Thursday, April 30, 2009

The Pirate Bay Boyles

Ad Supporting Music
ArsTechnica, Hands-on: Free but inconvenient music doesn't work for Qtrax (14 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/04/hands-on-free-but-inconvenient-music-doesnt-work-for-qtrax.ars> at 19 April 2009

Digital Music News, Qtrax: Still Alive, After All These Licensing Rounds... (13 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041209qtrax> at 19 April 2009

ArsTechnica, China gets ad-supported music through Google (30 March 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/china-gets-ad-supported-music-through-google.ars> at 4 April 2009

SiliconValley/New York Times, Google, music labels launch China download service (30 March 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12029509?nclick_check=1> at 3 April 2009

Digital Music News, Google Starts Giving Away MP3s... In China (31 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033009google> at 3 April 2009

Artists
TechDirt, Paul McCartney's Confused About The Pirate Bay (22 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090421/1807264603.shtml> at 24 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Music Coalition wants to rewrite rules of music business (5 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/04/fmc-makes-statement-of-principles-on-compensating-musicians.ars> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Did Frank Zappa Come Up With A Business Plan For File Sharing In 1983? (8 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090405/1806484395.shtml> at 11 April 2009

Future of Music Coalition, Principles for Artist Compensation in New Business Models (2 April 2009) <http://www.futureofmusic.org/articles/artistprinciplesexplained.cfm> at 6 April 2009

Future of Music Coalition Blog, Principles for Musician Compensation in New Business Models (2 April 2009) <http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/fmc-releases-artist-principles.html> at 6 April 2009

Digital Music News, Principles for Musician Compensation in New Business Models... (6 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030509fmc> at 6 April 2009

ArsTechnica, U2 manager finds what he's looking for: French 3-strikes law (8 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/u2-manager-finds-what-hes-looking-for-graduated-response.ars> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, U2's Manager Says No Business Models Work... But Kicking People Off The Internet Will? (8 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090408/0814024432.shtml> at 11 April 2009

ZeroPaid, U2’s Band Manager Praises France’s “Three-Strikes” Law (8 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85953/u2s-band-manager-praises-frances-three-strikes-law/> at 11 April 2009

The Register, Lloyd-Webber calls for clampdown on ISPs (3 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/03/lloyd_webber_p2p/> at 6 April 2009

BitTorrent
ZeroPaid, Hong Kong Cops Bust Another BitTorrent User (29 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86123/hong-kong-cops-bust-another-bittorrent-user/> at 30 April 2009

Billboard.biz, BT Blocks Pirate Bay, P2p Shut (22 April 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i47013cc613835ebcb860040845a0682c> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, UK ISP Blocks The Pirate Bay Over Adult Content (22 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86014/uk-isp-blocks-the-pirate-bay-over-adult-content/> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Mininova Surpasses 8 Billion Downloads as Court Date Looms (21 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86006/mininova-surpasses-8-billion-downloads-as-court-date-looms/> at 24 April 2009

TechDirt, BitTorrent Site Mininova Makes It Easier To Sell Scarcities With Downloads (31 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090331/0243584322.shtml> at 3 April 2009

ZeroPaid, SwarmScreen Increases Privacy for Vuze (15 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85983/swarmscreen-increases-privacy-for-vuze/> at 19 April 2009

ZeroPaid, OneSwarm v0.6 Released (12 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85970/oneswarm-v06-released/> at 19 April 2009

TorrentFreak, File-Sharing Site Admin Sentenced to 6 Months Jail Written (11 April 2009) <http://torrentfreak.com/file-sharing-site-admin-sentenced-to-6-months-jail-090411/> at 19 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Facebook Blocks Pirate Bay BitTorrent Links (9 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85959/facebook-blocks-pirate-bay-bittorrent-links/> at 11 April 2009

Blanket/Collective Licensing
ZeroPaid, SURVEY: 86% of Swedes Would Pay for Legal P2P (27 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86056/survey-86-of-swedes-would-pay-for-legal-p2p/> at 28 April 2009

The Register, 86pc of Swedes would pay for P2P: survey (23 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/23/sweden_p2p/> at 24 April 2009

Billboard.biz, Study: 86% Would Pay For Legal P2P (22 April 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i4fc650632bff09ac1c703fa11ae848c8> at 24 April 2009

The Register, Why Whack-a-Tard won't save music (22 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/22/codecon_2009_overview/> at 24 April 2009

EFF Deeplinks, More on Choruss, Pro and Con (20 March 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/more-choruss-pro-and-con> at 11 April 2009

CD Sales
ArsTechnica, Study: pirates biggest music buyers. Labels: yeah, right (20 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/04/study-pirates-buy-tons-more-music-than-average-folks.ars> at 26 April 2009

The Register, Old school music sales fell 8% last year (22 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/22/ifpi_global_music_sales_2008/> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, IFPI Accidently Debunks Music Sales Claims for Canada (22 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86021/ifpi-accidently-debunks-music-sales-claims-for-canada/> at 24 April 2009

Slyck, Teens Buying Fewer Digital Tracks and Using P2P Less (31 March 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1846_Teens_Buying_Fewer_Digital_Tracks_and_Using_P2P_Less> at 11 April 2009

ZeroPaid, SURVEY: Teens Buying and Illegally Downloading Less Music (7 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85938/survey-teens-buying-and-illegally-downloading-less-music/> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, CD Baby Payouts Cross $100 Million... (6 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040509c> at 6 April 2009

Digital Music News, Another Bitter Month: March Album Sales Slip 18 Percent... (3 April 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040209marc> at 4 April 2009

Digital Music News, Startling Stat: First Quarter Totally Platinum-Free... (2 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040109platinum> at 3 April 2009

Concerts
Digital Music News, Drama On Top of Drama: Ticketmaster Scrutiny Keeps Intensifying... (7 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040609ticketmaster> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, Let the Fans Decide: KISS Practices Touring Democracy... (7 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/04060kiss> at 11 April 2009

Constitutional Law
TechDirt, Copyright And The First Amendment (10 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090406/1527374409.shtml> at 11 April 2009

Copyright Law EU
ArsTechnica, EU extends musical copyrights by 20 years, eyes movies next (27 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/eu-extends-musical-copyrights-by-20-years-eyes-movies-next.ars> at 30 April 2009

TechDirt, EU Approves Copyright Extension, Despite Evidence Of The Harm It Does (24 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090424/1134104637.shtml> at 26 April 2009

The Register, EU votes for longer music copyright (23 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/23/europe_music_copyright_term/> at 24 April 2009

Billboard.biz, Biz Welcomes EU Term Vote (23 April 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i202b681b4f137513c7f93b96ad6cab3d> at 26 April 2009

ArsTechnica, France reintroduces three-strikes law, clash with EU likely (29 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/france-reintroduces-three-strikes-law-as-protests-mount.ars> at 30 April 2009

TechDirt, EU Reaches Draft Deal That Would Make Three Strikes Provisions More Difficult (29 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090428/1934594687.shtml> at 30 April 2009

TechDirt, French Three Strikes Law Rides Again, EU Rules Be Damned (29 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090429/1310414694.shtml> at 30 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Activists rally troops against proposed EU 'Net regulations (21 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/european-telecom-negotiations-bog-down-as-activists-mobilize.ars> at 26 April 2009

The Washington Post/Reuters, EU states, lawmakers on Internet collision course (21 April 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042101458.html> at 24 April 2009

The New York Times, Plan to Fight Illegal Downloads Faces Opposition (20 April 2009) <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/technology/internet/21net.html?_r=1> at 21 April 2009

Digital Music News, Three-Strikes Struggling On the EU Stage... (1 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033109three> at 3 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Strike Two for EU Three Strikes (23 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86024/strike-two-for-eu-three-strikes-law/> at 24 April 2009

