/> at 25 March 2009

ArsTechnica, This is the way the Internet ends: not with a bang, but DPI (20 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/does-deep-packet-inspection-mean.ars> at 23 March 2009

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

Graduated Response Other Countries
Digital Music News, European Lawmakers Continue to Question Three-Strikes... (30 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032909europe> at 31 March 2009

TechDirt, European Parliament Still Debating Three Strikes Laws (27 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090326/1823044270.shtml> at 29 March 2009

ZeroPaid, South Korea to Become 1st Country with "Three Strikes" for File Sharers? (29 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85895/south-korea-to-become-1st-country-with-three-strikes-for-file-sharers/> at 30 March 2009

Slyck, Britons Find Disconnecting Pirates Unpopular Option (18 March 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1843_Britons_Find_Disconnecting_Pirates_Unpopular_Option> at 29 March 2009

ZeroPaid, UK SURVEY: 20% Want ISPs to Fight P2p (18 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10056/UK+SURVEY%3A+20%25+Want+ISPs+to+Fight+P2P> at 20 March 2009

ArsTechnica, "3 strikes" strikes out in NZ as government yanks law (23 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/3-strikes-strikes-out-in-nz-as-government-yanks-law.ars> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, New Zealand Dumps 3 Strikes Plan... For Now (24 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090323/1311354215.shtml> at 29 March 2009

ZeroPaid, New Zealand Scraps “Three-Strikes” Law - For Now (25 March 2009) <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zeropaid/~3/omF46abE95Y/> at 29 March 2009

Digital Music News, New Zealand ISP Just Says No... (13 March 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031209nz> at 14 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Key Kiwi ISP looking to block NZ P2P disconnection law (11 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/key-kiwi-isp-looking-to-block-nz-p2p-disconnection-law.ars> at 16 March 2009

The Register, Kiwis scrap 'three strikes' P2P policy (24 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/24/new_zealand_delays_three_strikes_policy/> at 26 March 2009

Digital Music News, Three Strikes Gets Struck In New Zealand... (23 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032909nz> at 25 March 2009

TorrentFreak, Kiwi ISP Already Disconnecting Alleged Pirates (18 March 2009) <http://torrentfreak.com/kiwi-isp-already-disconnecting-alleged-pirates-090318/> at 23 March 2009

The New Zealand Herald, Campbell Smith: Anti-piracy law a reasonable way to protect artists' rights (9 March 2009) <http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10560605&ref=rss> at 16 March 2009

Stuff.co.nz, TelstraClear rejects copyright code (11 March 2009) <http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2252415/TelstraClear-rejects-copyright-code> at 12 March 2009

TechDirt, French Lawmakers Trying To Regulate File Sharing Don't Know Much About It (23 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090322/2137004209.shtml> at 25 March 2009

ArsTechnica, French anti-P2P law toughest in the world (10 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/french-anti-p2p-law-toughest-in-the-world.ars> at 16 March 2009

ZeroPaid, French ISPs: 'Three-Strikes' will cost us $40 mill Annually (10 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10047/French+ISPs%3A+%27Three-Strikes%27+will+Cost+Us+%2440mill+Annually> at 12 March 2009

TechDirt, French Telcos Point Out How Costly It Is If Sarkozy Forces Them To Be Copyright Cops (5 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090303/1256503970.shtml> at 6 March 2009

The Telecom, ISPs not responsible for filesharing (18 March 2009) <http://www.thetelecom.co.uk/20090318/music-industry-should-leave-isps-alone-over-filesharing/> at 23 March 2009

Billboard.biz, Irish ISPs Reject Labels' 'Three Strikes' Demand (19 March 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3icd8ec261b0f1e7f730729c488530e3ba> at 20 March 2009

Digital Music News, Irish ISPs Battle Back Against Three-Strikes... (19 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031809irish> at 20 March 2009

EFF Deeplinks, Irish Blackout: Why Irish ISPs Should Stand with Their Customers (4 March 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/irish-blackout> at 14 March 2009

