Shhh its December ... Don't Mention the War (against consumers)

Ad Supported Music
TechDirt, Yet Another Attempt At Ad Supported Music (29 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091229/1704277539.shtml> at 31 December 2009

Artists
ArsTechnica, Artists' lawsuit: major record labels are the real pirates (7 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/artists-lawsuit-major-record-labels-are-the-real-pirates.ars> at 31 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Can CRIA Recover from the Largest Copyright Infringment Case In Canadian History? (9 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87347/can-cria-recover-from-the-largest-copyright-infringment-case-in-canadian-history/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 11 December 2009

TechDirt, Major Labels Accused Of $6 Billion Worth Of Copyright Infringement In Canada (7 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091207/1201017234.shtml> at 9 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Damage of CRIAs $6 Billion Lawsuit Felt in Anti-Piracy Operation (16 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87413/damage-of-crias-6-billion-lawsuit-felt-in-anti-piracy-operation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 17 December 2009

ArsTechnica, Week in tech: are-the-record-labels-the-real-pirates? edition (12 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/week-in-tech-are-the-record-labels-the-real-pirates-edition.ars> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Musician Christopher Bryant 'Opens For Himself' To Connect With Fans... And To Find New Ones (29 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091228/1748127524.shtml> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Nine Inch Nails Fans Create Incredible Live DVD From Footage: Encourage Everyone To Share Widely (28 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091228/0124587508.shtml> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Former Musician Now Lawyer Comes To Terms With What's Happening To His Music Online (24 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091223/2253347494.shtml> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Warner Music's Royalty Statements: Works Of Fiction (2 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091201/1957497156.shtml> at 8 December 2009

TechDirt, More Creative Fiction In Warner Music Royalty Statements (4 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091203/1853507190.shtml> at 8 December 2009

TechDirt, Higher iTunes Prices? How Much Goes To The Artists? (21 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091211/1236517310.shtml> at 31 December 2009

Digital Music News, December, 2009: The Artists Still Holding Out on iTunes... (18 December 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121709holdouts> at 20 December 2009

TechDirt, More Charts The Record Labels Don't Want You To See: Swedish Musicians Making More Money (14 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091213/1648377324.shtml> at 20 December 2009

TechDirt, Getting Past The 'But Artists Should Just Be Artists' Myth (9 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091208/1116027253.shtml> at 20 December 2009

TechDirt, Dear Peter Mandelson... Dan Bull Sings His Opposition To Kicking People Off The Internet (30 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091130/0445237119.shtml> at 9 December 2009

BitTorrent
Slyck, Demonoid Returns (13 December 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1887_Demonoid_Returns> at 31 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Demonoid Returns! (13 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87382/demonoid-returns/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 16 December 2009

TechDirt, Post-Pirate Bay, Post-Mininova, isoHunt Grabs the Glare... (2 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120109isohunt> at 9 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Record Label Sues Google, Microsoft for Copyright Infringement (11 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87370/record-label-sues-google-microsoft-for-copyright-infringement/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 16 December 2009

The Register, Google and MS sued over links to file-sharing site (9 December 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/09/blue_destiny_suit_against_google_and_microsoft/> at 11 December 2009

TechDirt, Mininova Deletes Most Torrents Under Court Threat (30 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091126/1159467097.shtml> at 9 December 2009

ArsTechnica, Mininova buries pirate booty in its index, aims to go legit (30 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/mininova-buries-pirate-booty-in-its-index-aims-to-go-legit.ars> at 2 December 2009

Digital Music News, Another Tracker Sidetracked... Mininova Cleans Its Results (30 November 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112909mininova> at 2 December 2009

CBC News, Mininova removes links to copyrighted files (26 November 2009) <http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/26/mininova-removes-torrents.html> at 2 December 2009

Slyck, isoHunt: Last Stand in Canada (30 November 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1884_isoHunt_Last_Stand_in_Canada> at 2 December 2009

ZeroPaid, isoHunt Files Claim Against CRIA with BC Supreme Court (30 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87313/isohunt-files-claim-against-cria-with-bc-supreme-court/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 2 December 2009