Copyright Law Other Countries
ArsTechnica, Second Swedish ISP decides to nuke IP address logs (28 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/04/second-swedish-ip-decides-to-nuke-ip-address-logs.ars> at 30 April 2009

TechDirt, More Swedish ISPs Decide To Keep No Logs To Protect Users (29 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090429/0207004690.shtml> at 30 April 2009

The Register, 86pc of Swedes would pay for P2P: survey (23 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/23/sweden_p2p/> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Swedish ISPs Ignore Request to Block The Pirate Bay (22 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86016/swedish-isps-ignore-request-to-block-the-pirate-bay/> at 24 April 2009

Digital Music News, Showdown In Sweden Continues: Local ISP Destroying Logs... (21 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042009sweden> at 22 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Online and anonymous: Swedish ISP won't retain Internet data (16 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/when-isps-dont-retain-data-theres-nothing-to-turn-over.ars> at 20 April 2009

Digital Music News, Slowdown In Sweden? More Data Shows Less Traffic... (14 April 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041309sweden> at 19 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Legal Music Downloads Up 100% in Sweden? (13 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85965/legal-music-downloads-up-100-in-sweden/> at 19 April 2009

TechDirt, Legal Downloads Increase In Sweden... But For How Long? (14 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090414/0033544492.shtml> at 19 April 2009

TechDirt, Swedish ISP Starts Deleting Log Files To Protect Users From IPRED Law (17 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090416/1744494531.shtml> at 19 April 2009

TechDirt, Sweden's Anti-Piracy Law Boost Market For Encryption Technology (6 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090405/1335514389.shtml>at 11 April 2009

ZeroPaid, New Swedish Copyright Law Cuts Internet Usage in Half (6 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85935/new-swedish-copyright-law-cuts-internet-usage-in-half/> at 11 April 2009

ArsTechnica, As Sweden's Internet anonymity fades, traffic plunges (2 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/as-swedens-internet-anonymity-fades-traffic-plunges.ars> at 4 April 2009

Digital Music News, Chilling Effect In Sweden? Traffic Drops Following Anti-Piracy Law... (3 April 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040209sweden> at 4 April 2009

CNet News, Swedish antipiracy law stirs up political waters (31 March 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10207718-93.html> at 3 April 2009

TechDirt, Swedish Antipiracy Law Goes Into Effect... Internet Traffic Drops (1 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090401/1902564346.shtml> at 3 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Hong Kong Cops Bust Another BitTorrent User (29 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86123/hong-kong-cops-bust-another-bittorrent-user/> at 30 April 2009

The Hankyoreh, S. Korea may clash with Google over Internet regulation differences (17 April 2009) <http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/350252.html> at 21 April 2009

The Korea Times, New Copyright Law Causes Uproar Among Bloggers, Internet Companies (4 April 2009) <http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2009/04/133_42594.html> at 7 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Taiwan Passes “Three-Strikes” Anti-P2P law (28 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86072/taiwan-passes-three-strikes-anti-p2p-law/> at 29 April 2009

Business of Cinema, Taiwan file-sharing website indicted for copyright infringement (18 April 2009) <http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=12812> at 21 April 2009

TechDirt, Taiwan Sorta, But Not Really, Approves Three Strikes Law (28 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090427/1843094669.shtml> at 29 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Queen Elizabeth II rules world's worst copyright regime? (19 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/queen-elizabeth-ii-rules-worlds-worst-copyright-regime.ars> at 26 April 2009

ZeroPaid, SURVEY: UK Has World’s Worst Copyright Laws - “By Far” (20 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85998/survey-uk-has-worlds-worst-copyright-laws-by-far/> at 21 April 2009

TechDirt, UK Found To Be The Worst At Balancing Consumer Rights In Copyright Law (16 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090416/1709034530.shtml> at 19 April 2009

The Register, UK dons dunce hat on copyright law (16 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/16/copyright_reform_stall/> at 19 April 2009

Billboard.biz, Copyright Term Extension Stalls (14 April 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3if605c69e3da47a3b7590db648085cb9d> at 19 April 2009

TechDirt, Spanish File Sharing Admin Sent To Jail... Despite Not Breaking The Law (22 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090420/0355164565.shtml> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Spanish Man Jailed for Operating Illegal File-Sharing Site (16 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85989/spanish-man-jailed-for-operating-illegal-file-sharing-site/> at 19 April 2009

Digital Music News, This Study, That Study... Piracy Research Starts Bubbling (21 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042009study> at 22 April 2009

TorrentFreak, File-Sharing Site Admin Sentenced to 6 Months Jail Written (11 April 2009) <http://torrentfreak.com/file-sharing-site-admin-sentenced-to-6-months-jail-090411/> at 19 April 2009

The Australian, ISPs may be liable for illegal downloads (15 April 2009) <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25337473-15306,00.html> at 19 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Australian ISP Defending BitTorrent-Using Subscribers in Court (31 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85922/australian-isp-defending-bittorrent-using-subscribers-in-court/> at 3 April 2009

TechDirt, German Collections Society Trying To Collect For Performances It Has No Rights Over (10 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090408/2336284448.shtml> at 11 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Pirate Bay VPN Service Has 113,000 Users and Counting (9 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85957/pirate-bay-vpn-service-has-113000-users-and-counting/> at 11 April 2009

Copyright Law USA
ArsTechnica, Profs protest massive P2P damage awards (12 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/profs-protest-massive-p2p-damage-awards.ars> at 19 April 2009

EFF Deeplinks, New Scholarship on Copyright Damages (16 April 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/new-scholarship-statutory-damages> at 19 April 2009

TechDirt, Copyright And The First Amendment (10 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090406/1527374409.shtml> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Want To Get A Sense Of Just How Complex And Confusing Copyright Law Really Is? (9 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090408/2314274447.shtml> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, How Should You React If Someone Uses Your Content Without Crediting You? (3 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090402/0247304350.shtml> at 6 April 2009

TechDirt, Court Rules Part Of Copyright Act Unconstitutional (3 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090403/1619494384.shtml> at 6 April 2009

Copyright Term
ArsTechnica, EU extends musical copyrights by 20 years, eyes movies next (27 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/eu-extends-musical-copyrights-by-20-years-eyes-movies-next.ars> at 30 April 2009

TechDirt, EU Approves Copyright Extension, Despite Evidence Of The Harm It Does (24 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090424/1134104637.shtml> at 26 April 2009

Billboard.biz, Biz Welcomes EU Term Vote (23 April 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i202b681b4f137513c7f93b96ad6cab3d> at 26 April 2009

The Register, EU votes for longer music copyright (23 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/23/europe_music_copyright_term/> at 24 April 2009

Billboard.biz, Copyright Term Extension Stalls (14 April 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3if605c69e3da47a3b7590db648085cb9d> at 19 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Court: Congress can't put public domain back into copyright (6 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/court-congress-cant-put-public-domain-back-into-copyright.ars> at 11 April 2009

EFF Deeplinks, Every Vote Counts: the EU Copyright Term Extension Battle Heats Up (30 March 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/every-vote-counts-eu-copyright-term-extension-batt> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, UK Musicians: Extend Copyright, But Give The Copyright Back To The Musicians (6 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090403/0330384375.shtml> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, The 8,000 Year Copyright? (23 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090422/1800494612.shtml> at 24 April 2009

TechDirt, Rethinking Handing Copyright On To Heirs Beyond Death (9 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090406/1536084410.shtml> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Court Rules Part Of Copyright Act Unconstitutional (3 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090403/1619494384.shtml> at 6 April 2009