The Register, Irish ISPs rally against record label anti-piracy threat (17 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/17/irish_isps_rally_against_irma_threats/> at 18 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Blackout Ireland rallies support against P2P disconnections (5 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/blackout-ireland-rallies-support-against-p2p-disconnections.ars> at 6 March 2009

TechDirt, Irish ISPs Point Out They're Under No Obligation To Follow Three Strikes Policy (17 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090315/2011434125.shtml> at 18 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Google: Internet disconnection a "disproportionate" penalty (17 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/google-cutting-internet-access-for-p2p-abuse-disproportionate.ars> at 23 March 20

Digital Music News, Google Suddenly Steps Into Three-Strikes Debate... (17 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031609googlenz> at 18 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Darknets and the future of P2P investigators (5 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/the-new-version-of-p2p.ars> at 16 March 2009

TechDirt, South Korea The Latest To Introduce Three Strikes Plan (11 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090311/0213404068.shtml> at 12 March 2009

Graduated Response USA
The Register, AT&T to warn online music rustlers (27 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/27/riaa_and_att/> at 30 March 2009

ArsTechnica, AT&T tests RIAA P2P program, but refuses to sanction users (25 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/att-joins-riaa-program-but-refuses-to-sanction-users.ars> at 29 March 2009

CNet News, Comcast, Cox cooperating with RIAA in antipiracy campaign (25 March 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10204047-93.html> at 29 March 2009

CNet News, AT&T exec: ISP will never terminate service on RIAA's word (25 March 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10204514-93.html> at 29 March 2009

Digital Music News, But Wait: Cox Suspending 'Tiny Fraction' of Users... (27 March 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032609cox> at 29 March 2009

Digital Music News, Comcast Responds: No Three-Strikes, 'Nothing Has Changed'... (27 March 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032609comcast> at 29 March 2009

Digital Music News, RIAA Responds: We're Making Important Progress... (26 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032509riaa> at 29 March 2009

Digital Music News, AT&T Clarifies: No Takedowns, No Three-Strikes... (26 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032509att> at 29 March 2009

ZeroPaid, AT&T Begins Helping RIAA Fight P2P (26 March 2009) < http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85886/att-begins-helping-riaa-fight-p2p/> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, ISPs Testing RIAA's 3 Strikes Program (25 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090325/0933064249.shtml> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, AT&T And Comcast's Non-Denial Denial Of Three Strikes (26 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090326/1309454265.shtml> at 29 March 2009

CNet News, AT&T first to test RIAA antipiracy plan (24 March 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10203799-93.html> at 26 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Darknets and the future of P2P investigators (5 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/the-new-version-of-p2p.ars> at 16 March 2009

Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
ZeroPaid, UK Music Artists Denounce Prosecuting File Sharers (18 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10057/UK+Music+Artists+Denounce+Prosecuting+File-Sharers> at 20 March 2009

The Register, Pensioner gets apology over S&M smut filesharing threat (13 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/13/davenport_lyons_apology/print.html> at 16 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Darknets and the future of P2P investigators (5 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/the-new-version-of-p2p.ars> at 16 March 2009

The Register, Hits out at music industry bigwigs (12 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/12/featured_artists_coalition_not_crime_to_download/> at 14 March 2009

The Independent, It's not a crime to download, say musicians (12 March 2009) <http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/its-not-a-crime-to-download-say-musicians-1643217.html> at 14 March 2009

Individual Lawsuits USA
ArsTechnica, DoJ supports RIAA in Sony v. Tenenbaum three-ring circus (23 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/obama-admin-nothing-wrong-with-statutory-damages.ars> at 29 March 2009

Digital Music News, Department of Justice Jumps Into Harvard v. RIAA... (23 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032309obama> at 25 March 2009

TechDirt, DOJ Sides With RIAA In Tenebaum Case (23 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090322/2117324206.shtml> at 25 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Harvard prof apologizes to judge, RIAA lawyers (18 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/harvard-prof-apologizes-to-judge-riaa-lawyers.ars> at 23 March 2009

ArsTechnica, P2P judge smacks down "frivolous" motions from Harvard prof (10 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/p2p-judge-blasts-frivolous-motions-from-harvard-prof.ars> at 16 March 2009