Blanket/Collective Licensing
ArsTechnica, Inside the Isle of Man's £1/month unlimited music plan (25 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/02/inside-the-isle-of-mans-1month-unlimited-music-plan.ars> at 22 November 2009

CD Sales
Working Knowledge, Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music (30 November 2009) <http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6312.html> at 9 December 2009

Digital Music News, Bundle This: The Latest Math from Harvard Business School... (4 December 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120209latest> at 9 December 2009

Concerts
Digital Music News, The Robbie Williams Experiment Continues... (24 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112309robbie> at 2 December 2009

Constitutional Law
ArsTechnica, How Team Tenenbaum missed a chance to shape P2P fair use law (7 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/how-team-tenenbaum-missed-a-chance-to-shape-p2p-fair-use-law.ars> at 31 December 2009

Copyright Law EU
ZeroPaid, Canada and the EU Secretly Negotiating One Strike Policy? (16 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87414/canada-and-the-eu-secretly-negotiating-one-strike-policy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 17 December 2009

Copyright Law Other Countries
ArsTechnica, Big Music: damn the numbers, give us antipiracy laws anyway (21 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/music-damn-the-numbers-we-need-laws.ars> at 31 December 2009

ZeroPaid, UK’s Lord Lucas Compares P2P to Sharing a Newspaper (9 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87352/uks-lord-lucas-compares-p2p-to-sharing-a-newspaper/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 11 December 2009

TechDirt, Lord Lucas Wants UK Digital Economy Bill To Include Remedy For Bogus Copyright Threats (22 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091222/0158207459.shtml> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, UK Government Report Shows That Digital Economy Bill Will Cost More Than Highest 'Piracy' Estimates, Drive 40,000 Offline (28 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091228/0335197514.shtml> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Dear Peter Mandelson... Dan Bull Sings His Opposition To Kicking People Off The Internet (30 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091130/0445237119.shtml> at 9 December 2009

TechDirt, UK Record Label Boss Resigns From BPI/IFPI Committees Due To Mandelson's Digital Economy Bill (4 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091204/1128277207.shtml> at 8 December 2009

BBC News, Web giants unite against Digital Britain copyright plan (2 December 2009) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8390623.stm> at 8 December 2009

ArsTechnica, UK "Pirate Finder General" law innocuous now, could get ugly (22 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/uk-pirate-finder-general-law-innocuous-now-could-get-ugly.ars> at 2 December 2009

TechDirt, UK Politicians Pushing Back On Mandelson's Digital Economy Bill (3 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091203/0906507179.shtml> at 8 December 2009

The Register, File-sharing Bill could give Government control of the internet (18 December 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/18/government_to_control_the_web/> at 30 December 2009

TechDirt, Chile Rejects Attempt To Force ISPs To Filter And Block Copyrighted Works (24 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091222/1029097470.shtml> at 31 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Canada and the EU Secretly Negotiating One Strike Policy? (16 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87414/canada-and-the-eu-secretly-negotiating-one-strike-policy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 17 December 2009

CBC News, Mininova removes links to copyrighted files (26 November 2009) <http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/26/mininova-removes-torrents.html> at 2 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Post IPRED, File-Sharing in Sweden is “Healthier than Ever” (8 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87342/post-ipred-file-sharing-in-sweden-is-healthier-than-ever/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 11 December 2009

ArsTechnica, Swedes start buying music; are anti-P2P laws working? (24 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/swedes-start-buying-music-are-anti-p2p-laws-working.ars> at 2 December 2009

The Local, Music industry to test Sweden's anti-piracy law (7 December 2009) <http://www.thelocal.se/23698/20091207/>at 9 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Battle Over Copyright Law Reform Heats Up in Spain (3 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87324/battle-over-copyright-law-reform-heats-up-in-spain/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 9 December 2009

The Register, IFPI aims legal broadside at single filesharer (7 December 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/07/ifpi_law/> at 8 December 2009

SiliconValley, Proposal of Web shutdown power angers Spanish Internet users (3 December 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_13918879?nclick_check=1> at 8 December 2009

Slyck, isoHunt: Last Stand in Canada (30 November 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1884_isoHunt_Last_Stand_in_Canada> at 2 December 2009