Billboard.biz, Featured Artists Back U.K. Govt On Term Extension (31 March 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i8e9e151d61b41dca245a07e7d6d281e3> at 3 April 2009

Creative Commons
TechDirt, New Service Helps Musicians Pre-Fund Releases From Fans (10 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090405/2116444400.shtml> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, German Collections Society Trying To Collect For Performances It Has No Rights Over (10 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090408/2336284448.shtml> at 11 April 2009

Damages
ArsTechnica, Profs protest massive P2P damage awards (12 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/profs-protest-massive-p2p-damage-awards.ars> at 19 April 2009

EFF Deeplinks, New Scholarship on Copyright Damages (16 April 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/new-scholarship-statutory-damages> at 19 April 2009

Digital Sales
ArsTechnica, Study: pirates biggest music buyers. Labels: yeah, right (20 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/04/study-pirates-buy-tons-more-music-than-average-folks.ars> at 26 April 2009

The Register, Old school music sales fell 8% last year (22 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/22/ifpi_global_music_sales_2008/> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, IFPI Accidently Debunks Music Sales Claims for Canada (22 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86021/ifpi-accidently-debunks-music-sales-claims-for-canada/> at 24 April 2009

TechDirt, Legal Downloads Increase In Sweden... But For How Long? (14 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090414/0033544492.shtml> at 19 April 2009

TechDirt, Early Results On iTunes Price Increase: Sales Down... But Revenue Up (15 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090414/0209594496.shtml> at 19 April 2009

Digital Music News, Another Swedish Twist: Paid Music Perks Upward... (13 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041209sweden> at 19 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Legal Music Downloads Up 100% in Sweden? (13 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85965/legal-music-downloads-up-100-in-sweden/> at 19 April 2009

The Washington Post/The Associated Press, Like Apple, Amazon, Wal-Mart change music prices (9 April 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/08/AR2009040803425.html> at 19 April 2009

Slyck, Teens Buying Fewer Digital Tracks and Using P2P Less (31 March 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1846_Teens_Buying_Fewer_Digital_Tracks_and_Using_P2P_Less> at 11 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Music Coalition wants to rewrite rules of music business (5 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/04/fmc-makes-statement-of-principles-on-compensating-musicians.ars> at 11 April 2009

ArsTechnica, New $1.29 iTunes tracks provide an opening for competition (7 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/04/new-129-itunes-tracks-provide-an-opening-for-competition.ars> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Looking For The $0.69 Songs On iTunes (7 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090407/1204234423.shtml> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, AmazonMP3 Follows Suit... $1.29 Pricing Spreads (8 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040709amazon> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, Elevated Pricing Arrives at the iTunes Store... (7 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041709itunes> at 11 April 2009

ZeroPaid, SURVEY: Teens Buying and Illegally Downloading Less Music (7 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85938/survey-teens-buying-and-illegally-downloading-less-music/> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, Principles for Musician Compensation in New Business Models... (6 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030509fmc> at 6 April 2009

Digital Music News, CD Baby Payouts Cross $100 Million... (6 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040509c> at 6 April 2009

Digital Music News, Another Bitter Month: March Album Sales Slip 18 Percent... (3 April 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040209marc> at 4 April 2009

TechDirt, Has The Recording Industry Finally Realized That Selling 1,000 Songs In One Package Makes Sense? (2 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090402/0412414356.shtml> at 4 April 2009

Digital Music Stores
Digital Music News, Rhapsody Keeps Wooing Paid With Free... (21 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042009rhapsody> at 22 April 2009

The Washington Post/The Associated Press, Like Apple, Amazon, Wal-Mart change music prices (9 April 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/08/AR2009040803425.html> at 19 April 2009

ArsTechnica, New $1.29 iTunes tracks provide an opening for competition (7 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/04/new-129-itunes-tracks-provide-an-opening-for-competition.ars> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, Experts Agree: Teenagers Prefer iTunes... (9 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040809itunes> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, In Other News: Yahoo Music, UMGI, MTV India, Wii... (7 April 2009)<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030609inothernews> at 11 April 2009

SiliconValley/Associated Press, Apple iTunes three-tier pricing structure takes effect (4 April 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12090162?nclick_check=1> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, CD Baby Payouts Cross $100 Million... (6 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040509c> at 6 April 2009

DMCA
TechDirt, Not Smart: Warner Music Issues DMCA Takedown On Larry Lessig Presentation (28 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090428/1738424686.shtml> at 29 April 2009

DRM
Digital Music News, Qtrax: Still Alive, After All These Licensing Rounds... (13 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041209qtrax> at 19 April 2009

EFF Deeplinks, Stating the Case Against DRM to the FTC News (24 March 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/stating-case-against-drm-ftc> at 11 April 2009

Economics
Digital Music News, Revisiting Free: Why Social Networking Has Its Pitfalls... (28 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042709artists> at 29 April 2009

TechDirt, Finding That Free Lunch (7 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090406/1517424407.shtml> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Bad Business Advice: Always Look To Charge For Content (9 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090408/0916474434.shtml> at 11 April 2009

Education Campaigns
TechDirt, Canadian Recording Industry Puts Out Copyright Law FAQ... Which Gets Almost Everything Wrong (15 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090414/0325514504.shtml> at 19 April 2009

TechDirt, Copyright Doesn't Just Grant The Content Creator Rights (8 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090405/1557354391.shtml> at 11 April 2009

eMusic
Digital Music News, eMusic Responds: Just Say No to $1.29... (7 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040609emusic> at 11 April 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

Encryption
TechDirt, The Pirate Bay's New Business Model Apparently Working Wonders (10 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090409/2223144460.shtml> at 11 April 2009

Wired, The Pirate Bay's Anonymity Service Signs 100,000 Users Pre-Launch (8 April 2009) <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/04/the-pirate-bays.html> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Sweden's Anti-Piracy Law Boost Market For Encryption Technology (6 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090405/1335514389.shtml>at 11 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Pirate Bay VPN Service Has 113,000 Users and Counting (9 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85957/pirate-bay-vpn-service-has-113000-users-and-counting/> at 11 April 2009

EULA
EFF Deeplinks, iPods, First Sale, President Obama, and the Queen of England (2 April 2009)<http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/first-sale-president-obama-and-queen-england> at 11 April 2009

Facebook
ZeroPaid, “We Are Hunted” Ranks Music Using Social Networks, P2P (20 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85999/we-are-hunted-ranks-music-using-social-networks-p2p/> at 21 April 2009

Mashable, What Does Social Media Mean for Piracy? (12 April 2009) <http://mashable.com/2009/04/12/social-media-piracy/> at 20 April 2009

SiliconValley, Facebook reaches 200 million user mark (8 April 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12099452?nclick_check=1> at 19 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Facebook not interested in Pirate Bay booty, blocks torrents (9 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/04/facebook-not-interested-in-pirate-bay-booty-blocks-torrents.ars> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Facebook Overreacts: Decides All Of The Pirate Bay Is Illegal (9 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090408/2132314439.shtml> at 11 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Facebook Blocks Pirate Bay BitTorrent Links (9 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85959/facebook-blocks-pirate-bay-bittorrent-links/> at 11 April 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay linking could implication Facebook, says lawyer (31 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/31/pirate_bay_facebook/> at 3 April 2009

Digital Music News, Pirate Bay... Now Coming to a Facebook Account Near You (31 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033009facebook> at 3 April 2009

Digital Music News, In Other News: Facebook Hits 200 Million, iLike Speaks, A2IM Speaks... (8 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040809beat/?searchterm=Facebook%20has%20now%20hit%20200%20million%20users> at 11 April 2009

Fair Use/Fair Dealing
TechDirt, Not Smart: Warner Music Issues DMCA Takedown On Larry Lessig Presentation (28 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090428/1738424686.shtml> at 29 April 2009