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

ZeroPaid, File Sharing, Damages And The Constitution... (19 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090318/0355054170.shtml> at 20 March 2009

The Register, Bush Obama sides with RIAA in P2P fight (24 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/24/doj_supports_riaa/> at 25 March 2009

CNet News, Obama administration sides with RIAA in P2P suit (23 March 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10201831-38.html> at 25 March 2009

ArsTechnica, "I thought it was a scam": NH woman sued by RIAA (16 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/i-thought-it-was-a-scam-nh-woman-sued-by-riaa.ars> at 23 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Jammie Thomas, RIAA told to settle; no retrial coming? (3 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/jammie-thomas-riaa-told-to-settle-no-retrial-coming.ars> at 16 March 2009

Wired, Jammie Thomas Retrial Hangs in Balance (9 March 2009) <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/03/jammie-thomas-r.html> at 16 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Darknets and the future of P2P investigators (5 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/the-new-version-of-p2p.ars> at 16 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Hypocrisy or necessity? RIAA continues filing lawsuits (9 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/hypocrisy-or-necessity-riaa-continues-filing-lawsuits.ars> at 16 March 2009

ZeroPaid, RIAA Still Suing File-Sharers (6 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10044/RIAA+STILL+Suing+File-Sharers> at 8 March 2009

TechDirt, Oh Look... RIAA Still Filing Lawsuits... (6 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090305/2316484014.shtml> at 8 March 2009

ArsTechnica, MediaSentry weighed in the balance, found wanting (5 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/mediasentry-weighed-in-the-balance-found-wanting.ars> at 6 March 2009

International Copyright Issues
TechDirt, US Trade Rep Promises To Review Transparency Policies (23 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090322/2352344210.shtml> at 25 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Obama administration won't release secret ACTA docs either (13 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/were-not-releasing-acta-docs-says-us-again.ars> at 23 March 2009

TechDirt, Obama Administration Claims Copyright Treaty Involves State Secrets?!? (13 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090313/1456154113.shtml> at 14 March 2009

CNet News, Copyright treaty is classified for 'national security' (12 March 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10195547-38.html> at 14 March 2009

BoingBoing, Partial list of corporate lickspittles who are allowed to know what's in the secret copyright treaty the Obama administration claims is a matter of "national security" (14 March 2009) <http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/14/partial-list-of-corp.html> at 22 March 2009

ZeroPaid, UK Wants Global Anti-File Sharing Plan (2 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10036/UK+Wants+Global+Anti-File-Sharing+Plan> at 6 March 2009

ISO Hunt
Billboard.biz, Judge Rules Against P2P IsoHunt (12 March 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i25f8fdbe2f089f96d55a8a832a4ec484> at 14 March 2009

ISP Liability
TechDirt, Austalian ISP Stands Up For Users In Court -- Claims They're Not Violating Copyright (26 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090325/1836414257.shtml> at 29 March 2009

Digital Music News, The Battle Over ISPs: Telenor Says No; Squeeze Continues In Ireland... (4 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030309isps> at 6 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Norwegian ISP Refuses to Block The Pirate Bay (3 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10038/Norwegian+ISP+Refuses+to+Block+The+Pirate+Bay> at 6 March 2009

Reuters India, Telenor refuses to block Pirate Bay access (2 March 2009) <http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-38291820090302> at 6 March 2009

iTunes
Digital Music News, On the High Side: iTunes Store Likely to Skew Towards $1.29... (30 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032709itunes129> at 31 March 2009

Digital Music News, Get Ready... $1.29 iTunes Store Downloads Ahead (26 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032509itunes> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, Music Industry Folks Worried About iTunes Variable Pricing (26 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090326/1127144263.shtml> at 29 March 2009

Digital Music News, iTunes Pass Busted: Depeche Mode Album Now Leaking... (30 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032709depeche> at 31 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

ArsTechnica, Report: 17 million people stopped buying CDs in 2008 (18 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/report-yep-cd-sales-keep-falling-but-new-trends-may-help.ars> at 23 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Labels: whatever the future of music is, it isn't "free" (13 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/can-labels-still-sell-recorded-music.ars> at 16 March 2009