ZeroPaid, isoHunt Files Claim Against CRIA with BC Supreme Court (30 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87313/isohunt-files-claim-against-cria-with-bc-supreme-court/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 2 December 2009

The Register, Filesharing laws to hit websites and newsgroups too (20 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/digital_economy_bill/> at 2 December 2009

Guardian, Pub fined £8,000 for customer's illicit downloads, ZDNet reports (27 November 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/nov/27/pub-file-sharing-cloud-fine> at 2 December 2009

Copyright Law USA
Slyck, Christmas Blues for isoHunt – Liable for Inducing Copyright Infringement (24 December 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1891_Christmas_Blues_for_isoHunt_Liable_for_Inducing_Copyright_Infringement> at 31 December 2009

ArsTechnica, How Team Tenenbaum missed a chance to shape P2P fair use law (7 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/how-team-tenenbaum-missed-a-chance-to-shape-p2p-fair-use-law.ars> at 31 December 2009

ArsTechnica, isoHunt loses big: infringement "old wine in a new bottle" (24 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/judge-slams-isohunt-infringement-old-wine-in-a-new-bottle.ars> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, IsoHunt Loses Big; Court Says: You Induce, You Lose (23 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091223/1924027493.shtml> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Hey Whatever Happened To Those Andrew Cuomo-Backed, RIAA Agreements With ISPs To Kick People Off The Internet? (23 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091223/1125567490.shtml> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Court Says Just Because Baidu Is Listed On NASDAQ, Doesn't Mean It Can Be Sued For Copyright Infringement In The US (28 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091224/0143287501.shtml> at 31 December 2009

Copyright Term
TechDirt, And Here We Go Again: Argentina Extends Copyright (22 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091221/1756577455.shtml> at 31 December 2009

Damages
ArsTechnica, How Team Tenenbaum missed a chance to shape P2P fair use law (7 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/how-team-tenenbaum-missed-a-chance-to-shape-p2p-fair-use-law.ars> at 31 December 2009

Digital Sales
Working Knowledge, Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music (30 November 2009) <http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6312.html> at 9 December 2009

Digital Music News, Bundle This: The Latest Math from Harvard Business School... (4 December 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120209latest> at 9 December 2009

DMCA
ZeroPaid, Record Label Sues Google, Microsoft for Copyright Infringement (11 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87370/record-label-sues-google-microsoft-for-copyright-infringement/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 16 December 2009

DRM
ArsTechnica, Current ACTA drafts ban DRM interoperability laws (30 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/200/11/current-acta-drafts-bans-drm-interoperability-laws.ars> at 2 December 2009

eMusic
Digital Music News, Does Everyone Want Out? eMusic Knocking the Exit Door... (28 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122409out> at 31 December 2009

Failure to Adapt
TechDirt, Why The Record Labels Are Still Confused: The Difference Between Transformative And Incremental Change (21 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091114/1824226931.shtml> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Understanding The Decline And Fall Of The Major Record Labels (11 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091210/0529417288.shtml> at 20 December 2009

Fair Use/Fair Dealing
ZeroPaid, Harvard Prof to Appeal File-Sharing Trial Under “Fair Use” Claims (10 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87365/harvard-prof-to-appeal-file-sharing-trial-under-fair-use-claims/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 16 December 2009

Filtering
ArsTechnica, Aussie content filters "work" (not counting IM, P2P, FTP...) (15 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/aussie-content-filters-work-if-you-dont-count-im-p2p-ftp.ars> at 31 December 2009

ZeroPaid, South Korean Copyright Groups Demand P2P Site Filters “Or Else” (16 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87243/south-korean-copyright-groups-demand-p2p-site-filters-or-else/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 19 November 2009

Graduated Response Other Countries
ZeroPaid, Canada and the EU Secretly Negotiating One Strike Policy? (16 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87414/canada-and-the-eu-secretly-negotiating-one-strike-policy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 17 December 2009

ArsTechnica, Big Music: damn the numbers, give us antipiracy laws anyway (21 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/music-damn-the-numbers-we-need-laws.ars> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, UK Government Report Shows That Digital Economy Bill Will Cost More Than Highest 'Piracy' Estimates, Drive 40,000 Offline (28 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091228/0335197514.shtml> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Chile Rejects Attempt To Force ISPs To Filter And Block Copyrighted Works (24 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091222/1029097470.shtml> at 31 December 2009

