Tuesday, June 30, 2009

1.92m – no small change!!!!!!

Artists
ArsTechnica, Richard Marx (!) attacks RIAA after $1.92M Thomas verdict (24 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/richard-marx-attacks-riaa-after-19m-thomas-verdict.ars> at 30 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Richard Marx Says Jammie Thomas “Got a Raw Deal” (26 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86505/richard-marx-says-jammie-thomas-got-a-raw-deal/> at 29 June 2009

TechDirt, Richard Marx, One Of The Artists Jammie Thomas Supposedly Shared, Blasts Verdict, Apologizes (24 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090624/1202295348.shtml> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, Moby Says 'Disband The RIAA' For Winning $1.92 Million From Jammie Thomas (22 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090622/0026265308.shtml> at 25 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Moby on RIAA: “Suing Music Fans Not a Sustainable Business Model” (23 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86483/moby-on-riaa-suing-music-fans-not-a-sustainable-business-model/> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, Amanda Palmer Connects With Fans, Gives 'Em A Reason To Buy... And Makes $19k In 10 Hours (24 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090623/2337095343.shtml> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, Popular Band Claims Music Is Better Because Of Piracy (18 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090618/0324415277.shtml> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Band Praises P2P for Helping Artists “Discover Music” (16 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86428/band-praises-p2p-for-helping-artists-discover-music/> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Band Puts Album on Pirate Bay to Protest Use as Evidence in Trial (2 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86349/band-puts-album-on-pirate-bay-to-protest-use-as-evidence-in-trial/> at 8 June 2009

P2p Blog, HipHop musician: Steal my music and spend the money on stuff that matters (29 May 2009) <http://www.p2p-blog.com/item-1062.html> at 1 June 2009

TechDirt, Cher Lawsuit Highlights How Record Labels Screw Over Artists (3 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090602/2308085105.shtml> at 8 June 2009

The Washington Post, Film, TV music composers urge copyright law change (10 June 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/10/AR2009061003010.html> at 12 June 2009

TechDirt, Is It Really So Bad If Music Is Used In A Way The Musician Doesn't Like? (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090618/0349315279.shtml> at 25 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Sonic Youth: Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” Made Other Artists Look Bad (10 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86398/sonic-youth-radioheads-in-rainbows-made-other-artists-look-bad/> at 12 June 2009

Digital Music News, Why Trent Reznr Is the Latest Artist Hating Twitter... (11 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061009nin> at 12 June 2009

BitTorrent
ZeroPaid, RapidShare Fined $33 million for Violating German Copyright Laws (25 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86494/rapidshare-fined-33-million-for-violating-german-copyright-laws/> at 29 June 2009

TechDirt, German Court Says Rapidshare Must Get Magical Powers To Know Which Songs Infringe And Which Do Not (24 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090624/1209135349.shtml> at 25 June 2009

Billboard.biz, German Court Rules Against Rapidshare (23 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i6fad5a2a1d8e5132287cd744af207db9> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, Entertainment Industry Pushes To Make Mininova Useless (11 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090610/1534085188.shtml> at 12 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Russian Cops Bust BitTorrent Tracker Site “Interfilm” (2 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86345/russian-cops-bust-bittorrent-tracker-site-interfilm/> at 8 June 2009

Blanket/Collective Licensing
TechDirt, Tens Of Thousands Of Students Have Signed Up For Choruss... Even Though No One Knows What It Is? (12 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090612/0056115206.shtml> at 19 June 2009

The Register, 'Tens of thousands' of US students sign up for legal P2P (10 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/10/choruss_update/> at 12 June 2009

CD Sales
Future of Music Coalition Blog, Chart Attack: Who’s “Indie” When it Comes to Sales? (4 June 2009) <http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/chart-attack-whos-indie-when-it-comes.html> at 22 June 2009

TechDirt, Less Money, Less CDs: The Shrinking Wealth Factor... (12 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061109shrinking> at 12 June 2009

Digital Music News, Another Thud: CD Sales Now Back at Mid-90s Levels... (9 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060809data> at 9 June 2009

Digital Music News, Accelerated Declines: Album Sales Drop 18% In May... (3 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060209may> at 8 June 2009

Digital Music News, The Gray Art of Counting Indie Sales... (1 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/053109indies> at 8 June 2009

Concerts
Digital Music News, Live Nation: Have We Got an All-Inclusive Deal for You... (16 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061509livewed> at 19 June 2009

Digital Music News, Stimulate This: Major Acts Dropping Ticket Prices... (12 May 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051109stimulate> at 12 May 2009

TechDirt, Coldplay Giving Away Free CD At Shows And Free Downloads (4 May 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090504/1213174742.shtml> at 5 May 2009

Constitutional Law
EFF Deeplinks, Record Labels' $1.9 Million Win in Thomas Retrial Constitutional? (18 June 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/record-labels-awarde> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, The Constitutional Problems With The Award In The Jammie Thomas Case (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090618/1950315285.shtml> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, French Constitutional Council Guts 'Three Strikes' As Unconstitutional (10 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090610/1103345185.shtml> at 12 June 2009

The Register, France suspends Three Strikes (10 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/10/france_three_strikes_hadopi_suspended/> at 12 June 2009

ZeroPaid, France’s Top Court Rules “Three-Strikes” Unconstitutional (10 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86401/frances-top-court-rules-three-strikes-unconstitutional/> at 12 June 2009

The New York Times, French Council Defangs Plan to Crack Down on Internet Piracy (10 June 2009) <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/technology/internet/11net.html?_r=1> at 12 June 2009

Digital Music News, France Says No, But What About the US? (11 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061009us> at 12 June 2009

TechDirt, And Of Course: RIAA Mouthpieces Defend $1.92 Million Judgment (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090619/1843155298.shtml> at 25 June 2009

Slyck, Jammie Thomas-Rasset Loses - Again (19 June 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1861_Jammie_ThomasRasset_Loses_Again> at 22 June 2009

Copyright Law EU
Digital Music News, The Other Recording Royalty Battle... In Europe (15 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061409recording> at 19 June 2009

Copyright Law Other Countries
ZeroPaid, RapidShare Fined $33 million for Violating German Copyright Laws (25 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86494/rapidshare-fined-33-million-for-violating-german-copyright-laws/> at 29 June 2009

TechDirt, German Court Says Rapidshare Must Get Magical Powers To Know Which Songs Infringe And Which Do Not (24 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090624/1209135349.shtml> at 25 June 2009

Billboard.biz, German Court Rules Against Rapidshare (23 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i6fad5a2a1d8e5132287cd744af207db9> at 25 June 2009

Billboard.biz, German Publishers Demand Govt Action On Piracy (9 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i388dc3328f74c5ee303e345f757dad9b> at 12 June 2009

TechDirt, Norway Decides Privacy Is More Important Than Protecting The Entertainment Industry's Business Model (24 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090623/1924305338.shtml> at 25 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Digital Britain calls for pirate-free universal broadband (16 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/digital-britain-calls-for-well-policed-universal-broadband.ars> at 22 June 2009

Billboard.biz, U.K. Govt Plans $82,000 Fines For Online IP Offenses (17 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i149b78bd47280165ff144d514104a4cb> at 19 June 2009