CNN, Don Henley sues Senate candidate over song use (18 April 2009) <http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/18/henley.lawsuit/index.html> at 20 April 2009

The Register, UK dons dunce hat on copyright law (16 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/16/copyright_reform_stall/> at 19 April 2009

EFF Deeplinks, iPods, First Sale, President Obama, and the Queen of England (2 April 2009)<http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/first-sale-president-obama-and-queen-england> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Yet Another Copyright Lobbying Group Caught Infringing (3 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090402/2014424364.shtml> at 6 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Harvard P2P lawyer: file-swapping is fair use—no, really! (1 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/harvard-p2p-lawyer-file-swapping-is-fair-use--no-really.ars> at 4 April 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
ArsTechnica, Big Content seeks injunction as Pirate Bay appeals verdict (21 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/pirate-bay-appeal-filed-as-big-content-seeks-injunction.ars> at 26 April 2009

ZeroPaid, UK ISP Blocks The Pirate Bay Over Adult Content (22 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86014/uk-isp-blocks-the-pirate-bay-over-adult-content/> at 24 April 2009

Billboard.biz, BT Blocks Pirate Bay, P2p Shut (22 April 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i47013cc613835ebcb860040845a0682c> at 24 April 2009

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

First Sale Doctrine
EFF Deeplinks, iPods, First Sale, President Obama, and the Queen of England (2 April 2009)<http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/first-sale-president-obama-and-queen-england> at 11 April 2009

Graduated Response Other Countries
ArsTechnica, France reintroduces three-strikes law, clash with EU likely (29 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/france-reintroduces-three-strikes-law-as-protests-mount.ars> at 30 April 2009

TechDirt, French Three Strikes Law Rides Again, EU Rules Be Damned (29 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090429/1310414694.shtml> at 30 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Taiwan Passes “Three-Strikes” Anti-P2P law (28 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86072/taiwan-passes-three-strikes-anti-p2p-law/> at 29 April 2009

ZeroPaid, French Three Strike Proposal Returns to French Parliament (28 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86087/french-three-strike-proposal-returns-to-french-parliament/> at 29 April 2009

ZeroPaid, British IP Minister Shoots Down Three Strikes Law Proposal (28 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86090/british-ip-minister-shoots-down-three-strikes-law-proposal/> at 29 April 2009

TechDirt, Taiwan Sorta, But Not Really, Approves Three Strikes Law (28 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090427/1843094669.shtml> at 29 April 2009

The Register, IP minister rules out 'three strikes' disconnection law (28 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/28/no_uk_three_strikes_piracy_law/> at 29 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Strike Two for EU Three Strikes (23 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86024/strike-two-for-eu-three-strikes-law/> at 24 April 2009

The Washington Post/Reuters, EU states, lawmakers on Internet collision course (21 April 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042101458.html> at 24 April 2009

The China Post, Net service providers now can 'strike out' pirating surfers (22 April 2009) <http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/taipei/2009/04/22/205160/Net-service.htm> at 24 April 2009

The New York Times, Plan to Fight Illegal Downloads Faces Opposition (20 April 2009) <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/technology/internet/21net.html?_r=1> at 21 April 2009

TechDirt, Kicking People Off The Internet Will Encourage Musical Diversity? (16 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090415/2300164523.shtml> at 19 April 2009

Digital Music News, France Giving Three-Strikes a Second Chance... (16 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041509france> at 19 April 2009

BBC News, French reject internet piracy law (9 April 2009) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7992262.stm> at 19 April 2009

Billboard.biz, French Three-Strike Law Debate To Resume (15 April 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i76ad91ab65e65f6d7ca9e2bbbf4bbf12> at 19 April 2009

ZeroPaid, France’s “Three-Strikes” Law Defeated (10 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85962/frances-three-strikes-law-defeated/> at 11 April 2009

ArsTechnica, U2 manager finds what he's looking for: French 3-strikes law (8 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/u2-manager-finds-what-hes-looking-for-graduated-response.ars> at 11 April 2009

ArsTechnica, French "3 strikes" law suffers shocking defeat (9 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/french-3-strikes-law-suffers-shocking-defeat.ars> at 11 April 2009

The Register, France rejects Three Strikes (9 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/09/hadopi_senate_no/> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, And, Just Like That, France Rejects Three Strikes (9 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090409/0758324452.shtml> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, France Edges Ever-Closer to Enacting Three-Strikes... (9 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040809france> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, Quite the Unexpected Twist: Three-Strikes Blocked In France... (10 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040909france> at 11 April 2009

ZeroPaid, U2’s Band Manager Praises France’s “Three-Strikes” Law (8 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85953/u2s-band-manager-praises-frances-three-strikes-law/> at 11 April 2009

ZeroPaid, France Passes “Three-Strikes” Law (7 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85940/france-passes-three-strikes-law/> at 11 April 2009

The Korea Times, New Copyright Law Causes Uproar Among Bloggers, Internet Companies (4 April 2009) <http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2009/04/133_42594.html> at 7 April 2009

Yahoo Tech News, French lawmakers approve anti-piracy Internet ban (2 April 2009) <http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090402/tc_afp/francepoliticsinternetcopyrightlaw> at 7 April 2009

The Register, French pass 'three strikes' file sharing law (3 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/03/french_three_strikes/> at 6 April 2009

TechDirt, France Passes Three-Strikes Law (3 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090403/0834454377.shtml> at 6 April 2009

ArsTechnica, France approves main section of tough anti-P2P bill (3 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/france-approves-main-section-of-tough-anti-p2p-bill.ars> at 4 April 2009

Digital Music News, Three-Strikes Struggling On the EU Stage... (1 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033109three> at 3 April 2009

Graduated Response USA
EFF Deeplinks, Observations from the Three-Strikes Rumor Storm (27 March 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/03/observations-three-strikes-rumor-storm> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, U2's Manager Says No Business Models Work... But Kicking People Off The Internet Will? (8 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090408/0814024432.shtml> at 11 April 2009

Hardware
Digital Music News, Hands-Off Portability: Does SanDisk Have a Chance? (7 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040609sandisk> at 11 April 2009

Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
ArsTechnica, RapidShare hands over user info in Germany, users panic (27 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/rapidshare-hands-over-user-info-in-germany-users-panic.ars> at 30 April 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

International Copyright Issues
TorrentFreak, Leaked ACTA Draft: More Power to the RIAA (14 April 2009) <http://torrentfreak.com/leaked-acta-draft-more-power-to-the-riaa-090414/comment-page-4/#comment-548998> at 26 April 2009

TechDirt, Remember How ACTA Wasn't Supposed To Be A 'Major' Change To Copyright Laws? (15 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090414/1750504513.shtml> at 19 April 2009

Intellectual Property Watch, The ACTA Threat To The Future Of WIPO (14 April 2009) <http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/04/14/the-acta-threat-to-the-future-of-wipo/> at 19 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Obama adminstration pledges "transparency" on ACTA (6 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/obama-adminstration-pledges-transparency-on-acta.ars> at 11 April 2009

ChannelRegister, US outlines secretive international piracy deal (9 April 2009) <http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/04/09/international_anti_piracy_deal/> at 11 April 2009

PC World, US Trade Office Releases Information on Secret Piracy Pact (8 April 2009) <http://www.pcworld.com/article/162716/us_trade_office_releases_information_on_secret_piracy_pact.html> at 11 April 2009

The Star, Anti-counterfeiting treaty talks heat up (30 March 2009) <http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/610257> at 3 April 2009

Internet Statistics
Digital Music News, Netnod Responds: No Data on 'Web Traffic in Sweden'... (23 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042209swedish> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, New Swedish Copyright Law Cuts Internet Usage in Half (6 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85935/new-swedish-copyright-law-cuts-internet-usage-in-half/> at 11 April 2009

