Change ... as good as a holiday?

In the past I have ordered posts according to what was most relevant for my thesis research. This worked really well when I was writing on a month by month basis because each month I would start at the top and work through the links, however in the latter half of last year the writing process didn’t occur on a regular basis. For this reason I have decided, this year, to order the links each month alphabetically by category. This is not a perfect process as many (most!) articles fall within more than one category and given the number of links, I try not to duplicate them if possible. In the long term it will be easier for me as I will be able to find the material in much the same order from month to month and its also faster to prepare the monthly post. The category names I use are fairly stable now so as the months progress you will easily pick up on the new order.

Not quite sure it equates to a holiday but it’s early days yet...
Sally

Ad Supported Music
Digital Music News, Qtrax Questions Get Louder, Stink Starts Spreading (29 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012808qtrax2> at 30 January 2008

Digital Music News, Qtrax Fails to Launch, Major Labels Deals In Limbo (29 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012808qtrax> at 30 January 2008

The Register, Qtrax puts legal face on P2P (27 January 2008)
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/27/midem_qtrax_launch/> at 30 January 2008

TechDirt, Yet Another Report Of Free Label Music That Isn't (28 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080128/02035986.shtml> at 30 January 2008

Digital Music News, Gabriel Pumps Serious Cash Into Ad-Supported Startup (22 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012008gabriel> at 30 January 2008

Digital Music News, SpiralFrog Grabs $2 Million...With Serious Strings Attached (2 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010207spiralfrog> at 11 January 2008

Anti Trust Issues
The Register, Apple targeted in DRM monopoly suit (again) (4 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/04/apple_itunes_wma_antitrust/> at 8 January 2008

BitTorrent
TechDirt, What Good Will A Swedish Lawsuit Against The Pirate Bay Do? (29 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080128/19330699.shtml> at 31 January 2008

ZeroPaid, Case partly based on evidence collected in the 2006 server raid. (29 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9223/The+Pirate+Bay+to+be+Charged+by+Swedish+Prosecutors> at 30 January 2008

ZeroPaid, 4,000 Legal Documents Sent to ThePirateBay (17 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9201/4%2C000+Legal+Documents+Sent+to+ThePirateBay> at 20 January 2008

Digital Music News, Swedish Authorities Striking Against Pirate Bay, Again (13 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011307german> at 20 January 2008

Slyck, The Pirate Bay Breaks 10 Million Users (26 January 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1643_The_Pirate_Bay_Breaks_10_Million_Users> at 31 January 2008

The Register, Pirate Bay hits ten million peers, one million torrents (28 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/28/pirate_bay_claims_largest_p2p/> at 30 January 2008

ZeroPaid, YouTorrent - 'The World's First Real-Time BitTorrent Search Engine' (11 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9188/YouTorrent+-+%27The+World%27s+First+Real-Time+BitTorrent+Search+Engine%27> at 20 January 2008

Blanket Licensing
ArsTechnica, Debating copyright reform: time for compulsory licenses? (21 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080121-debating-copyright-reform-time-for-compulsory-licenses.html> at 31 Janaury 2008

CD Sales
Digital Music News, Vivendi's Levy: Don't Count CDs Out Yet (28 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012708levy> at 30 January 2008

Concerts
TechDirt, UK Politicians Support Having Musicians Paid Multiple Times If Tix Are Resold (10 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080110/010423.shtml> at 18 January 2008

Digital Music News, Top Touring Artists Suffer Substantial Revenue Dip (2 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010207touring> at 11 January 2008

Constitutional Law
Digital Music News, Supreme Court Not Ready To Take On The First Amendment Aspects Of Copyright Just Yet (9 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080108/021412.shtml. at 11 January 2008

Copyright Law EU
EFFector, Filtering and Copyright Extension Fail to Find a Home in EU Vol. 21, No. 03 (24 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/filtering-and-copyright-extension-fail-find-home-eu> at 30 January 2008

Copyright Law Other Countries
ZeroPaid, German District Court Orders Rapidshare to Block Copyrighted Content (30 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9228/German+District+Court+Orders+Rapidshare+to+Block+Copyrighted+Content> at 31 Janaury 200

TechDirt, Japanese Officials Use Copyright Law To Arrest Computer Virus Writer (24 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080124/18210266.shtml> at 30 January 2008

TechDirt, Japan's Big Push To Regulate The Internet (2 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071231/161113.shtml> at 8 January 2008

TechDirt, Canadian Content Lobbyists Pushing For ISP Liability (21 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080121/13395424.shtml> at 30 January 2008