Billboard.biz, Govt Minister Backs 'Regulation' To Tackle Piracy (3 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ie4dd94cdd5b8fd28a6fca275a415d8b5> at 8 June 2009

ZeroPaid, UK Copyright Industry Wants to Use Pop-Ups to Stop File-Sharing (4 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86359/uk-copyright-industry-wants-to-use-pop-ups-to-stop-file-sharing/> at 8 June 2009

ZeroPaid, UK ISP: Idea of Stopping File-Sharing is “Very Naive” (9 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86388/uk-isp-idea-of-stopping-file-sharing-is-very-naive/> at 12 June 2009

TechDirt, Playing Music In A Nightclub Just Got Ridiculously More Expensive In Australia (15 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090615/0329305236.shtml> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Court Orders iiNet To Hand Over Sample Records Of Customers (17 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090616/1638505258.shtml> at 19 June 2009

The Australian, iiNet requests AFACT letters in copyright case (10 June 2009) <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25615001-15318,00.html> at 19 June 2009

The Australian, Copyright battle hard fought (16 June 2009) <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25640637-5013040,00.html> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Japan Makes Private Copying Illegal (17 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090616/1544325254.shtml> at 19 June 2009

Billboard.biz, Japan Strengthens Copyright Law (16 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3iecfa450e38f03b770bfe0008e0afb801> at 19 June 2009

The Register, Sweden: IP numbers are personal...unless you're a pirate (18 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/18/sweden_ip_law/> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, CRIA Insists Canadian File-Sharing Problem a “Fact” (16 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86426/cria-insists-canadian-file-sharing-problem-a-fact/> at 19 June 2009

Canada.com, Copyright report 'lacked sufficient balance': Conf. Board (17 June 2009) <http://www.canada.com/news/Copyright+report+lacked+sufficient+balance+Conf+Board/1705978/story.html> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Advocacy Group Says Canadian ISPs Should Be Required To Hand Over Subscriber Data Without A Warrant (4 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090604/0724465128.shtml> at 8 June 2009

Billboard.biz, Canadian Govt Set To Consult On Copyright Act (3 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i8ec34ef6f7ad9c74742744921b2e9250> at 8 June 2009

Stuff.co.nz, NZ copyright bill reborn? (15 June 2009) <http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/telecoms-it-media/2500808/Section-92a-reborn-Copy-law-review-disquiets> at 19 June 2009

Billboard.biz, Spanish ISPs Suspend Talks With Rights Holders (17 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i149b78bd47280165eeb771438140b31e> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Spaniards Demand Internet “Civil Rights” (1 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86338/spaniards-demand-internet-civil-rights/> at 8 June 2009

TechDirt, Another Court Ruling In Spain Finds Personal File Sharing To Be Legal (2 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090531/2312145072.shtml> at 8 June 2009

ZeroPaid, 10th Anniversary of Napster This Month (9 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86393/10th-anniversary-of-napster-this-month/> at 12 June 2009

TechDirt, Is It Really So Bad If Music Is Used In A Way The Musician Doesn't Like? (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090618/0349315279.shtml> at 25 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Russian Cops Bust BitTorrent Tracker Site “Interfilm” (2 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86345/russian-cops-bust-bittorrent-tracker-site-interfilm/> at 8 June

Copyright Law USA
EFF Deeplinks, Record Labels' $1.9 Million Win in Thomas Retrial Constitutional? (18 June 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/record-labels-awarde> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, Is It Really So Bad If Music Is Used In A Way The Musician Doesn't Like? (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090618/0349315279.shtml> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, Rep. Wexler And The Lies Of The Copyright Industry (12 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090612/0850165209.shtml> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Senator Orrin Hatch... And The Lies The Copyright Industry Tells (12 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090612/1235555213.shtml> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, 10th Anniversary of Napster This Month (9 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86393/10th-anniversary-of-napster-this-month/> at 12 June 2009

The Washington Post, Film, TV music composers urge copyright law change (10 June 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/10/AR2009061003010.html> at 12 June 2009

Copyright Term
Digital Music News, The Other Recording Royalty Battle... In Europe (15 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061409recording> at 19 June 2009

Creative Commons
TechDirt, That Blurry Line Between Commercial & Non-Commercial Use Still Troubling For Creative Commons (3 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090602/2322205106.shtml> at 8 June 2009

Damages
EFF Deeplinks, Record Labels' $1.9 Million Win in Thomas Retrial Constitutional? (18 June 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/record-labels-awarde> at 25 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Jammie Thomas Fined $1.92 Million for Sharing 24 Songs (18 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86457/jammie-thomas-fined-1-92-million-for-sharing-24-songs/> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Jammie Thomas Ordered To Pay $1.92 Million (18 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090618/1533065283.shtml> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, The Constitutional Problems With The Award In The Jammie Thomas Case (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090618/1950315285.shtml> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, And Of Course: RIAA Mouthpieces Defend $1.92 Million Judgment (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090619/1843155298.shtml> at 25 June 2009

CNet News, Bankruptcy could protect Jammie Thomas (19 June 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10269251-93.html> at 22 June 2009

Slyck, Jammie Thomas-Rasset Loses - Again (19 June 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1861_Jammie_ThomasRasset_Loses_Again> at 22 June 2009

SiliconValley, Woman loses retrial in music download case (18 June 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12620804> at 20 June 2009

Digital Music News, Jury Awards RIAA $1.92 Million In Damages... (19 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061909thomas> at 20 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Thomas verdict: willful infringement, $1.92 million penalty (18 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/jammie-thomas-retrial-verdict.ars> at 22 June 2009

The Register, US record industry wins $1.92m from file sharer (19 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/19/copyright_victory_rich/> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, What's next for Jammie Thomas-Rasset? (21 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/whats-next-for-jammie-thomas-rasset.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Sony lawyer: $150K damages per song "certainly" appropriate (15 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/sony-lawyer-150k-damages-per-song-certainly-appropriate.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, RIAA lawyers toss "a skunk in the jury box," apologize (16 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/riaa-lawyers-toss-a-skunk-in-the-jury-box-apologize.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Jammie Thomas takes the stand, admits to major misstep (16 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/jammie-thomas-takes-the-stand-admits-to-major-misstep.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Thomas testimony ends with tears, anger, Swedish death metal (17 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/thomas-testimony-ends-with-tears-anger-swedish-death-metal.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Closing arguments in the Thomas trial: victim or liar? (18 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/closing-arguments-in-the-thomas-trial-victim-or-liar.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Lawyers plan class-action to reclaim "$100M+" RIAA "stole" (10 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/lawyers-plan-class-action-to-reclaim-100m-riaa-stole.ars> at 22 June 2009

TechDirt, Class Action Lawsuit Against The RIAA For 'Stolen' Money? (11 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090610/1622125190.shtml> at 12 June 2009

ZeroPaid, RIAA Says Lawsuits Against File-Sharers “Not About the Money” (1 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86340/riaa-says-lawsuits-against-file-sharers-not-about-the-money/> at 8 June 2009