The Register, File-sharing Bill could give Government control of the internet (18 December 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/18/government_to_control_the_web/> at 30 December 2009

ArsTechnica, After delay, Kiwis to get kinder, gentler "3 strikes" policy (16 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/after-delay-kiwis-to-get-kinder-gentler-3-strikes-policy.ars> at 31 December 2009

Digital Music News, New Zealand Considers a Kinder, Gentler Three-Strikes... (19 December 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/032909nz> at 20 December 2009

ZeroPaid, New Zealand Three Strikes Law Moves Ahead (16 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87412/new-zealand-three-strikes-law-moves-ahead/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 17 December 2009

TechDirt, New Zealand Brings Back Three Strikes... With Some Oversight (16 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091215/2316327378.shtml> at 20 December 2009

stuff.co.nz, Govt reveals revamped Section 92A (16 December 2009) <http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/3167690/Govt-reveals-revamped-Section-92A> at 17 December 2009

ZeroPaid, UK’s Lord Lucas Compares P2P to Sharing a Newspaper (9 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87352/uks-lord-lucas-compares-p2p-to-sharing-a-newspaper/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 11 December 2009

TechDirt, Dear Peter Mandelson... Dan Bull Sings His Opposition To Kicking People Off The Internet (30 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091130/0445237119.shtml> at 9 December 2009

ZeroPaid, UK ISP Association Criticizes “Three-Strikes” Plan – Again (4 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87327/uk-isp-association-criticizes-three-strikes-plan-again/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 9 December 2009

TechDirt, UK Record Label Boss Resigns From BPI/IFPI Committees Due To Mandelson's Digital Economy Bill (4 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091204/1128277207.shtml> at 8 December 2009

TechDirt, UK Politicians Pushing Back On Mandelson's Digital Economy Bill (3 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091203/0906507179.shtml> at 8 December 2009

ArsTechnica, UK "Pirate Finder General" law innocuous now, could get ugly (22 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/uk-pirate-finder-general-law-innocuous-now-could-get-ugly.ars> at 2 December 2009

BBC News, Web giants unite against Digital Britain copyright plan (2 December 2009) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8390623.stm> at 8 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Leak Confirms ACTA Is As Bad As Feared (30 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87310/leak-confirms-acta-is-as-bad-as-feared/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 2 December 2009

The Register, Filesharing laws to hit websites and newsgroups too (20 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/digital_economy_bill/> at 2 December 2009

Graduated Response USA
TechDirt, Hey Whatever Happened To Those Andrew Cuomo-Backed, RIAA Agreements With ISPs To Kick People Off The Internet? (23 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091223/1125567490.shtml> at 31 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Leak Confirms ACTA Is As Bad As Feared (30 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87310/leak-confirms-acta-is-as-bad-as-feared/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 2 December 2009

iLike
Digital Music News, Exclusive: iLike Matching $8 Million for SoundExchange... (8 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120709soundexchange> at 9 December 2009

Imeem
Digital Music News, MySpace Music: Imeem Playlist Transfers Still Weeks Away... (23 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122209imeem> at 31 December 2009

Digital Music News, Imeem Users, Welcome to MySpace Music... (9 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120809imeem2> at 20 December 2009

Independents
Digital Music News, Finally, MySpace Music Licenses Merlin Labels... (23 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112009myspace> at 2 December 2009

Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
The Local, Music industry to test Sweden's anti-piracy law (7 December 2009) <http://www.thelocal.se/23698/20091207/>at 9 December 2009

ZeroPaid, IFPI Uses Sweden’s IPRED Law to Target Music Pirates (7 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87329/ifpi-uses-swedens-ipred-law-to-target-music-pirates/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 9 December 2009

ZeroPaid, UK Law Firm to Target 15,000 Illegal File-Sharers Jan 1st (1 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87314/uk-law-firm-to-target-15000-illegal-file-sharers-jan-1st/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 8 December 2009

The Register, IFPI aims legal broadside at single filesharer (7 December 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/07/ifpi_law/> at 8 December 2009