ISP Liability
The Register, Lloyd-Webber calls for clampdown on ISPs (3 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/03/lloyd_webber_p2p/> at 6 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Australian ISP Defending BitTorrent-Using Subscribers in Court (31 March 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85922/australian-isp-defending-bittorrent-using-subscribers-in-court/> at 3 April 2009

iTunes
TechDirt, Early Results On iTunes Price Increase: Sales Down... But Revenue Up (15 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090414/0209594496.shtml> at 19 April 2009

ArsTechnica, New $1.29 iTunes tracks provide an opening for competition (7 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/04/new-129-itunes-tracks-provide-an-opening-for-competition.ars> at 11 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Yahoo Music morphs into social launchpad for artist content (7 April 2009)<http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/04/yahoo-music-turns-into-social-launchpad-for-artist-content.ars> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Looking For The $0.69 Songs On iTunes (7 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090407/1204234423.shtml> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, Experts Agree: Teenagers Prefer iTunes... (9 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040809itunes> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, The Price You Pay: iTunes Stops Short of a Gouge... (8 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040709price> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, In Other News: Yahoo Music, UMGI, MTV India, Wii... (7 April 2009)<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030609inothernews> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, Elevated Pricing Arrives at the iTunes Store... (7 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041709itunes> at 11 April 2009

SiliconValley/Associated Press, Apple iTunes three-tier pricing structure takes effect (4 April 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12090162?nclick_check=1> at 11 April 2009

Labels Revenue
ArsTechnica, Study: pirates biggest music buyers. Labels: yeah, right (20 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/04/study-pirates-buy-tons-more-music-than-average-folks.ars> at 26 April 2009

The Register, Old school music sales fell 8% last year (22 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/22/ifpi_global_music_sales_2008/> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, IFPI Accidently Debunks Music Sales Claims for Canada (22 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86021/ifpi-accidently-debunks-music-sales-claims-for-canada/> at 24 April 2009

The Register, Universal Music chief renews commitment to P2P battle (17 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/17/universal_digital_britain/> at 21 April 2009

LaLa
ArsTechnica, Lala music cloud gets new player, gifts, mix playlists, more (1 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/04/lala-music-cloud-gets-new-player-gifts-mix-playlists-more.ars> at 4 April 2009

Leaks
Digital Music News, RapidShare Roars Again... Sonic Youth Latest Leak (29 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042809sonic> at 30 April 2009

Digital Music News, Latest Leaks: Ciara, Bjork, Sun Volt, Ben Harper... (28 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042809leaks> at 29 April 2009

Digital Music News, So, Who Cares About a Leak, Anyway? (27 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042609leaks> at 28 April 2009

Digital Music News, And Another Leak, This Time for Mike Jones... (24 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042309moreleaks> at 26 April 2009

Digital Music News, After the Exclusives.... Dylan Album Starts Leaking (23 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042309dylan> at 24 April 2009

Digital Music News, Not Again: U2 Fan Club Exclusive Starts Leaking... (22 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042109u2> at 24 April 2009

Digital Music News, Marie Digby Manages Album Leak: "It Is Just Inevitable..." (13 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041209marie> at 19 April 2009

Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: Not Your Father's Release Schedule... (8 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040709release> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, Latest Leaks: Marilyn Manson, Peaches, Iron & Wine... (10 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040908leaks> at 11 April 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
ZeroPaid, Congress Reopens Investigation of Limewire (27 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86058/congress-reopens-investigation-of-limewire/> at 28 April 2009

The Washington Post/The Associated Press, Lawmakers to re-examine Internet-sharing software (21 April 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042102229.html> at 24 April 2009

Lobby Groups
ZeroPaid, Congress Reopens Investigation of Limewire (27 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86058/congress-reopens-investigation-of-limewire/> at 28 April 2009

TechDirt, Lobbyists Get Congress To Investigate P2P Software... Rather Than Bad Security And Employee Carelessness (22 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090422/0309434604.shtml> at 24 April 2009

The Washington Post/The Associated Press, Lawmakers to re-examine Internet-sharing software (21 April 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042102229.html> at 24 April 2009

TechDirt, Yet Another Copyright Lobbying Group Caught Infringing (3 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090402/2014424364.shtml> at 6 April 2009

Musicians Politics
CNN, Don Henley sues Senate candidate over song use (18 April 2009) <http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/18/henley.lawsuit/index.html> at 20 April 2009

MySpace
Digital Music News, Revisiting Free: Why Social Networking Has Its Pitfalls... (28 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042709artists> at 29 April 2009

ZeroPaid, “We Are Hunted” Ranks Music Using Social Networks, P2P (20 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85999/we-are-hunted-ranks-music-using-social-networks-p2p/> at 21 April 2009

Mashable, What Does Social Media Mean for Piracy? (12 April 2009) <http://mashable.com/2009/04/12/social-media-piracy/> at 20 April 2009

Digital Music News, MySpace Music Opens Sharing On Playlists, Album Pages... (13 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041309myspace> at 19 April 2009

Digital Music News, In Other News: Facebook Hits 200 Million, iLike Speaks, A2IM Speaks... (8 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040809beat/?searchterm=Facebook%20has%20now%20hit%20200%20million%20users> at 11 April 2009

New Business Model
Digital Music News, Revisiting Free: Why Social Networking Has Its Pitfalls... (28 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042709artists> at 29 April 2009

The Register, Why Whack-a-Tard won't save music (22 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/22/codecon_2009_overview/> at 24 April 2009

Digital Music News, Give Them Credit: EMI Starts Plastic Cash Campaign... (22 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042109emi> at 24 April 2009

Digital Music News, Dave Matthews Band Delivers Gratis MP3... On Twitter (15 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041409dmb> at 19 April 2009

Digital Music News, Superfan Marketing Continues; Prince Positions $2,100 Photo Album (13 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041209prince> at 19 April 2009

ZeroPaid, VIDEO: Trent Reznor on NIN”s Buisness Model, Future of Music (12 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85963/video-trent-reznor-on-nins-buisness-model-future-of-music/> at 19 April 2009

TechDirt, New Service Helps Musicians Pre-Fund Releases From Fans (10 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090405/2116444400.shtml> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Did Frank Zappa Come Up With A Business Plan For File Sharing In 1983? (8 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090405/1806484395.shtml> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Is The Idea Of Embracing 'Piracy' Finally Going Mainstream? (8 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090402/0149494348.shtml> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Bad Business Advice: Always Look To Charge For Content (9 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090408/0916474434.shtml> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Giving People A Reason To Buy: Make Buying Fun (9 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090401/1552334345.shtml> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, Let the Fans Decide: KISS Practices Touring Democracy... (7 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/04060kiss> at 11 April 2009

Future of Music Coalition, Principles for Artist Compensation in New Business Models (2 April 2009) <http://www.futureofmusic.org/articles/artistprinciplesexplained.cfm> at 6 April 2009

Future of Music Coalition Blog, Principles for Musician Compensation in New Business Models (2 April 2009) <http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/fmc-releases-artist-principles.html> at 6 April 2009

Digital Music News, CD Baby Payouts Cross $100 Million... (6 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040509c> at 6 April 2009

TechDirt, Bands That Take Selling Seriously (3 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090401/0254414339.shtml> at 6 April 2009

TechDirt, Can We Please End The Myth That Anyone Is Trying To Take Away 'The Right Of Musicians To Get Paid'? (3 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090403/0134064365.shtml> at 6 April 2009

TechDirt, BitTorrent Site Mininova Makes It Easier To Sell Scarcities With Downloads (31 March 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090331/0243584322.shtml> at 3 April 2009