Digital Sales
Future of Music Coalition Blog, Chart Attack: Who’s “Indie” When it Comes to Sales? (4 June 2009) <http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/chart-attack-whos-indie-when-it-comes.html> at 22 June 2009

Digital Music News, Accelerated Declines: Album Sales Drop 18% In May... (3 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060209may> at 8 June 2009

Digital Music News, The Gray Art of Counting Indie Sales... (1 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/053109indies> at 8 June 2009

DigitalMusicStores
Digital Music News, The Paid Download: Will Ubiquity Kill the Goose? (26 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/062509dload> at 28 June 2009

ArsTechnica, ISP, UMG agree on unlimited music plan, graduated response (15 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/06/isp-umg-agree-on-unlimited-music-plan-graduated-response.ars> at 22 June 2009

Digital Music News, Breaking: Virgin Media, UMG Mint Unlimited Streaming, Download Offering... (15 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061509virgin> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Virgin Media, Universal Music to Offer Unlimited MP3 Downloads (15 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86422/virgin-media-universal-music-to-offer-unlimited-mp3-downloads/> at 19 June 2009

The Register, Virgin to offer unlimited, DRM-free music (15 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/15/virgin_universal_unlimited/> at 19 June 2009

DRM
Digital Music News, DRM Never Die? Protections Will Remain on Comes With Music... (19 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061809comes> at 20 June 2009

Digital Music News, Breaking: Virgin Media, UMG Mint Unlimited Streaming, Download Offering... (15 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061509virgin> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Virgin Does Music Deal With Universal; Everyone Involved Forgets The Past (15 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090615/1035235237.shtml> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Virgin Media, Universal Music to Offer Unlimited MP3 Downloads (15 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86422/virgin-media-universal-music-to-offer-unlimited-mp3-downloads/> at 19 June 2009

The Register, Virgin to offer unlimited, DRM-free music (15 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/15/virgin_universal_unlimited/> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, 10th Anniversary of Napster This Month (9 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86393/10th-anniversary-of-napster-this-month/> at 12 June 2009

TechDirt, Former RIAA Boss States The Obvious: The Record Labels Screwed Up... And Continue To Screw Up (5 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090603/0040425108.shtml> at 8 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Landmark Study Concludes That DRM Adversely Affects What We Can Legally Do (31 May 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86336/landmark-study-concludes-that-drm-adversely-affects-what-we-can-legally-do/> at 8 June 2009

Economics
ArsTechnica, Researchers conclude piracy not stifling content creation (18 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/06/researchers-conclude-piracy-not-stifling-content-creation.ars> at 22 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Harvard Study: “Weaker Copyright Protection Has Benefited Society” (20 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86468/harvard-study-weaker-copyright-protection-has-benefited-society/> at 22 June 2009

TechDirt, The Real Culprit For The Decline In Music Sales? Video Games (15 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090615/0257125234.shtml> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Yet Another Study Shows That Weaker Copyright Benefits Everyone (17 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090617/1138185267.shtml> at 19 June 2009

The Register, Economists say P2P file-sharing fuels art (18 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/18/harvard_working_paper_weak_copyright_protections_benefit_society/> at 19 June 2009

PRS for Music - Economic Insight, The Long Tail of P2P (Issue 14, 14 May 2009) <http://www.prsformusic.com/monline/research/Documents/The%20long%20tail%20of%20P2P%20v9.pdf> at 1 June 2009

Wired, Report Challenges Long Tail Theory on P2P Networks (14 May 2009) <http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/05/report-challenges-long-tail-theory-on-p2p-networks/> at 1 June 2009

Education Campaigns
TechDirt, Entertainment Industry Propaganda Moves Into Schools In Australia As Well (3 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090602/0931255096.shtml> at 8 June 2009

eMusic
TechDirt, eMusic Also Took Away Right To Download Songs Already Purchased (25 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090624/0216435344.shtml> at 30 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Springsteen, Dylan come to eMusic as labels open up (1 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/06/springsteen-dylan-come-to-emusic-as-labels-open-up.ars> at 22 June 2009

TechDirt, eMusic Tries To Defend Price Increase... Still Seems To Be Missing The Point (18 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090618/0415235281.shtml> at 19 June 2009

Digital Music News, eMusic Responds: We Are Not Becoming "iTunes, Jr." (3 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060209emusic> at 8 June 2009

TechDirt, eMusic Trying To Censor Critics Of New Pricing Plan? [Updated] (4 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090603/2329075118.shtml> at 8 June 2009

Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: Is eMusic Jumping the Shark? (2 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060109emusic> at 8 June 2009

TechDirt, Did No One At eMusic Think About PR Impact Of Raising Prices At The Same Time Sony Signed? (3 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090602/2250355103.shtml> at 8 June 2009

CNet News, Sony's 'classic' catalog comes to eMusic (1 June 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10253151-93.html> at 8 June 2009

The Register, eMusic doubles prices, snares Sony (3 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/03/emusic/> at 8 June 2009

EULA
TechDirt, EFF Tracking Changes To Major Company Terms Of Service (5 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090605/0808085139.shtml> at 8 June 2009

Facebook
Digital Music News, The Inevitable Arrives: Facebook Surpasses MySpace In US... (16 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061509facebook> at 19 June 2009

Failure to Adapt
TechDirt, Former RIAA Boss States The Obvious: The Record Labels Screwed Up... And Continue To Screw Up (5 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090603/0040425108.shtml> at 8 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Former RIAA CEO: “Napster Forced Us to Listen to Music Fans” (3 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86354/former-riaa-ceo-napster-forced-us-to-listen-to-music-fans/> at 8 June 2009

Fair Use/Fair Dealing
ArsTechnica, Tenenbaum P2P circus: judge's "indulgence is at an end" (18 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/tenenbaum-p2p-circus-judges-indulgence-is-at-an-end.ars> at 22 June 2009

File Sharing
TechDirt, French Court Orders P2P News Site To Report On File Sharing Convictions (16 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090615/0250185233.shtml> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, The Real Culprit For The Decline In Music Sales? Video Games (15 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090615/0257125234.shtml> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Bad Science's Ben Goldacre Rips Apart Bogus Study On File Sharing (8 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090608/0133295162.shtml> at 9 June 2009

TechDirt, Yet Another Study: 'Pirates' Are Actually Industry's Best Customers (4 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090604/0117405122.shtml> at 8 June 2009

Filtering
Sydney Morning Herald, Internet filter: $44.5m and no goal in sight Asher Moses (3 June 2009) <http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/2009/06/03/1243708489312.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1> at 12 June 2009

First Sale Doctrine
TechDirt, If Downloading A Song Is Just Like Stealing A CD, Why Won't The RIAA Allow Reselling MP3s? (22 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090622/0034405309.shtml> at 25 June 2009

Graduated Response Other Countries
TechDirt, Automated Copyright Settlement Letters Apparently A Lucrative Business (29 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090629/1220345406.shtml> at 30 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Record biz tries suing Irish ISPs into submission (23 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/record-biz-tries-suing-irish-isps-into-submission.ars> at 30 June 2009

TechDirt, Recording Industry Sues More Irish ISPs For Not Implementing 3 Strikes (22 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090622/0136565311.shtml> at 25 June 2009