Individual Lawsuits USA
ArsTechnica, How Team Tenenbaum missed a chance to shape P2P fair use law (7 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/how-team-tenenbaum-missed-a-chance-to-shape-p2p-fair-use-law.ars> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Nesson Asking For Retrial In Tenenbaum Case, Claims It Was The Judge Who Screwed Up, Not Him (9 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091209/0357087263.shtml> at 20 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Harvard Prof to Appeal File-Sharing Trial Under “Fair Use” Claims (10 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87365/harvard-prof-to-appeal-file-sharing-trial-under-fair-use-claims/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 16 December 2009

The Register, US judge excoriates Harvard team's P2P defense (9 December 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/09/tenenbaum_defense_excoriated/> at 11 December 2009

TechDirt, P2P Pre-Settlement Letters In Germany May Have Been Illegal; Lawyer Who Reveals This Threatened With Lawsuit (7 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091204/0924437205.shtml> at 9 December 2009

TechDirt, Judge Finalizes Tenenbaum Ruling, Trashes Nesson For Chaotically Bad Defense (7 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091207/1149277233.shtml> at 9 December 2009

SiliconValley, YouTube music video channel Vevo signs EMI Music (7 December 2009) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/latest-headlines/ci_13945654> at 9 December 2009

International Copyright Issues
TechDirt, Hey Whatever Happened To Those Andrew Cuomo-Backed, RIAA Agreements With ISPs To Kick People Off The Internet? (23 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091223/1125567490.shtml> at 31 December 2009

ZeroPaid, A New Zealand Political Party Wants Answers on ACTA (15 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87407/a-new-zealand-political-party-wants-answers-on-acta/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 17 December 2009

ZeroPaid, New ACTA Coalition Launches in New Zealand (13 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87381/new-acta-coalition-launches-in-new-zealand/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 16 December 2009

TechDirt, More ACTA Leaks; Still Looking Really Bad (30 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091130/0813357132.shtml> at 9 December 2009

ZeroPaid, US Trade Ambassador: “Complex” Anti-Piracy Treaty Details Prevent Transparency (7 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87331/us-trade-ambassador-complex-anti-piracy-treaty-details-prevent-transparency/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 9 December 2009

TechDirt, Why Would Countries Leave ACTA Negotiations If Text Was Public? (4 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091203/1626497186.shtml> at 8 December 2009
Wired, Report: U.S. Fears Public Scrutiny Would Scuttle IP Treaty Talks — Update (4 December 2009) <http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/feds-fear-acta-scrutiny/> at 8 December 2009

The Register, Europe's ISPs object to secret copyright treaty talks (3 December 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/03/isp_treaty_secrecy_objections/> at 8 December 2009

ArsTechnica, Current ACTA drafts ban DRM interoperability laws (30 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/200/11/current-acta-drafts-bans-drm-interoperability-laws.ars> at 2 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Leak Confirms ACTA Is As Bad As Feared (30 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87310/leak-confirms-acta-is-as-bad-as-feared/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 2 December 2009

TechDirt, Senators Begin Questioning ACTA Secrecy (23 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091123/1541197061.shtml> at 2 December 2009

PC World, European ISPs Lash out at Secret ACTA Negotiations (30 November 2009) <http://www.pcworld.com/article/183333/european_isps_lash_out_at_secret_acta_negotiations.html> at 2 December 2009

ISO Hunt
Slyck, isoHunt: Last Stand in Canada (30 November 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1884_isoHunt_Last_Stand_in_Canada> at 31 December 2009

ArsTechnica, isoHunt loses big: infringement "old wine in a new bottle" (24 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/judge-slams-isohunt-infringement-old-wine-in-a-new-bottle.ars> at 31 December 2009

Slyck, Christmas Blues for isoHunt – Liable for Inducing Copyright Infringement (24 December 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1891_Christmas_Blues_for_isoHunt_Liable_for_Inducing_Copyright_Infringement> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, IsoHunt Loses Big; Court Says: You Induce, You Lose (23 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091223/1924027493.shtml> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Post-Pirate Bay, Post-Mininova, isoHunt Grabs the Glare... (2 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120109isohunt> at 9 December 2009

iTunes
TechDirt, Higher iTunes Prices? How Much Goes To The Artists? (21 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091211/1236517310.shtml> at 31 December 2009