Labels Revenue
TechDirt, There May Be Hope For The Recording Industry, Yet (24 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090324/0834284231.shtml> at 29 March 2009

TechDirt, Oh Gosh: How Dare People Want To Listen To Music (24 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090324/0804574229.shtml> at 29 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Report: 17 million people stopped buying CDs in 2008 (18 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/report-yep-cd-sales-keep-falling-but-new-trends-may-help.ars> at 23 March 2009

ARIA, ARIA releases 2008 wholesale sales figures (11 March 2009) <http://www.aria.com.au/2008SalesFigures.htm> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, Australian Recording Sales Keep Deteriorating... (12 March 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031109australia> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, Album Sales Keep Tracking Downward; Dip Approaches 12%... (5 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030409sales> at 6 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, 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

Leaks
Digital Music News, iTunes Pass Busted: Depeche Mode Album Now Leaking... (30 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032709depeche> at 31 March 2009

EFF Deeplinks, DOJ Seeks Jail Time for Music Sharing (17 March 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/doj-seeks-jail-time-music-sharing> at 22 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Feds want 6mos for Man Who Uploaded Chinese Democracy (16 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10053/Feds+Want+6mos+for+Man+Who+Uploaded+%27Chinese+Democracy%27> at 18 March 2009

Digital Music News, Guns N' Roses Leaker Faces Multi-Month Jail Term... (17 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031609cogill> at 18 March 2009

The Register, Guns N' Roses blogger faces music prison (16 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/16/kevin_cogill_guns_n_roses/> at 18 March 2009

TchDirt, Feds Ask For Jailtime For GNR File Sharer (16 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090315/2152094127.shtml> at 18 March 2009

Wired, Feds Demand Prison for Guns N' Roses Uploader (13 March 2009) <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/03/feds-demand-6-m.html> at 16 March 2009

Digital Music News, U2 First-Week Album Sales: 484,000... (12 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031109u2> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, Why Is U2 Projecting So Low? The Dirty Data Details... (5 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030409u22> at 6 March 2009

Digital Music News, U2 Week One: Early Indicators Suggest Sluggish Sales... (3 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030309u2> at 6 March 2009

Legitimate Uses
ZeroPaid, Record Label Joins Forces with Mininova to Distribute, Sell Music (30 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85902/record-label-joins-forces-with-mininova-to-distribute-sell-music/> at 31 March 2009

NRK Beta, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation sets up its own bittorrent tracker (8 March 2009) <http://nrkbeta.no/norwegian-broadcasting-corporation-sets-up-its-own-bittorrent-tracker/> at 10 March 2009

Levies
ZeroPaid, Canada Survey: File-Sharing the 'New Normal' (20 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10059/Canada+Survey%3A+File-Sharing+the+%27New+Normal%27> at 22 March 2009

TechDirt, Surprise, Surprise: Canadians Aren't Interested In ISP Levies (19 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090313/0115054106.shtml> at 20 March 2009

CBS News, Rogers, Shaw argue against ISP levy (10 March 2009) <http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/10/rogers-crtc.html> at 12 March 2009

Limewire
ArsTechnica, Darknets and the future of P2P investigators (5 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/the-new-version-of-p2p.ars> at 16 March 2009

Digital Music News, Who's Afraid of the LimeWire Darknet? (10 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031009limewire> at 12 March 2009

Lobby Groups
The Register, Hits out at music industry bigwigs (12 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/12/featured_artists_coalition_not_crime_to_download/> at 14 March 2009

The Independent, It's not a crime to download, say musicians (12 March 2009) <http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/its-not-a-crime-to-download-say-musicians-1643217.html> at 14 March 2009

Musicians Politics
Federation Square, Earth Hour Concert (March 2009) <http://www.federationsquare.com/index.cfm?pageID=19&viewDate=2009-3-1&eventID=1473> at 29 March 2009

The Age, Lights go out for Earth Hour (28 March 2009) <http://www.theage.com.au/environment/earth-hour/lights-go-out-for-earth-hour-20090328-9esl.html> at 29 March 2009