IrishTimes.com, Major music labels in court move to force internet providers to act on downloads (20 June 2009) <http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/0620/1224249188923.html> at 25 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Record Labels Target More Irish ISPs for “Three-Strikes” (23 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86486/record-labels-target-more-irish-isps-for-three-strikes/> at 25 June 2009

Torrent Freak, Irish RIAA Takes ISPs To Court To Force 3 Strikes Written (21 June 2009) <http://torrentfreak.com/irish-riaa-takes-isps-to-court-to-force-3-strikes-090621/> at 22 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Spanish Copyright Industry Abandons “Three-Strikes” (25 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86493/spanish-copyright-industry-abandons-three-strikes/> at 29 June 2009

TechDirt, Three Strikes Rejected In Spain (24 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090623/1918135337.shtml> at 25 June 2009

Digital Music News, Is Three-Strikes Getting Toxic? Spain Backs Away... (23 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/062209spain> at 25 June 2009

Billboard.biz, 'Three-Strikes' Off Anti-Piracy Agenda In Spain (22 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i8071e0d9c25cb6b8135e1e0ebea8495f> at 25 June 2009

Billboard.biz, French Govt Reworks 'Three-Strikes' Law (25 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ied6fab8616f8c1a1c127e7fb5c29205f> at 29 June 2009

TechDirt, Sarkozy Talks About 3 Strikes As Defending Freedom, But Only Freedom For The Industry (23 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090623/1401405330.shtml> at 25 June 2009

ArsTechnica, French court savages "three-strikes" law, tosses it out (10 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/french-court-savages-3-strikes-law-tosses-it-out.ars> at 22 June 2009

TechDirt, French Constitutional Council Guts 'Three Strikes' As Unconstitutional (10 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090610/1103345185.shtml> at 12 June 2009

The Register, France suspends Three Strikes (10 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/10/france_three_strikes_hadopi_suspended/> at 12 June 2009

ZeroPaid, France’s Top Court Rules “Three-Strikes” Unconstitutional (10 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86401/frances-top-court-rules-three-strikes-unconstitutional/> at 12 June 2009

ZeroPaid, France Changes “Three-Strikes” to Judge Ordering Disconnections (15 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86439/france-changes-three-strikes-to-judge-ordering-disconnections/> at 19 June 2009

ArsTechnica, France govt goes into spin mode to salvage three-strikes law (11 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/france-govt-goes-into-spin-mode-to-salvage-three-strikes-law.ars> at 22 June 2009

Electronic Frontiers Foundation, France Declares Three Strikes Unconstitutional (10 June 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/three-strikes-dead-in-france> at 19 June 2009

The New York Times, French Council Defangs Plan to Crack Down on Internet Piracy (10 June 2009) <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/technology/internet/11net.html?_r=1> at 12 June 2009

Digital Music News, France Says No, But What About the US? (11 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061009us> at 12 June 2009

Digital Music News, Digital Britain: No Three-Strikes, But ISPs Still On the Hook... (17 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061609digitalbritain> at 19 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Stern letters from ISPs not enough to stop P2P use after all (10 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/stern-letters-from-isps-not-enough-to-stop-p2p-use-after-all.ars> at 22 June 2009

TechDirt, Digital Britain: Few Surprises As It Looks To Prop Up Content Industries (16 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090616/0946355250.shtml> at 19 June 2009

guardian.co.uk, Digital Britain: ISPs will have to cut filesharing by 70% under new proposals (16 June 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/16/filesharing-digital-britain> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, UK Govt Goal: Reduce Illegal P2P by 70% (18 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86447/uk-govt-goal-reduce-illegal-p2p-by-70/> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, UK ISP: Idea of Stopping File-Sharing is “Very Naive” (9 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86388/uk-isp-idea-of-stopping-file-sharing-is-very-naive/> at 12 June 2009

TechDirt, British Government Says No To Three Strikes (5 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090604/1019495131.shtml> at 8 June 2009

BBC News, Web pirates placed in 'slow lane' (4 June 2009) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8083866.stm> at 8 June 2009

ZeroPaid, UK Minister Says “Three-Strikes” too Draconian (5 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86371/uk-minister-says-three-strikes-too-draconian/> at 8 June 2009

TechDirt, Study Says File Sharers Would Ignore Warning Letters; Recording Industry Gets The Wrong Message (10 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090610/0234295184.shtml> at 12 June 2009

TechDirt, ISPs And Entertainment Companies In Denmark Look To Set Up Piracy Review Board (11 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090610/1554535189.shtml> at 12 June 2009

Billboard.biz, German Publishers Demand Govt Action On Piracy (9 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i388dc3328f74c5ee303e345f757dad9b> at 12 June 2009

ZeroPaid, New Zealand Govt Slowly Resurrecting “Three-Strikes” (18 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86451/new-zealand-govt-slowly-resurrecting-three-strikes/> at 19 June 2009

Graduated Response USA
Digital Music News, France Says No, But What About the US? (11 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061009us> at 12 June 2009

Digital Music News, 6 Months, 0 Disconnecting ISPs: RIAA Still Coming Up Short... (4 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/06020riaa> at 8 June 2009

TechDirt, Six Months And Still No ISPs Officially Signed Up On The RIAA's Program (4 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090604/0137485124.shtml> at 8 June 2009

iiNet
TechDirt, Court Orders iiNet To Hand Over Sample Records Of Customers (17 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090616/1638505258.shtml> at 19 June 2009

The Australian, iiNet requests AFACT letters in copyright case (10 June 2009) <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25615001-15318,00.html> at 19 June 2009

The Australian, Copyright battle hard fought (16 June 2009) <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25640637-5013040,00.html> at 19 June 2009

Independents
Future of Music Coalition Blog, Chart Attack: Who’s “Indie” When it Comes to Sales? (4 June 2009) <http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/chart-attack-whos-indie-when-it-comes.html> at 22 June 2009

Digital Music News, The Gray Art of Counting Indie Sales... (1 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/053109indies> at 8 June 2009

Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
TechDirt, French Court Orders P2P News Site To Report On File Sharing Convictions (16 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090615/0250185233.shtml> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Italy Is The Latest Country To Realize IP Address Alone Does Not ID File Sharers (16 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090615/1055035238.shtml> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, German Court Says 'Accidental' File Sharing Isn't A Crime (12 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090611/1159355201.shtml> at 19 June 2009

Individual Lawsuits USA
TechDirt, Woman Who Owned No Computer, But Got Sued By The RIAA, 'Settles' (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090619/1255415291.shtml> at 25 June 2009

ArsTechnica, No mistakes? NH P2P case highlights MediaSentry's issues (22 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/no-mistakes-nh-woman-settles-with-riaa-for-0.ars> at 30 June 2009

CNet News, Bankruptcy could protect Jammie Thomas (19 June 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10269251-93.html> at 30 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Richard Marx (!) attacks RIAA after $1.92M Thomas verdict (24 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/richard-marx-attacks-riaa-after-19m-thomas-verdict.ars> at 30 June 2009

TechDirt, Moby Says 'Disband The RIAA' For Winning $1.92 Million From Jammie Thomas (22 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090622/0026265308.shtml> at 25 June 2009