Digital Music News, December, 2009: The Artists Still Holding Out on iTunes... (18 December 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121709holdouts> at 20 December 2009

Labels Revenue
ZeroPaid, UK’s Lord Lucas Compares P2P to Sharing a Newspaper (9 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87352/uks-lord-lucas-compares-p2p-to-sharing-a-newspaper/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 11 December 2009

Working Knowledge, Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music (30 November 2009) <http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6312.html> at 9 December 2009

Digital Music News, Bundle This: The Latest Math from Harvard Business School... (4 December 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120209latest> at 9 December 2009

Digital Music News, Breaking: Warner Music Posts Substantial Quarterly, Annual Losses (24 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112309wmg> at 2 December 2009

Digital Music News, What Is a Lala Worth? More Signs of a Fire-Sale... (8 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120709lalavaluation> at 9 December 2009

Lala
Digital Music News, What Is a Lala Worth? More Signs of a Fire-Sale... (8 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120709lalavaluation> at 9 December 2009

The Register, Apple to acquire music streamer Lala? (5 December 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/05/apple_to_aquire_lala_rumor/> at 8 December 2009

Leaks
TechDirt, Ever-Shifting Release Date Prompts Lil' Wayne Leak... (16 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120609wayne> at 20 December 2009

Musicians Politics
TechDirt, Dear Peter Mandelson... Dan Bull Sings His Opposition To Kicking People Off The Internet (30 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091130/0445237119.shtml> at 9 December 2009

MySpace
Digital Music News, MySpace Music: Imeem Playlist Transfers Still Weeks Away... (23 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122209imeem> at 31 December 2009

Digital Music News, Imeem Users, Welcome to MySpace Music... (9 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120809imeem2> at 20 December 2009

Digital Music News, Finally, MySpace Music Licenses Merlin Labels... (23 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112009myspace> at 2 December 2009

New Business Models
TechDirt, Musician Christopher Bryant 'Opens For Himself' To Connect With Fans... And To Find New Ones (29 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091228/1748127524.shtml> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Nine Inch Nails Fans Create Incredible Live DVD From Footage: Encourage Everyone To Share Widely (28 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091228/0124587508.shtml> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Are New Music Tiers Segregating Fans? (24 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091222/1030327473.shtml> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Former Musician Now Lawyer Comes To Terms With What's Happening To His Music Online (24 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091223/2253347494.shtml> at 31 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Broken Bells Give Away Track from Upcoming Album (22 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87440/broken-bells-give-away-track-from-upcoming-album/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 30 December 2009

TechDirt, More Charts The Record Labels Don't Want You To See: Swedish Musicians Making More Money (14 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091213/1648377324.shtml> at 20 December 2009

TechDirt, Getting Past The 'But Artists Should Just Be Artists' Myth (9 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091208/1116027253.shtml> at 20 December 2009

TechDirt, Public Enemy Not Selling Well Enough On Sellaband: What Went Wrong? (17 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091214/1152057344.shtml> at 20 December 2009

TechDirt, Corey Smith Details His Experience In Becoming A Massively Successful Indie Artist(10 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091208/0152167242.shtml> at 20 December 2009

TechDirt, Time For Musicians To Take Charge: Stop Waiting For Others To Fix The Music Business (3 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091202/1845377172.shtml> at 8 December 2009

Other
Slyck, Top 10 P2P News Stories of this Decade (16 December 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1889_Top_10_P2P_News_Stories_of_this_Decade> at 31 December 2009

Other File Sharing Lawsuits
TechDirt, Post-Pirate Bay, Post-Mininova, isoHunt Grabs the Glare... (2 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120109isohunt> at 9 December 2009

TechDirt, Swedish Court Gets One Right: Won't Shut Down OpenBitTorrent (2 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091202/1157037164.shtml> at 8 December 2009

Piracy
Guardian, Pub fined £8,000 for customer's illicit downloads, ZDNet reports (27 November 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/nov/27/pub-file-sharing-cloud-fine> at 2 December 2009