MySpace
TechDirt, Musician Called A Copyright Violator On MySpace For Uploading Her Own Music (25 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090324/2059174244.shtml> at 29 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Report: 17 million people stopped buying CDs in 2008 (18 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/report-yep-cd-sales-keep-falling-but-new-trends-may-help.ars> at 23 March 2009

Digital Music News, Evolution, Iteration Rules at MySpace Music... (17 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031609myspace> at 18 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Labels: whatever the future of music is, it isn't "free" (13 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/can-labels-still-sell-recorded-music.ars> at 16 March 2009

Network Neutrality
ArsTechnica, This is the way the Internet ends: not with a bang, but DPI (20 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/does-deep-packet-inspection-mean.ars> at 23 March 2009

TechDirt, Are Industry Best Practices Enough To Protect Net Neutrality? (6 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090228/1530343930.shtml> at 8 March 2009

New Business Models
Digital Music News, D.I.Y. & the Death of the Rock Star... (30 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032909diy> at 31 March 2009

TechDirt, Live Concerts Can't Support The Existing Recording Industry... But Did Anyone Ever Say They Would? (23 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090315/1951474124.shtml> at 25 March 2009

TechDirt, Reznor Does It Again: Releases Free EP Of Unreleased Tracks From NIN, Jane's Addiction To Support Tour (20 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090320/0935184196.shtml> at 22 March 2009

TechDirt, Jill Sobule Shows She Can Create A 'Professional' Fan-Financed Album (20 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090319/0211274175.shtml> at 22 March 2009

TechDirt, Topspin Shows That Premium Offerings Get Sales: People Will Pay For Value Beyond The Music (19 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090317/0226494147.shtml> at 20 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Labels: whatever the future of music is, it isn't "free" (13 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/can-labels-still-sell-recorded-music.ars> at 16 March 2009

TechDirt, There Is No New Business Model For Music? (12 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090311/0410024072.shtml> at 14 March 2009

TechDirt, Terry McBride: Songs Are Not Copyright. Songs Are Emotions (13 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090311/0432524073.shtml> at 14 March 2009

ZeroPaid, WTF? No Doubt Offers Free Discography Download with Concert Tickets (10 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10049/WTF%3F+No+Doubt+Offers+Free+Discography+Download+with+Concert+Ticket> at 12 March 2009

TechDirt, No Doubt: Buy A Concert Ticket, Download All Our Songs (5 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090304/1644373993.shtml> at 6 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

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

Newgroups
Slyck, BREIN Plans to Move against NZB Sites (14 March 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1840_BREIN_Plans_to_Move_against_NZB_Sites> at 16 March 2009

Other
ZeroPaid, Legislation Introduced to Prevent Accidental File-Sharing (24 March 2009) <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zeropaid/~3/FMFHMlmFofI/> at 29 March 2009

Fox News, Brooklyn Band Busts Sarkozy for Copyright Infringement (2 March 2009) <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,503245,00.html> at 6 March 2009

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

P2p Developments
VentureBeat, OneSwarm delivers new way to share files anonymously (13 March 2009) <http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/13/oneswarm-delivers-new-way-to-share-files-anonymously/> at 16 March 2009

P2p Statistics
Slyck, Britons Find Disconnecting Pirates Unpopular Option (18 March 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1843_Britons_Find_Disconnecting_Pirates_Unpopular_Option> at 29 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Canada Survey: File-Sharing the ‘New Normal’ (20 March 2009) <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zeropaid/~3/I2TZzkP42ms/> at 29 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Canada Survey: File-Sharing the 'New Normal' (20 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10059/Canada+Survey%3A+File-Sharing+the+%27New+Normal%27> at 22 March 2009

TorrentFreak, Piracy Has Become Mainstream, Studies Show (13 March 2009) <http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-has-become-mainstream-studies-show-090313/> at 16 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Torrent search engine Mininova earning €1 million a year (11 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/torrent-search-engine-mininova-earning-1-million-a-year.ars> at 16 March 2009