CNet News, Bankruptcy could protect Jammie Thomas (19 June 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10269251-93.html> at 22 June 2009

Slyck, Jammie Thomas-Rasset Loses - Again (19 June 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1861_Jammie_ThomasRasset_Loses_Again> at 22 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Richard Marx Says Jammie Thomas “Got a Raw Deal” (26 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86505/richard-marx-says-jammie-thomas-got-a-raw-deal/> at 29 June 2009

TechDirt, Richard Marx, One Of The Artists Jammie Thomas Supposedly Shared, Blasts Verdict, Apologizes (24 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090624/1202295348.shtml> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, The Constitutional Problems With The Award In The Jammie Thomas Case (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090618/1950315285.shtml> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, RIAA Claims Jammie Thomas Jury Is A Representative Sample Of Views On File Sharing (25 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090623/1651345334.shtml> at 30 June 2009

EFF Deeplinks, Record Labels' $1.9 Million Win in Thomas Retrial Constitutional? (18 June 2009) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/record-labels-awarde> at 25 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Thomas lawyer: court must ban all MediaSentry evidence (2 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/lawyer-court-must-ban-all-mediasentry-evidence.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, RIAA v. Jammie Thomas, round two: an in-depth preview (4 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/riaa-v-jammie-thomas-round-two-an-in-depth-preview.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, RIAA: MediaSentry attacks based on "entirely fictional" laws (7 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/riaa-mediasentry-attacks-based-on-entirely-fictional-laws.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Lawyers plan class-action to reclaim "$100M+" RIAA "stole" (10 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/lawyers-plan-class-action-to-reclaim-100m-riaa-stole.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Thomas judge bars Fair Use defense, OKs MediaSentry evidence (11 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/thomas-judge-bars-fair-use-defense-oks-mediasentry-evidence.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Jury selected in Thomas retrial: shockingly law-abiding (15 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/jury-selected-in-thomas-retrial-shockingly-law-abiding.ars> at 22 June 2009

TechDirt, And Of Course: RIAA Mouthpieces Defend $1.92 Million Judgment (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090619/1843155298.shtml> at 25 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Thomas verdict: willful infringement, $1.92 million penalty (18 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/jammie-thomas-retrial-verdict.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, What's next for Jammie Thomas-Rasset? (21 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/whats-next-for-jammie-thomas-rasset.ars> at 22 June 2009

The Register, US record industry wins $1.92m from file sharer (19 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/19/copyright_victory_rich/> at 22 June 2009

SiliconValley, Woman loses retrial in music download case (18 June 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12620804> at 20 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Jammie Thomas Fined $1.92 Million for Sharing 24 Songs (18 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86457/jammie-thomas-fined-1-92-million-for-sharing-24-songs/> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Jammie Thomas Ordered To Pay $1.92 Million (18 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090618/1533065283.shtml> at 19 June 2009

Digital Music News, Jury Awards RIAA $1.92 Million In Damages... (19 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061909thomas> at 20 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Sony lawyer: $150K damages per song "certainly" appropriate (15 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/sony-lawyer-150k-damages-per-song-certainly-appropriate.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, RIAA lawyers toss "a skunk in the jury box," apologize (16 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/riaa-lawyers-toss-a-skunk-in-the-jury-box-apologize.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Jammie Thomas takes the stand, admits to major misstep (16 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/jammie-thomas-takes-the-stand-admits-to-major-misstep.ars> at 22 June 2009

TechDirt, Record Labels Continue 'Negotiating Through Lawsuit' (18 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090618/0011185272.shtml> at 19 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Thomas testimony ends with tears, anger, Swedish death metal (17 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/thomas-testimony-ends-with-tears-anger-swedish-death-metal.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Closing arguments in the Thomas trial: victim or liar? (18 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/closing-arguments-in-the-thomas-trial-victim-or-liar.ars> at 22 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Jammie Thomas Re-Trial Starts Tomorrow (14 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86419/jammie-thomas-re-trial-starts-tomorrow/> at 19 June 2009

CNet News, Jammie Thomas suffers pretrial setback in copyright case (11 June 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10262894-93.html> at 19 June 2009

Digital Music News, In Capitol v. Thomas, MediaSentry Evidence Stays... (12 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061109capitol> at 12 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Jammie Thomas Lawyer Fights to Bar Media Sentry Evidence (3 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86353/jammie-thomas-lawyer-fights-to-bar-media-sentry-evidence/> at 8 June 2009

Wired, Jammie Thomas Lawyer: Get Me Off This Case! (15 May 2009) <http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/lawyer-spent-130000-defending-riaa-case/> at 1 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Play it again: Tenenbaum team tries to toss MediaSentry evidence (29 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/second-times-the-charm-tenenbaum-team-try-to-toss-mediasentry-evidence.ars> at 30 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Tenenbaum P2P circus: judge's "indulgence is at an end" (18 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/tenenbaum-p2p-circus-judges-indulgence-is-at-an-end.ars> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, RIAA responds: Nesson more like P.T. Barnum than David (31 May 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/riaa-responds.ars> at 22 June 2009

TechDirt, Class Action Lawsuit Against The RIAA For 'Stolen' Money? (11 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090610/1622125190.shtml> at 12 June 2009

ZeroPaid, RIAA: We’ve Only “Contacted” 18,000 File-Sharers (29 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86510/riaa-weve-only-contacted-18000-file-sharers/> at 30 June 2009

Digital Music News, The RIAA: Just How Many Lawsuits & Letters? (29 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/062809riaa> at 30 June 2009

ZeroPaid, RIAA Says Lawsuits Against File-Sharers “Not About the Money” (1 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86340/riaa-says-lawsuits-against-file-sharers-not-about-the-money/> at 8 June 2009

TechDirt, Automated Copyright Settlement Letters Apparently A Lucrative Business (29 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090629/1220345406.shtml> at 30 June 2009

TechDirt, Universities Struggling To Deal With Law Requiring Them To Fight File Sharing (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090618/0337155278.shtml> at 25 June 2009

Digital Music News, The Parallel Universe of RIAA Lawsuits... (22 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/062109parallel> at 25 June 2009

Digital Music News, Legal Questions Continue to Surround MediaSentry... (3 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060209mediasentry> at 8 June 2009

International Copyright Issues
ArsTechnica, Transatlantic coalition calls for "halt" to ACTA talks (23 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/transatlantic-coalition-calls-for-halt-to-acta-talks.ars> at 30 June 2009

TechDirt, Consumer Group Wants ACTA Discussions Stopped Until Consumer Rights Are Represented In Negotiations (29 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090628/1640555388.shtml> at 30 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Consumer Groups Want to Halt ACTA Negotiations (25 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86492/consumer-groups-want-to-halt-acta-negotiations/> at 25 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Who's afraid of a digital world? The World Copyright Summit (12 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/whos-afraid-of-a-digital-world-the-world-copyright-summit.ars> at 22 June 2009