TechDirt, Bands Take Pay What You Want To Merch... And It Works Great (1 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090327/1547244281.shtml> at 3 April 2009

Other File Sharing Lawsuits
Business of Cinema, Taiwan file-sharing website indicted for copyright infringement (18 April 2009) <http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=12812> at 21 April 2009

The Register, Universal Music chief renews commitment to P2P battle (17 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/17/universal_digital_britain/> at 21 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Spanish Man Jailed for Operating Illegal File-Sharing Site (16 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85989/spanish-man-jailed-for-operating-illegal-file-sharing-site/> at 19 April 2009

TorrentFreak, File-Sharing Site Admin Sentenced to 6 Months Jail Written (11 April 2009) <http://torrentfreak.com/file-sharing-site-admin-sentenced-to-6-months-jail-090411/> at 19 April 2009

P2p Developments
The Register, Why Whack-a-Tard won't save music (22 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/22/codecon_2009_overview/> at 24 April 2009

The Washington Post/The Associated Press, Lawmakers to re-examine Internet-sharing software (21 April 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042102229.html> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, SwarmScreen Increases Privacy for Vuze (15 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85983/swarmscreen-increases-privacy-for-vuze/> at 19 April 2009

ZeroPaid, OneSwarm v0.6 Released (12 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85970/oneswarm-v06-released/> at 19 April 2009

P2p Statistics
ZeroPaid, SURVEY: 86% of Swedes Would Pay for Legal P2P (27 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86056/survey-86-of-swedes-would-pay-for-legal-p2p/> at 28 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Study: pirates biggest music buyers. Labels: yeah, right (20 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/04/study-pirates-buy-tons-more-music-than-average-folks.ars> at 26 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Mininova Surpasses 8 Billion Downloads as Court Date Looms (21 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86006/mininova-surpasses-8-billion-downloads-as-court-date-looms/> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, STUDY: Pirates Buy 10 Times More Music Than They Steal (21 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86009/study-pirates-buy-10-times-more-music-than-they-steal/> at 24 April 2009

Billboard.biz, Study: 86% Would Pay For Legal P2P (22 April 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i4fc650632bff09ac1c703fa11ae848c8> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, “We Are Hunted” Ranks Music Using Social Networks, P2P (20 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85999/we-are-hunted-ranks-music-using-social-networks-p2p/> at 21 April 2009

Slyck, Teens Buying Fewer Digital Tracks and Using P2P Less (31 March 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1846_Teens_Buying_Fewer_Digital_Tracks_and_Using_P2P_Less> at 11 April 2009

ZeroPaid, SURVEY: Teens Buying and Illegally Downloading Less Music (7 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85938/survey-teens-buying-and-illegally-downloading-less-music/> at 11 April 2009

Performance
TechDirt, Frank Zappa's Wife Continues To Claim Cover Bands Can't Play His Music (Even Though They Can) (15 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090414/0315454503.shtml> at 19 April 2009

Phones/Music
Digital Music News, Pandora iPhone App Hits 4 Million; AOL Radio Reaches 3.6 Million... (1 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033009pandora> at 3 April 2009

Plagiarism
TechDirt, Coldplay Denies Copying Satriani In Federal Court Filing (16 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090209/0540463704.shtml> at 19 April 2009

Privacy
ZeroPaid, Congress Reopens Investigation of Limewire (27 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86058/congress-reopens-investigation-of-limewire/> at 28 April 2009

The Register, Why Whack-a-Tard won't save music (22 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/22/codecon_2009_overview/> at 24 April 2009

TechDirt, Lobbyists Get Congress To Investigate P2P Software... Rather Than Bad Security And Employee Carelessness (22 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090422/0309434604.shtml> at 24 April 2009

The Washington Post/The Associated Press, Lawmakers to re-examine Internet-sharing software (21 April 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042102229.html> at 24 April 2009

TechDirt, Swedish ISP Starts Deleting Log Files To Protect Users From IPRED Law (17 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090416/1744494531.shtml> at 19 April 2009

ZeroPaid, SwarmScreen Increases Privacy for Vuze (15 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85983/swarmscreen-increases-privacy-for-vuze/> at 19 April 2009

ZeroPaid, OneSwarm v0.6 Released (12 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85970/oneswarm-v06-released/> at 19 April 2009

TechDirt, The Pirate Bay's New Business Model Apparently Working Wonders (10 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090409/2223144460.shtml> at 11 April 2009

Wired, The Pirate Bay's Anonymity Service Signs 100,000 Users Pre-Launch (8 April 2009) <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/04/the-pirate-bays.html> at 11 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Pirate Bay VPN Service Has 113,000 Users and Counting (9 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85957/pirate-bay-vpn-service-has-113000-users-and-counting/> at 11 April 2009

Public Choice Theory
TechDirt, Consumer Interest Groups Ask Obama To Stop Appointing RIAA Lawyers (3 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090402/1801344362.shtml> at 6 April 2009

Public Domain
TechDirt, Court Rules Part Of Copyright Act Unconstitutional (3 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090403/1619494384.shtml> at 6 April 2009

Publishing
TechDirt, German Collections Society Trying To Collect For Performances It Has No Rights Over (10 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090408/2336284448.shtml> at 11 April 2009

QTrax
ArsTechnica, Hands-on: Free but inconvenient music doesn't work for Qtrax (14 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/04/hands-on-free-but-inconvenient-music-doesnt-work-for-qtrax.ars> at 19 April 2009

Recording Contracts
ArsTechnica, Music Coalition wants to rewrite rules of music business (5 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/04/fmc-makes-statement-of-principles-on-compensating-musicians.ars> at 11 April 2009

Future of Music Coalition, Principles for Artist Compensation in New Business Models (2 April 2009) <http://www.futureofmusic.org/articles/artistprinciplesexplained.cfm> at 6 April 2009

Future of Music Coalition Blog, Principles for Musician Compensation in New Business Models (2 April 2009) <http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/fmc-releases-artist-principles.html> at 6 April 2009

Digital Music News, Principles for Musician Compensation in New Business Models... (6 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030509fmc> at 6 April 2009

Rhapsody
Digital Music News, Rhapsody Keeps Wooing Paid With Free... (21 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042009rhapsody> at 22 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Yahoo Music morphs into social launchpad for artist content (7 April 2009)<http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/04/yahoo-music-turns-into-social-launchpad-for-artist-content.ars> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, In Other News: Yahoo Music, UMGI, MTV India, Wii... (7 April 2009)<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030609inothernews> at 11 April 2009

Royalties
TechDirt, Frank Zappa's Wife Continues To Claim Cover Bands Can't Play His Music (Even Though They Can) (15 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090414/0315454503.shtml> at 19 April 2009

TechDirt, German Collections Society Trying To Collect For Performances It Has No Rights Over (10 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090408/2336284448.shtml> at 11 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Music Coalition wants to rewrite rules of music business (5 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/04/fmc-makes-statement-of-principles-on-compensating-musicians.ars> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, Now, This: YouTube Blocking Music Videos In Germany... (2 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040109germany> at 3 April 2009

Search Engines
ArsTechnica, "Pirate Google" sets sail to show copyright hypocrisy (29 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/pirate-google-sets-sail-to-show-copyright-hypocrisy.ars> at 30 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Google - Stop Comparing Us to The Pirate Bay! (29 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86103/google-stop-comparing-us-to-the-pirate-bay/> at 30 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Lawyer - The Pirate Bay’s Legal Demise Could Endanger Google and YouTube (29 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86119/lawyer-the-pirate-bays-legal-demise-could-endanger-google-and-youtube/> at 30 April 2009