Phones Music
ArsTechncia, Vodafone Music goes DRM-free, throws in free upgrades (11 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/vodafone-music-goes-drm-free-throws-in-free-upgrades.ars> at 16 March 2009

The Register, Vodafone Music drops the protection (12 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/12/vodafone_drm_free/> at 14 March 2009

The WashingtonPost/Reuters, Vodafone to offer restriction-free music service (11 March 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/11/AR2009031101658.html> at 14 March 2009

Digital Music News, Is It Plausible? Nokia Hints at DRM-Free Comes With Music... (9 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030809nokia> at 10 March 2009

ArsTechncia, Nokia Comes With Music phones confirmed for US this year (27 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/02/nokia-comes-with-music-comes-to-us-in-2009-au-in-march.ars> at 6 March 2009

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

Piracy
ZeroPaid, Swedish Police Seize Massive Piracy Server (12 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10050/Swedish+Police+Seize+Massive+Piracy+Server> at 14 March 2009

Digital Music News, Another Pirate Cove: Illegal Server Farm Raided In Sweden... (10 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030909raid> at 12 March 2009

The Register, Swedish police claim massive anti-piracy bust (9 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/09/swedish_anti_piracy_raid/> at 12 March 2009

CNet News, Biggest-ever Internet piracy bust claimed in Sweden (6 March 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10190977-83.html> at 10 March 2009

Plagiarism
TechDirt, REM Copyright Suit Against Danish Band May Backfire, Since The Dane's Song Came First (6 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090306/0311554021.shtml> at 8 March 2009

Politics
The Register, Pro-filesharing Swedish party hopes for seat in Brussels (13 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/13/swedish_pirate_party_european_parliament/> at 18 March 2009

Privacy
ArsTechnica, The Pirate Bay to roll out secure €5 per month VPN service (26 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/03/the-pirate-bay-to-roll-out-secure-vpn-service.ars> at 29 March 2009

FederalComputerWeek, Peer-to-peer protection bill introduced (9 March 2009) <http://fcw.com/articles/2009/03/09/p2p-bill.aspx> at 16 March 2009

Project Playlist
Digital Music News, Another Settlement: Project Playlist, EMI Work It Out... (26 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032509project> at 29 March 2009

Public Domain
TechDirt, Google 'Requests' That We Not Copy Works That Are Already In The Public Domain (17 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090315/1648464119.shtml> at 18 March 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

Recommendation
Pandora, The Music Genome Project <http://www.pandora.com/mgp.shtml> at 6 March 2009

Recording Contracts
ArsTechnica, Eminem producers lose bid for massive iTunes royalties (10 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/eminem-producers-lose-bid-for-massive-itunes-royalties.ars> at 16 March 2009

TechDirt, Eminem Loses Lawsuit Against Universal Music: Jury Says Digital Music Sales Are Like CD Sales (9 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090306/2311384027.shtml> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, Not a License: Eminem Publisher Loses Increased Royalty Bid... (9 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030609emine> at 10 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Should artists get 12% or 50% royalties from iTunes sales? (2 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/should-artists-get-12-or-50-royalties-from-itunes-sales.ars> at 6 March 2009

Rhapsody
Digital Music News, The Rhapsody Marketing Machine Rolls On... (5 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030409rhapsody> at 6 March 2009

RIAA
ZeroPaid, RIAA Slashes Workforce (2 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10035/RIAA+Slashes+Workforce> at 6 March 2009

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
TechDirt, How Come SoundExchange Is Holding Onto Over $100 Million? (23 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090323/0029504212.shtml> at 25 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Eminem producers lose bid for massive iTunes royalties (10 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/eminem-producers-lose-bid-for-massive-itunes-royalties.ars> at 16 March 2009

TechDirt, Eminem Loses Lawsuit Against Universal Music: Jury Says Digital Music Sales Are Like CD Sales (9 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090306/2311384027.shtml> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, Not a License: Eminem Publisher Loses Increased Royalty Bid... (9 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030609emine> at 10 March 2009

TechDirt, YouTube Moves On To Blocking All Music Videos In The UK (10 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090310/0118044050.shtml> at 12 March 2009