TechDirt, EFF, Public Knowledge Drop ACTA Lawsuit, Realizing 'National Secrets' Claim Will Block Them (18 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090617/1918145270.shtml> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Obama Administration Reiterates Its Support Of Secretive, Industry Written ACTA (15 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090614/1819325224.shtml> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, 10th Anniversary of Napster This Month (9 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86393/10th-anniversary-of-napster-this-month/> at 12 June 2009

Internet Statistics
The Australian, Australia beats US for broadband access (19 June 2009) <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25659260-5013040,00.html> at 25 June 2009

Slyck, Broadband Penetration Increases, So Does Price (17 June 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1860_Broadband_Penetration_Increases_So_Does_Price> at 22 June 2009

ArsTechnica, US 20th in broadband penetration, trails S. Korea, Estonia (19 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/us-20th-in-broadband-penetration-trails-s-korea-estonia.ars> at 22 June 2009

ISP Liability
TechDirt, Universities Struggling To Deal With Law Requiring Them To Fight File Sharing (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090618/0337155278.shtml> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, Court Orders iiNet To Hand Over Sample Records Of Customers (17 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090616/1638505258.shtml> at 19 June 2009

The Australian, iiNet requests AFACT letters in copyright case (10 June 2009) <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25615001-15318,00.html> at 19 June 2009

The Australian, Copyright battle hard fought (16 June 2009) <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25640637-5013040,00.html> at 19 June 2009

Billboard.biz, Spanish ISPs Suspend Talks With Rights Holders (17 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i149b78bd47280165eeb771438140b31e> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, 10th Anniversary of Napster This Month (9 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86393/10th-anniversary-of-napster-this-month/> at 12 June 2009

iTunes
TechDirt, Apple Sued Over Gift Cards That Claim $0.99 Per Song (26 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090626/1456505377.shtml> at 30 June 2009

Labels Revenue
Future of Music Coalition Blog, Chart Attack: Who’s “Indie” When it Comes to Sales? (4 June 2009) <http://futureofmusiccoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/chart-attack-whos-indie-when-it-comes.html> at 22 June 2009

TechDirt, Less Money, Less CDs: The Shrinking Wealth Factor... (12 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061109shrinking> at 12 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Music Sale Losses Due to Gaming, DVDs, Not P2P (9 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86390/music-sale-losses-due-to-gaming-dvds-not-p2p/> at 12 June 2009

TechDirt, Bad Science's Ben Goldacre Rips Apart Bogus Study On File Sharing (8 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090608/0133295162.shtml> at 9 June 2009

Digital Music News, Accelerated Declines: Album Sales Drop 18% In May... (3 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060209may> at 8 June 2009

TechDirt, Former RIAA Boss States The Obvious: The Record Labels Screwed Up... And Continue To Screw Up (5 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090603/0040425108.shtml> at 8 June 2009

TechDirt, Yet Another Study: 'Pirates' Are Actually Industry's Best Customers (4 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090604/0117405122.shtml> at 8 June 2009

The Register, eMusic doubles prices, snares Sony (3 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/03/emusic/> at 8 June 2009

Leaks
Digital Music News, Latest Leaks: The Fiery Furnaces, Nanci Griffith... (25 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/062409leaks> at 25 June 2009

Digital Music News, Latest Leaks: Killswitch Engage, Rob Thomas... (22 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061909leaks> at 25 June 2009

Digital Music News, Latest Leaks: Regina Spektor, The Gossip... (17 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061609leaks> at 19 June 2009

Digital Music News, Latest Leaks: Moby, Incubus... (11 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061009leaks> at 12 June 2009

Digital Music News, Latest Leaks: Lemonheads, Dinosaur, Jr. (8 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060509leaks> at 8 June 2009

Digital Music News, Mars Volta: The Complete Album Starts Leaking... (5 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060409leaks> at 8 June 2009

Digital Music News, Wait One Minute: Sonic Youth Is Already Leaking... (3 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060209sonic> at 8 June 2009

Digital Music News, Also Leaking: More Black Eyed Peas, Placebo, Mars Volta... (1 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052909leaks> at 8 June 2009

Levies
ZeroPaid, Study - Legalizing Filesharing and Issuing Flat Rate is the Way to Go (12 May 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86206/study-legalizing-filesharing-and-issuing-flat-rate-is-the-way-to-go/> at 13 May 2009

Lobby Groups
TechDirt, Advocacy Group Says Canadian ISPs Should Be Required To Hand Over Subscriber Data Without A Warrant (4 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090604/0724465128.shtml> at 8 June 2009

MySpace
Digital Music News, The Inevitable Arrives: Facebook Surpasses MySpace In US... (16 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061509facebook> at 19 June 2009

Napster1
BBC News, Music industry 'missed' Napster (26 June 2009) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8120552.stm> at 30 June 2009

ArsTechnica, British music boss: we should have embraced Napster (28 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/british-music-boss-we-should-have-embraced-napster.ars> at 30 June 2009

TechDirt, BPI Admits It Screwed Up Over Napster... But Why Should We Trust It Now? (29 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090629/1210575405.shtml> at 30 June 2009

Slyck, Napster: 10 Years and Billions of Downloads Later (2 June 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1857_Napster_10_Years_and_Billions_of_Downloads_Later> at 22 June 2009

ZeroPaid, 10th Anniversary of Napster This Month (9 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86393/10th-anniversary-of-napster-this-month/> at 12 June 2009

TechDirt, Former RIAA Boss States The Obvious: The Record Labels Screwed Up... And Continue To Screw Up (5 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090603/0040425108.shtml> at 8 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Former RIAA CEO: “Napster Forced Us to Listen to Music Fans” (3 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86354/former-riaa-ceo-napster-forced-us-to-listen-to-music-fans/> at 8 June 2009

Napster2
ZeroPaid, 10th Anniversary of Napster This Month (9 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86393/10th-anniversary-of-napster-this-month/> at 12 June 2009

New Business Models
ZeroPaid, 10th Anniversary of Napster This Month (9 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86393/10th-anniversary-of-napster-this-month/> at 12 June 2009

TechDirt, More And More Bands (And Their Labels) Giving Fans A Reason To Buy (25 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090625/0221535357.shtml> at 30 June 2009

WashingtonPost, Twitter users buy more music: report (24 June 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062400013.html> at 28 June 2009

TechDirt, On Second Thought, SoundScan Claims Mos Def T-Shirt Doesn't Count As An Album Sale (22 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090622/0154265313.shtml> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, Amanda Palmer Connects With Fans, Gives 'Em A Reason To Buy... And Makes $19k In 10 Hours (24 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090623/2337095343.shtml> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, Mos Def Tries T-Shirt As An Album Business Model (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090619/1705245296.shtml> at 25 June 2009

Digital Music News, The New Black: Mos Def's T-Shirt Experiment... (17 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061709mosdef> at 19 June 2009

Digital Music News, Drake and the Science of a Label-Free Hit... (17 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/051609drake> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, The Key To Being A Successful Musician: Focus On Fan Relationships... Not Industry Relationships (9 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090605/2246025148.shtml> at 12 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Sonic Youth: Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” Made Other Artists Look Bad (10 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86398/sonic-youth-radioheads-in-rainbows-made-other-artists-look-bad/> at 12 June 2009