TechDirt, Google Denies Similarities To The Pirate Bay (28 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090428/0201394674.shtml> at 29 April 2009

ZeroPaid, The Pirate Google Launches (26 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86052/thepirategoogle-launches/> at 28 April 2009

Digital Music News, Is There Another Chapter for Seeqpod? CEO Says Yes... (28 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042709seeqpod> at 29 April 2009

Digital Music News, Seeqpod RIP? Site Remains Down Over the Weekend... (27 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042409seeqpod> at 28 April 2009

Forbes, Why Google Is The New Pirate Bay (17 April 2009) <http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/17/pirate-bay-google-technology-internet-pirate-bay.html?feed=rss_news> at 20 April 2009

ArsTechnica, SeeqPod bullied into bankruptcy by record industry (1 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/seeqpod-bullied-into-bankruptcy-by-record-industry.ars> at 4 April 2009

Billboard.biz, Report: Seeqpod Files For Bankruptcy (31 March 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i833e3d242e7686aba7d5d4f0124c2b97> at 3 April 2009

TechDirt, Congrats, Recording Industry: You May Now Have Killed Seeqpod Too (1 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090331/1807314334.shtml> at 3 April 2009

Digital Music News, Sued Into Oblivion: Seeqpod Files for Bankruptcy (1 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033109seeqpod> at 3 April 2009

Security
ZeroPaid, Congress Reopens Investigation of Limewire (27 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86058/congress-reopens-investigation-of-limewire/> at 28 April 2009

The Register, Why Whack-a-Tard won't save music (22 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/22/codecon_2009_overview/> at 24 April 2009

TechDirt, Lobbyists Get Congress To Investigate P2P Software... Rather Than Bad Security And Employee Carelessness (22 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090422/0309434604.shtml> at 24 April 2009

The Washington Post/The Associated Press, Lawmakers to re-examine Internet-sharing software (21 April 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042102229.html> at 24 April 2009

Social Networking Music
Digital Music News, Revisiting Free: Why Social Networking Has Its Pitfalls... (28 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042709artists> at 29 April 2009

Mashable, What Does Social Media Mean for Piracy? (12 April 2009) <http://mashable.com/2009/04/12/social-media-piracy/> at 20 April 2009

Streaming
Mashable, What Does Social Media Mean for Piracy? (12 April 2009) <http://mashable.com/2009/04/12/social-media-piracy/> at 20 April 2009

Slyck, Teens Buying Fewer Digital Tracks and Using P2P Less (31 March 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1846_Teens_Buying_Fewer_Digital_Tracks_and_Using_P2P_Less> at 11 April 2009

ZeroPaid, SURVEY: Teens Buying and Illegally Downloading Less Music (7 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85938/survey-teens-buying-and-illegally-downloading-less-music/> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, So Much For MySpace Music Revolutionizing The Business (3 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090402/1957394363.shtml> at 6 April 2009

ArsTechnica, SeeqPod bullied into bankruptcy by record industry (1 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/seeqpod-bullied-into-bankruptcy-by-record-industry.ars> at 4 April 2009

Billboard.biz, Report: Seeqpod Files For Bankruptcy (31 March 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i833e3d242e7686aba7d5d4f0124c2b97> at 3 April 2009

TechDirt, Congrats, Recording Industry: You May Now Have Killed Seeqpod Too (1 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090331/1807314334.shtml> at 3 April 2009

Digital Music News, Sued Into Oblivion: Seeqpod Files for Bankruptcy (1 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033109seeqpod> at 3 April 2009

Subscription
Digital Music News, Rhapsody Keeps Wooing Paid With Free... (21 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042009rhapsody> at 22 April 2009

The Pirate Bay
ArsTechnica, The Pirate Bay verdict goes English, and we dish the dirt (28 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/the-pirate-bay-verdict-goes-english-and-we-dish-the-dirt.ars> at 30 April 2009

ArsTechnica, "Pirate Google" sets sail to show copyright hypocrisy (29 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/pirate-google-sets-sail-to-show-copyright-hypocrisy.ars> at 30 April 2009

Slyck, IFPI Publishes Translated Pirate Bay Verdict (27 April 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1850_IFPI_Publishes_Translated_Pirate_Bay_Verdict> at 30 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Google - Stop Comparing Us to The Pirate Bay! (29 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86103/google-stop-comparing-us-to-the-pirate-bay/> at 30 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Lawyer - The Pirate Bay’s Legal Demise Could Endanger Google and YouTube (29 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86119/lawyer-the-pirate-bays-legal-demise-could-endanger-google-and-youtube/> at 30 April 2009

TechDirt, Google Denies Similarities To The Pirate Bay (28 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090428/0201394674.shtml> at 29 April 2009

Washington Post/Reuters, Pirate Bay lawyer files for retrial, cites bias (27 April 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/27/AR2009042701070.html>at 29 April 2009

ZeroPaid, The Pirate Google Launches (26 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86052/thepirategoogle-launches/> at 28 April 2009

TechDirt, The Pirate Bay IP Addresses Point To Prosecution Lawyers (27 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090426/2226364652.shtml> at 28 April 2009

ArsTechnica, The Pirate Bay verdict: guilty, with jail time (17 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/the-pirate-bay-verdict-guilty-with-jail-time.ars> at 26 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Why no one should be shocked by The Pirate Bay verdict (19 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/why-no-one-should-be-shocked-by-the-pirate-bay-verdict.ars> at 26 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Big Content seeks injunction as Pirate Bay appeals verdict (21 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/pirate-bay-appeal-filed-as-big-content-seeks-injunction.ars> at 26 April 2009

ArsTechnica, TPB judge's pro-copyright links revealed, verdict questioned (23 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/judges-conflict-of-interest-surfaces-after-pirate-bay-trial.ars> at 26 April 2009

Digital Music News, Bias Charges Emerge In Pirate Bay Case... (24 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042309piratebay> at 26 April 2009

TechDirt, Maybe The Pirate Bay Should Just Pay Hollywood For All The Advertising It's Done (24 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090424/0348184633.shtml> at 26 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Pirate Bay Lawyer Demands Retrial (23 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86027/pirate-bay-lawyer-demand-retrial/> at 24 April 2009

TechDirt, Judge In Pirate Bay Case Appears To Have Ties To The Copyright Lobby (23 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090422/2213024614.shtml> at 24 April 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay judge and pro-copyright lobbyist accused of bias Defence lawyer demands retrial (23 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/23/pirate_bay_judge_accused_of_bias/> at 24 April 2009

TechDirt, Paul McCartney's Confused About The Pirate Bay (22 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090421/1807264603.shtml> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Swedish ISPs Ignore Request to Block The Pirate Bay (22 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86016/swedish-isps-ignore-request-to-block-the-pirate-bay/> at 24 April 2009

Billboard.biz, BT Blocks Pirate Bay, P2p Shut (22 April 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i47013cc613835ebcb860040845a0682c> at 24 April 2009

The Local, Pirate Bay lawyer calls for retrial (23 April 2009) <http://www.thelocal.se/19028/20090423/> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, The Pirate Bay Speaks Out: “The Site Will Live On!” (20 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86005/the-pirate-bay-speaks-out-the-site-will-live-on/> at 21 April 2009

CNet News, Pirate Bay says appeal is filed (20 April 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10223683-93.html> at 21 April 2009

TechDirt, Entertainment Industry Really Really Really Wants To Believe Pirate Bay Verdict Is A Win (20 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090419/2330364552.shtml> at 21 April 2009

Digital Music News, The Pirate Bay Aftershock, Or Lack Thereof... (20 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041909pirate2> at 21 April 2009

The Globe and Mail/Associated Press, Hundreds protest Pirate Bay conviction (18 April 2009) <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090418.wpiratebaypro0418/BNStory/International/home> at 21 April 2009