Politics
ArsTechncia, New Internet Bill of Rights contender comes from... pirates? (11 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/new-internet-bill-of-rights-contender-comes-from-pirates.ars> at 31 December 2009

Privacy
ZeroPaid, House Passes “Informed P2P User Act” (10 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87362/house-passes-informed-p2p-user-act/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 16 December 2009

Recording Contracts
ArsTechnica, Week in tech: are-the-record-labels-the-real-pirates? edition (12 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/week-in-tech-are-the-record-labels-the-real-pirates-edition.ars> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, Higher iTunes Prices? How Much Goes To The Artists? (21 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091211/1236517310.shtml> at 31 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Damage of CRIAs $6 Billion Lawsuit Felt in Anti-Piracy Operation (16 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87413/damage-of-crias-6-billion-lawsuit-felt-in-anti-piracy-operation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 17 December 2009

Digital Music News, The Robbie Williams Experiment Continues... (24 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112309robbie> at 2 December 2009

Royalties
ArsTechnica, Artists' lawsuit: major record labels are the real pirates (7 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/artists-lawsuit-major-record-labels-are-the-real-pirates.ars> at 31 December 2009

Digital Music News, More Checks In the Mail: SoundExchange Taps Sonicbids On Latest Payouts... (28 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122709soundexchange> at 31 December 2009

TechDirt, SoundExchange Claims To Open Up, But Somehow Its List Of Unpaid Musicians Has Disappeared (29 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091229/1202367531.shtml> at 31 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Damage of CRIAs $6 Billion Lawsuit Felt in Anti-Piracy Operation (16 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87413/damage-of-crias-6-billion-lawsuit-felt-in-anti-piracy-operation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 17 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Can CRIA Recover from the Largest Copyright Infringment Case In Canadian History? (9 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87347/can-cria-recover-from-the-largest-copyright-infringment-case-in-canadian-history/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 11 December 2009

TechDirt, Major Labels Accused Of $6 Billion Worth Of Copyright Infringement In Canada (7 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091207/1201017234.shtml> at 9 December 2009

TechDirt, Warner Music's Royalty Statements: Works Of Fiction (2 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091201/1957497156.shtml> at 8 December 2009

TechDirt, More Creative Fiction In Warner Music Royalty Statements (4 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091203/1853507190.shtml> at 8 December 2009

The Star, Geist: Record industry faces liability over `infringement' (7 December 2009) <http://www.thestar.com/business/article/735096--geist-record-industry-faces-liability-over-infringement> at 8 December 2009

Search Engines
TechDirt, Court Says Just Because Baidu Is Listed On NASDAQ, Doesn't Mean It Can Be Sued For Copyright Infringement In The US (28 December 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091224/0143287501.shtml> at 31 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Record Label Sues Google, Microsoft for Copyright Infringement (11 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87370/record-label-sues-google-microsoft-for-copyright-infringement/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 16 December 2009

The Register, Google and MS sued over links to file-sharing site (9 December 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/09/blue_destiny_suit_against_google_and_microsoft/> at 11 December 2009

Security
ZeroPaid, House Passes “Informed P2P User Act” (10 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87362/house-passes-informed-p2p-user-act/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 16 December 2009

The Pirate Bay
Slyck, BREIN: Pirate Bay Does Not Appeal (8 December 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1886_BREIN_Pirate_Bay_Does_Not_Appeal> at 31 December 2009

Traffic Shaping/Network Neutrality
ArsTechnica, Big Cable: Net neutrality violates ISP 1st Amendment rights (9 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/big-cable-pro-net-neutrality-arguments-turn-first-amendment-on-its-head.ars> at 31 December 2009

ArsTechnica, Comcast settles P2P throttling class-action for $16 million (22 December 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/comcast-throws-16-million-at-p2p-throttling-settlement.ars> at 31 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Israeli ISPs Could Face Lawsuit Over P2P Interference (14 December 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87395/israeli-isps-could-face-lawsuit-over-p2p-interference/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 17 December 2009

Vevo
The Register, Music industry website debut turns into a mosh pit (10 December 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/10/vevo_titsup/> at 16 December 2009

Digital Music News, Days Before Launch, Vevo Dealmaking Continues... (4 December 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120309vevo> at 9 December 2009