P2p Development
SiliconValley/Associated Press, New Opera technology allows simple content sharing (16 June 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12604714> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, UK Copyright Industry Wants to Use Pop-Ups to Stop File-Sharing (4 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86359/uk-copyright-industry-wants-to-use-pop-ups-to-stop-file-sharing/> at 8 June 2009

P2p Statistics
TechDirt, Bad Science's Ben Goldacre Rips Apart Bogus Study On File Sharing (8 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090608/0133295162.shtml> at 9 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Further Doubt Cast on UK Copyright Industry P2P Statistics (7 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86377/further-doubt-cast-on-uk-copyright-industry-p2p-statistics/> at 8 June 2009

TechDirt, Yet Another Study: 'Pirates' Are Actually Industry's Best Customers (4 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090604/0117405122.shtml> at 8 June 2009

ZeroPaid, UK Copyright Industry Wants to Use Pop-Ups to Stop File-Sharing (4 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86359/uk-copyright-industry-wants-to-use-pop-ups-to-stop-file-sharing/> at 8 June 2009

The Age, Illegal downloads soar as hard times bite (27 May 2009) <http://www.theage.com.au/news/home/technology/illegal-downloads-soar-as-hard-times-bite/2009/05/27/1243103577467.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1> at 1 June 2009

Performance
ZeroPaid, ASCAP Demands Additional Performance Tax for Ringtones (21 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86470/ascap-demands-additional-performance-tax-for-ringtones/> at 22 June 2009

TechDirt, Playing Music In A Nightclub Just Got Ridiculously More Expensive In Australia (15 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090615/0329305236.shtml> at 19 June 2009

Digital Music News, Bono Bilked? Performance Rights Battle Just Got Uglier... (11 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061009retaliation> at 12 June 2009

Digital Music News, Why Big Radio Has Major Labels by the Balls... (5 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060409radio> at 8 June 2009

Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: Why Performance Radio Royalties Just Died... (4 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060309parting> at 8 June 2009

PhonesMusic
ZeroPaid, ASCAP Demands Additional Performance Tax for Ringtones (21 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86470/ascap-demands-additional-performance-tax-for-ringtones/> at 22 June 2009

Piracy
Billboard.biz, Thousands Of Pirate Discs Seized Down Under (1 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i1dc51bcd151aa70602ed30e36e744ee6> at 8 June 2009

Billboard.biz, Guilty Verdict Against Australian CD Pirate (26 May 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i666afabc28491e6afe144a58d51d52df> at 1 June 2009

Plagiarism
TechDirt, Yusuf Islam Forgives Coldplay For Copying His Song, Even Though They Probably Didn't (17 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090614/2046575227.shtml> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Music Publisher Suddenly Claims 80s Australian Pop Hit Infringed On 1930s Kids Tune (9 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090609/1159435177.shtml> at 12 June 2009

Politics
ArsTechnica, Pirate parties parade through Prague, Paris (28 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/pirate-parties-parade-through-prague-paris.ars> at 30 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Fight over German filtering law sends MP into Pirate Party (22 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/fight-over-german-filtering-law-sends-mp-into-pirate-party.ars> at 30 June 2009

TechDirt, German Elected Official Switches Parties To The Pirate Party (22 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090622/0145065312.shtml> at 25 June 2009

Digital Music News, Another Pirate Gets on Board... In Germany (23 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/062209pirate> at 25 June 2009

ZeroPaid, German Pirate Party Now Has a Seat in German Reichstag (21 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86474/german-pirate-party-now-has-a-seat-in-german-reischtag/> at 25 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Swedish Pirate Party headed to European Parliament (7 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/swedish-pirate-party-headed-to-european-parliament.ars> at 22 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Swedish Pirate Party Wins 2 Seats in EU Parliament (7 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86376/swedish-pirate-party-wins-2-seats-in-eu-parliament/> at 8 June 2009

TechDirt, Swedish Pirate Party Wins Two One Seat In EU Parliament (8 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090607/1510285160.shtml> at 9 June 2009

TechDirt, Understanding The Pirate Party (12 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090612/0045435205.shtml> at 19 June 2009

Digital Music News, Pirates at the Gates of the European Parliament... (9 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060809sweden> at 9 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Wind In Their Sails – Pirate Party Support Growing Nationally and Internationally (14 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86417/wind-in-their-sails-pirate-party-support-growing-nationally-and-internationally/> at 19 June 2009

The Register, Pirate Party wins seat in European Parliament (8 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/08/pirate_party_european_parliament/> at 9 June 2009

Privacy
The Register, Sweden: IP numbers are personal...unless you're a pirate (18 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/18/sweden_ip_law/> at 19 June 2009

Sydney Morning Herald, Internet filter: $44.5m and no goal in sight Asher Moses (3 June 2009) <http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/web/2009/06/03/1243708489312.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1> at 12 June 2009

Public Domain
TechDirt, Should There Be A Penalty For Falsely Claiming Copyright Over Public Domain Material? (26 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090626/1421065375.shtml> at 30 June 2009

Publishing
ZeroPaid, ASCAP Demands Additional Performance Tax for Ringtones (21 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86470/ascap-demands-additional-performance-tax-for-ringtones/> at 22 June 2009

The Washington Post, Film, TV music composers urge copyright law change (10 June 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/10/AR2009061003010.html> at 12 June 2009

Billboard.biz, German Publishers Demand Govt Action On Piracy (9 June 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i388dc3328f74c5ee303e345f757dad9b> at 12 June 2009

Recording Contracts
TechDirt, So Why Can't Major Record Labels Provide Accurate Accounting To Bands? (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090619/0323015288.shtml> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, Cher Lawsuit Highlights How Record Labels Screw Over Artists (3 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090602/2308085105.shtml> at 8 June 2009

Royalties
CNet News, Sirius XM must raise prices to pay music royalties (25 June 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10273078-93.html> at 29 June 2009

TechDirt, So Why Can't Major Record Labels Provide Accurate Accounting To Bands? (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090619/0323015288.shtml> at 25 June 2009

TechDirt, How The Recording Industry Changes Its Own Story (16 June 2009) ttp://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090614/2223175228.shtml> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Recording Industry: Radio Is Piracy, But Not Playing Our Music Is A Federal Offense (17 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090616/1527385253.shtml> at 19 June 2009

Digital Music News, Bono Bilked? Performance Rights Battle Just Got Uglier... (11 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061009retaliation> at 12 June 2009

Digital Music News, Why Big Radio Has Major Labels by the Balls... (5 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060409radio> at 8 June 2009

Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: Why Performance Radio Royalties Just Died... (4 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060309parting> at 8 June 2009

TechDirt, Cher Lawsuit Highlights How Record Labels Screw Over Artists (3 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090602/2308085105.shtml> at 8 June 2009

Satellite
CNet News, Sirius XM must raise prices to pay music royalties (25 June 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10273078-93.html> at 29 June 2009

Search Engines
Digital Music News, Seeqpod.com for Sale, $125,000 Asking Price... (19 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061809seeqpod> at 20 June 2009

Social Networking Music
WashingtonPost, Twitter users buy more music: report (24 June 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062400013.html> at 28 June 2009