TechDirt, Fight Over YouTube Videos Heats Up In The UK; Musician Propaganda Begins (11 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090311/0056264066.shtml> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, YouTube Imbroglio Continues: MPA, Last.fm, Lord Carter Weigh In... (10 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031009youtube2> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, Lovely Negotiation: YouTube Music Videos Getting Yanked In UK... (10 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030909youtube> a1 March 2009

The Register, YouTube blocks music videos in UK (9 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/09/youtube_blocks_music_vids_in_uk/> at 12 March 2009

guardian.co.uk, Google and PRS in deadlock as music videos pulled from YouTube (9 March 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/mar/09/digital-music-and-audio-youtube> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, Just Background Noise? Jamendo Offers Cheaper Alternative (2 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030109background> at 6 March 2009

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

Security
FederalComputerWeek, Peer-to-peer protection bill introduced (9 March 2009) <http://fcw.com/articles/2009/03/09/p2p-bill.aspx> at 16 March 2009

Sponsorship
TechDirt, Kraft Gets Into The Music Business (12 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090310/0250434055.shtml> at 14 March 2009

Streaming
TechDirt, Oh Gosh: How Dare People Want To Listen To Music (24 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090324/0804574229.shtml> at 29 March 2009b

ArsTechnica, Report: 17 million people stopped buying CDs in 2008 (18 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/report-yep-cd-sales-keep-falling-but-new-trends-may-help.ars> at 23 March 2009

TechDirt, Blame Game Continues: Now It's Online Streaming That's Killing Music (9 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090309/0425194040.shtml> at 12 March 2009

Subscription
ArsTechnica, Labels: whatever the future of music is, it isn't "free" (13 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/can-labels-still-sell-recorded-music.ars> at 16 March 2009

Digital Music News, The Rhapsody Marketing Machine Rolls On... (5 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030409rhapsody> at 6 March 2009

Terrestrial Radio
Future Music Coalition, FACT SHEET: Public Performance Right for Sound Recordings (March 2008) <http://www.futureofmusic.org/articles/pprsrfactsheet.cfm> at 20 March 2009

Future of Music Coalition, More on the Public Performance Right, Future of Music Coalition Newsletter #74 (19 March 2009)

Digital Music News, The Ageless Industry Debate: Should Broadcasters Pay? (11 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031009performance> at 12 March 2009

The Pirate Bay
Slyck, The Pirate Bay Introduces Facebook App (30 March 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1845_The_Pirate_Bay_Introduces_Facebook_App> at 31 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Pirate Bay Adds "Share on Facebook" Feature (30 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85912/pirate-bay-adds-share-on-facebook-feature/> at 31 March 2009

ArsTechnica, The Pirate Bay to roll out secure €5 per month VPN service (26 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/03/the-pirate-bay-to-roll-out-secure-vpn-service.ars> at 29 March 2009

Slyck, The Pirate Bay Site Down, Trackers Online (3 March 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1837_The_Pirate_Bay_Site_Down_Trackers_Online> at 6 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Pirate Bay: a guilty verdict is an attack on the Internet (3 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/pirate-bay-a-guilty-verdict-is-an-attack-on-the-internet.ars> at 6 March 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay rejects law-breaking claims (3 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/03/pirate_bay_defence_closing_statement/> at 6 March 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay prosecutor argues for one year prison terms (2 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/02/pirate_bay_prosecutor_demands_one_year_prison_sentence/> at 6 March 2009

TechDirt, The Pirate Bay Closing Arguments: Since We Can't Get The Real Infringers, We Should Blame Everything On These Guys (2 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090302/0951073949.shtml> at 6 March 2009

Digital Music News, The Battle Over ISPs: Telenor Says No; Squeeze Continues In Ireland... (4 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030309isps> at 6 March 2009

ZeroPaid, Norwegian ISP Refuses to Block The Pirate Bay (3 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10038/Norwegian+ISP+Refuses+to+Block+The+Pirate+Bay> at 6 March 2009