The Register, The Pirate Bay loads cannon with official appeal (20 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/20/pirate_bay_aftermath/> at 21 April 2009

The Register, Music industry sites DDoSed after Pirate Bay verdict (20 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/20/ddos_hacktivism_pirate_bay/> at 21 April 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay convictions are legally insignificant outside SwedenSafe for Google, eBay to remove tin hats, too (20 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/20/pirate_bay_legal_analysis/> at 21 April 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay co-founder claims 'we lost' (17 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/17/pirate_bay_verdict_day/> at 21 April 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay loses trial: defendants face prison time, hefty fines (17 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/17/pirate_bay_loses_trial/> at 21 April 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay guilty verdict: Now what? (17 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/17/pirate_verdict_next_move/> at 21 April 2009

Forbes, Why Google Is The New Pirate Bay (17 April 2009) <http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/17/pirate-bay-google-technology-internet-pirate-bay.html?feed=rss_news> at 20 April 2009

Slyck, The Pirate Bay - Guilty as Charged (17 April 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1849_The_Pirate_Bay_Guilty_as_Charged> at 20 April 2009

TechDirt, Pirate Bay Loses A Lawsuit; Entertainment Industry Loses An Opportunity (17 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090417/0129274535.shtml> at 19 April 2009

Digital Music News, Breaking: Pirate Bay Operators Found Guilty... (17 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041609pirate> at 19 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Pirate Bay Trial Verdict: Guilty as Charged (17 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85996/pirate-bay-trial-verdict-guilty-as-charged/> at 19 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Pirate Bay Trial Verdict Expected Tomorrow (16 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85992/pirate-bay-trial-verdict-expected-tomorrow/> at 19 April 2009

The Guardian, The Pirate Bay trial: guilty verdict (17 April 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/17/the-pirate-bay-trial-guilty-verdict> at 19 April 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay server becomes museum artefact (16 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/16/pirate_bay_server_museum_artefact/> at 19 April 2009

TechDirt, The Pirate Bay's New Business Model Apparently Working Wonders (10 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090409/2223144460.shtml> at 11 April 2009

Wired, The Pirate Bay's Anonymity Service Signs 100,000 Users Pre-Launch (8 April 2009) <http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/04/the-pirate-bays.html> at 11 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Facebook not interested in Pirate Bay booty, blocks torrents (9 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/04/facebook-not-interested-in-pirate-bay-booty-blocks-torrents.ars> at 11 April 2009

TechDirt, Facebook Overreacts: Decides All Of The Pirate Bay Is Illegal (9 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090408/2132314439.shtml> at 11 April 2009

ZeroPaid, Pirate Bay VPN Service Has 113,000 Users and Counting (9 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85957/pirate-bay-vpn-service-has-113000-users-and-counting/> at 11 April 20

ZeroPaid, Facebook Blocks Pirate Bay BitTorrent Links (9 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85959/facebook-blocks-pirate-bay-bittorrent-links/> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, Pirate Bay... Now Coming to a Facebook Account Near You (31 March 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033009facebook> at 3 April 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay linking could implication Facebook, says lawyer (31 March 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/31/pirate_bay_facebook/> at 3 April 2009

Twitter
Digital Music News, Finally: The Twitter Chart for Musicians... (22 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042109twitter> at 24 April 2009

ZeroPaid, “We Are Hunted” Ranks Music Using Social Networks, P2P (20 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85999/we-are-hunted-ranks-music-using-social-networks-p2p/> at 21 April 2009

Mashable, What Does Social Media Mean for Piracy? (12 April 2009) <http://mashable.com/2009/04/12/social-media-piracy/> at 20 April 2009

Digital Music News, Dave Matthews Band Delivers Gratis MP3... On Twitter (15 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041409dmb> at 19 April 2009

Webcasting
Digital Music News, Pandora iPhone App Hits 4 Million; AOL Radio Reaches 3.6 Million... (1 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/033009pandora> at 3 April 2009

Weblogs
ZeroPaid, “We Are Hunted” Ranks Music Using Social Networks, P2P (20 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/85999/we-are-hunted-ranks-music-using-social-networks-p2p/> at 21 April 2009

Mashable, What Does Social Media Mean for Piracy? (12 April 2009) <http://mashable.com/2009/04/12/social-media-piracy/> at 20 April 2009

Yahoo
ArsTechnica, Yahoo Music morphs into social launchpad for artist content (7 April 2009)<http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/04/yahoo-music-turns-into-social-launchpad-for-artist-content.ars> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, In Other News: Yahoo Music, UMGI, MTV India, Wii... (7 April 2009)<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030609inothernews> at 11 April 2009

YouTube
ZeroPaid, Lawyer - The Pirate Bay’s Legal Demise Could Endanger Google and YouTube (29 April 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86119/lawyer-the-pirate-bays-legal-demise-could-endanger-google-and-youtube/> at 30 April 2009

Digital Music News, The Sad Story of Susan Boyle, Continued... (24 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042309boyle> at 26 April 2009

TechDirt, An Analysis Of YouTube's Content Fingerprinting System (24 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090424/0441044636.shtml> at 26 April 2009

Digital Music News, The Sad Story of Susan Boyle: Lots of Volume, No Dough... (22 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042109boyle> at 24 April 2009

Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: Every Minute on YouTube... (21 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/042009control> at 22 April 2009

The Hankyoreh, S. Korea may clash with Google over Internet regulation differences (17 April 2009) <http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/350252.html> at 21 April 2009

Mashable, What Does Social Media Mean for Piracy? (12 April 2009) <http://mashable.com/2009/04/12/social-media-piracy/> at 20 April 2009

ArsTechnica, YouTube launching premium section with movies, TV shows (16 April 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/04/youtube-to-gain-premium-movie-tv-section.ars> at 19 April 2009

TechDirt, Google Doesn't Want To Disclose Korean YouTube Uploaders; Turns Feature Off Instead (13 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090413/0727414478.shtml> at 19 April 2009

TechDirt, German Composer The Latest To Mistakenly Sue Google Over The Actions Of Others (17 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090417/0114554534.shtml> at 19 April 2009

Digital Music News, What Pulldown? Warner Music Videos, Recordings All Over YouTube... (16 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041509wmg> at 19 April 2009

Digital Music News, RickRolling Gone Awry? The Cries of Google Exploitation... (13 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/041209rickroll> at 19 April 2009

SiliconValley, YouTube, Universal Music Group to launch music site (9 April 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12108069?nclick_check=1> at 19 April 2009

CNet News, YouTube Korea squelches uploads, comments (13 April 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10218419-93.html> at 19 April 2009

Billboard.biz, German Composer Sues Google/YouTube (16 April 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i27945265e8c95425efc47d45a1c1f594> at 19 April 2009

ArsTechnica, Yahoo Music morphs into social launchpad for artist content (7 April 2009)<http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/04/yahoo-music-turns-into-social-launchpad-for-artist-content.ars> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, YouTube Answers Back; Defends Monetization Picture... (9 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040809youtube> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, In Other News: Yahoo Music, UMGI, MTV India, Wii... (7 April 2009)<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/030609inothernews> at 11 April 2009

Digital Music News, As YouTube Bleeds, Royalty Questions Remain... (6 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040509youtube> at 6 April 2009

The Register, YouTube yanks music videos from German site (2 April 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/02/youtube_germany_music_videos/> at 4 April 2009

TechDirt, Record Labels In Germany Learning That YouTube Has The Leverage (2 April 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090401/1915404347.shtml> at 4 April 2009

Digital Music News, Now, This: YouTube Blocking Music Videos In Germany... (2 April 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/040109germany> at 3 April 2009