Streaming
Digital Music News, The Paid Download: Will Ubiquity Kill the Goose? (26 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/062509dload> at 28 June 2009

ArsTechnica, ISP, UMG agree on unlimited music plan, graduated response (15 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/06/isp-umg-agree-on-unlimited-music-plan-graduated-response.ars> at 22 June 2009

Digital Music News, Breaking: Virgin Media, UMG Mint Unlimited Streaming, Download Offering... (15 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061509virgin> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Virgin Does Music Deal With Universal; Everyone Involved Forgets The Past (15 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090615/1035235237.shtml> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Virgin Media, Universal Music to Offer Unlimited MP3 Downloads (15 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86422/virgin-media-universal-music-to-offer-unlimited-mp3-downloads/> at 19 June 2009

SiliconValley/Associated Press, Virgin, Universal launch music download service (15 June 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12593874> at 19 June 2009

Subscription
Digital Music News, The Paid Download: Will Ubiquity Kill the Goose? (26 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/062509dload> at 28 June 2009

ArsTechnica, ISP, UMG agree on unlimited music plan, graduated response (15 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/06/isp-umg-agree-on-unlimited-music-plan-graduated-response.ars> at 22 June 2009

Digital Music News, Breaking: Virgin Media, UMG Mint Unlimited Streaming, Download Offering... (15 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061509virgin> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Virgin Does Music Deal With Universal; Everyone Involved Forgets The Past (15 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090615/1035235237.shtml> at 19 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Virgin Media, Universal Music to Offer Unlimited MP3 Downloads (15 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86422/virgin-media-universal-music-to-offer-unlimited-mp3-downloads/> at 19 June 2009

The Register, Virgin to offer unlimited, DRM-free music (15 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/15/virgin_universal_unlimited/> at 19 June 2009

SiliconValley/Associated Press, Virgin, Universal launch music download service (15 June 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12593874> at 19 June 2009

Terrestrial Radio
TechDirt, How The Recording Industry Changes Its Own Story (16 June 2009) ttp://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090614/2223175228.shtml> at 19 June 2009

TechDirt, Recording Industry: Radio Is Piracy, But Not Playing Our Music Is A Federal Offense (17 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090616/1527385253.shtml> at 19 June 2009

Digital Music News, Bono Bilked? Performance Rights Battle Just Got Uglier... (11 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061009retaliation> at 12 June 2009

Digital Music News, Why Big Radio Has Major Labels by the Balls... (5 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060409radio> at 8 June 2009

Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: Why Performance Radio Royalties Just Died... (4 June 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/060309parting> at 8 June 2009

The Pirate Bay
Telegraph.co.uk, The Pirate Bay sold for £4.7m (30 June 2009) <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/5696197/The-Pirate-Bay-sold-for-4.7m.html> at 30 June 2009
[Note: I do not have another source for this yet.]

Slyck, BREIN Summons The Pirate Bay to Court via Facebook and Twitter (23 June 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1863_BREIN_Summons_The_Pirate_Bay_to_Court_via_Facebook_and_Twitter> at 30 June 2009

ZeroPaid, The Pirate Bay Receives Court Summons Via FaceBook and Twitter (25 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86502/the-pirate-bay-recieves-court-summons-via-facebook-and-twitter/> at 29 June 2009

PC World, Dutch Antipiracy Organization Takes Aim at Pirate Bay (25 June 2009) <http://www.pcworld.com/article/167273/dutch_antipiracy_organization_takes_aim_at_pirate_bay.html> at 28 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Pirate Bay retrial denied; judge declared "unbiased" (25 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/pirate-bay-retrial-denied-judge-declared-unbiased.ars> at 30 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Swedish Judicial System Scrutinized After Pirate Bay Trial (30 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86521/swedish-judicial-system-scrutinized-after-pirate-bay-trial/> at 30 June 2009

TechDirt, Swedish Appeals Court Denies Pirate Bay Retrial -- Says No Bias By Judge (25 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090625/0949185362.shtml> at 30 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Appeals Court: No Retrial for the Pirate Bay (25 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86497/appeals-court-no-retrial-for-the-pirate-bay/> at 29 June 2009

Wired, Pirate Bay Retrial Denied (25 June 2009) <http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/pirate-bay-retrial-denied/> at 29 June 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay judge cleared of bias by Swedish appeal court (25 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/25/pirate_bay_judge_cleared/> at 28 June 2009

ArsTechnica, Stockholm court: Pirate Bay judge wasn't biased! (8 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/stockholm-court-pirate-judge-wasnt-biased.ars> at 22 June 2009

The Local, 'Pirate Bay judge not biased': court (8 June 2009) <http://www.thelocal.se/19946/20090608/> at 12 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Court Review Says Pirate Bay Trial Judge Not Biased (8 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86385/court-review-says-pirate-bay-trial-judge-not-biased/> at 9 June 2009

Digital Music News, Pirate Bay Martyrdom Continues... The Decision Stands (12 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061109pirate> at 12 June 2009

TechDirt, Band Used By The Prosecution In Pirate Bay Case Releases Latest Album... On The Pirate Bay (1 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090601/0644235082.shtml> at 8 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Band Puts Album on Pirate Bay to Protest Use as Evidence in Trial (2 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86349/band-puts-album-on-pirate-bay-to-protest-use-as-evidence-in-trial/> at 8 June 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay launches encrypted private network (16 June 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/16/pirate_bay_vpn/> at 19 June 2009

Traffic Shaping/Network Neutrality
BBC News, BT accused of iPlayer throttling (1 June 2009) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8077839.stm> at 8 June 2009

ZeroPaid, Spaniards Demand Internet “Civil Rights” (1 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86338/spaniards-demand-internet-civil-rights/> at 8 June 2009

Twitter
ArsTechnica, Study: Twitter users buy more music than average 'Net users (24 June 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/06/study-twitter-users-buy-more-music-than-average-net-users.ars> at 30 June 2009

WashingtonPost, Twitter users buy more music: report (24 June 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062400013.html> at 28 June 2009

Digital Music News, Why Trent Reznr Is the Latest Artist Hating Twitter... (11 June 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/061009nin> at 12 June 2009

Web Browsers
SiliconValley/Associated Press, New Opera technology allows simple content sharing (16 June 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_12604714> at 19 June 2009

Webcasting
Digital Music News, Read the Fine Print? Pandora Cries Foul on PRS... (27 May 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052709pandora> at 28 May 2009

TechDirt, Lack Of Indie Music On The Radio Perhaps A Matter Of Economics More Than Payola (6 May 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090501/0220044715.shtml> at 10 May 2009

Weblogs
TechDirt, New Law In Korea Means Google Bans The Uploading Of Music On Any Blog (28 May 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090528/0226545039.shtml> at 29 May 2009

The Korea Times, Google Bans Music Uploads from Blogs (26 May 2009) <http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2009/05/133_45720.html> at 29 May 2009

YouTube
TechDirt, Confused French Indie Labels Sue Google (19 June 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090619/0137115286.shtml> at 25 June 2009

ZeroPaid, YouTube Sued for $13.9 Million for Copyright Infringement (21 June 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86478/youtube-sued-for-13-9-million-for-copyright-infringement/> at 25 June 2009