ZeroPaid, The Pirate Bay 'Spectrial' Day #11 - Defense's Closing Arguments (3 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10040/The+Pirate+Bay+%27Spectrial%27+Day+%2311+-+Defense%27s+Closing+Arguments> at 6 March 2009

ZeroPaid, The Pirate Bay 'Spectrial' Day #11 - Prosecution's Closing Arguments (2 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10037/The+Pirate+Bay+%27Spectrial%27+Day+%2311+-+Prosecution%27s+Closing+Arguments> at 6 March 2009

Billboard.biz, Pirate Bay Verdict Due Next Month (3 March 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i39c0981244e13129dc5d4f63abaca4cb> at 6 March 2009

BBC News, Prison threat for Pirate Bay four (2 March 2009) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7919674.stm> at 6 March 2009

Reuters India, Telenor refuses to block Pirate Bay access (2 March 2009) <http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-38291820090302> at 6 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

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

Weblogs
ArsTechncia, Google's DMCA takedowns leaving Blogger users high and dry (8 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/kafka-in-bloggerland-the-mysterious-world-of-the-dmca.ars> at 16 March 2009

YouTube
TechDirt, Amanda Palmer Asks Fans To Upload Her Anti-Record Label Song To YouTube (30 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090330/0021304299.shtml> at 31 March 2009

TechDirt, Remixing Is Creating And Original -- It's Not Just Derivative Copying (27 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090327/1611474282.shtml> at 29 March 2009

EFF Deeplinks, The Fair Use Massacre Continues: Now Warner’s Going After the Babies (15 March 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/fair-use-massacre-continues-now-warner-s-going-aft> at 20 March 2009

TechDirt, UK Recording Industry: Investigate Google For Not Giving Us Money (18 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090317/0201194146.shtml> at 20 March 2009

Digital Music News, Google Must Pay: Not-So-Delicate YouTube Diplomacy Continues... (16 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031509u> at 18 March 2009

ArsTechnica, YouTube blocks "premium" videos in UK after licensing tiff (9 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/youtube-blocks-premium-videos-in-uk-after-licensing-tiff.ars> at 16 March 2009

ArsTechnica, Labels: whatever the future of music is, it isn't "free" (13 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/can-labels-still-sell-recorded-music.ars> at 16 March 2009

Digital Music News, As YouTube Wars Rage On, Labels & Artists Suffer... (13 March 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031209roadrunner> at 14 March 2009

TechDirt, As Musicians Complain That YouTube Doesn't Pay Enough, At Least One Musician Is Profiting Greatly From YouTube (12 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090311/1826194078.shtml> at 14 March 2009

TechDirt, YouTube Moves On To Blocking All Music Videos In The UK (10 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090310/0118044050.shtml> at 12 March 2009

TechDirt, Fight Over YouTube Videos Heats Up In The UK; Musician Propaganda Begins (11 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090311/0056264066.shtml> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, YouTube Imbroglio Continues: MPA, Last.fm, Lord Carter Weigh In... (10 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/031009youtube2> at 12 March 2009

Digital Music News, Lovely Negotiation: YouTube Music Videos Getting Yanked In UK... (10 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030909youtube> a1 March 2009

The Register, YouTube blocks music videos in UK (9 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/09/youtube_blocks_music_vids_in_uk/> at 12 March 2009

guardian.co.uk, Google and PRS in deadlock as music videos pulled from YouTube (9 March 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/mar/09/digital-music-and-audio-youtube> at 12 March 2009

TechDirt, Universal, YouTube Collaboration All Depends On Execution... And Community (5 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090304/2327123998.shtml> at 6 March 2009

The Register, YouTube, Universal near new video deal (5 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/05/universal_youtube_vevo/> at 6 March 2009

TechDirt, Neil Young (And Warner Music) Should Learn To Respect YouTube... And Music Fans (3 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090303/0227113963.shtml> at 6 March 2009

TechDirt, The Chilling Effects Of Warner Music's YouTube Takedowns (2 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090302/0226053948.shtml> at 6 March 2009

CNet News, Universal, YouTube near deal on music video site (4 March 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10188600-93.html> at 6 March 2009