The Register, Canuck record labels accuse tunesmiths of smoking opium (8 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/08/songwriters_and_record_labels_discuss_flatrate_music_sharing_plan/> at 8 January 2008

ZeroPaid, Swedish Politicians Push for Legalization of File-Sharing (12 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9189/Swedish+Politicians+Push+for+Legalization+of+File-Sharing> at 20 January 2008

TechDirt, Swedish Politicians Who Actually Understand The Issues Surrounding File Sharing (11 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080110/153616.shtml> at 18 January 2008

The Register, Minister threatens legislation deadline (8 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/08/triesman_isps_legislation_timetable/> at 11 January 2008

TechDirt, UK Copyright Reform Just More Of The Same (8 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080108/092215.shtml> at 11 January 2008

Copyright Law USA

ArsTechnica, Copy a CD, owe $1.5 million under "gluttonous" PRO-IP Act (29 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080129-statutory-damages-not-high-enough.html> at 31 Janaury 2008

TechDirt, The Next Generation Of Anti-Piracy Legislation Goes To School (22 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080122/012021.shtml> at 30 January 2008

TechDirt, Do You Actually Understand What Copyright Is For? (14 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071230/233138.shtml> at 18 January 2008

Digital Music Stores
Digital Music News, It's Official: Sony BMG Delivers MP3s to Amazon (10 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011008sony> at 20 January 2008

Digital Music News, Amazon Hits Trifecta: 3 Million Catalog, 3 Major Labels (28 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122807wmg_3> at 11 January 2007

Digital Music News, Napster Goes DRM-Free on Downloads, MP3s Ahead (3 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010607napster> at 11 January 2008

The Register, Napster Looks to De-Tether Downloads (7 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/07/napster_mp3/> at 8 January 2008

Digital Sales
Slyck, P2P Downloads Crush iTunes/Digital Sales 20:1 (24 January 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1642_P2P_Downloads_Crush_iTunesDigital_Sales_201> at 31 January 2008

The Age, 95% of music doanloads are illegal (25 January 2008) <http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/95-of-music-downloads-are-illegal/2008/01/24/1201025084723.html> at 31 January 2008

DMCA
TechDirt, Did Slate Violate Copyright Law? (20 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080120/07363714.shtml> at 30 January 2008

TechDirt, DMCA Misuse: Trying To Take Down A Negative Movie Review (14 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080113/235553.shtml> at 18 January 2008

TechDirt, Prince Takes Down Another Video With His Music Playing In The Background (11 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080111/013944.shtml> at 18 January 2008

TechDirt, eBay Strikes Back, Sues For Frivolous DMCA Takedowns (7 Janurary 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080106/220433.shtml> at 8 January 2008

DRM
ArsTechnica, Canadian Privacy Commissioner: Just say no to intrusive DRM (20 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080120-canadian-privacy-commissioner-just-say-no-to-intrusive-drm.html> at 31 January 2008

BBC News, Aboriginal archive offers new DRM (29 January 2008) <http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7214240.stm> at 31 Janaury 2008

Digital Music News, Yahoo Negotiating DRM-Free, Retreading Music Strategy (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012308yahoo> at 30 January 2008

Digital Music News, iTunes DRM-Free Licensing Moves Continue, PIAS Latest (22 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012009pias> at 30 January 2008

The Register, Amazon to take MP3 downloads international (28 January 2008) <http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/28/amazon_mp3_rollout_this_year/> at 30 January 2008

The Register, DRM now dead, as Amazon snags Sony (11 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/11/amazon_sony_music_drm_now_dead/> at 20 January 2008

Digital Music News, Warner Music Ditches DRM on Amazon, Stock Struggles Above $6 (28 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122807warner> at 11 January 2007

Digital Music News, Sony BMG Confirms Initial DRM-Free Strike, Retail Play Emerges (3 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010607sonybmg> at 11 January 2008

Digital Music News, It's Official: Sony BMG Delivers MP3s to Amazon (10 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011008sony> at 20 January 2008

The Register, Sony BMG to drop Custer stance on DRM (4 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/04/sony_bmg_drm/> at 8 January 2008

Digital Music News, Post-Warner, Executives Await Sony BMG Maneuver (2 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010207sonybmg> at 11 January 2008

EFFector, 2008: DRM Continues to Punish Paying Customers Vol. 21, No. 01 (7 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/2008-drm-continues-punish-paying-customers> at 20 January 2008

EFFector, Last Major Label Gives Up DRM Vol. 21, No. 01 (7 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/last-major-label-gives-drm> at 20 January 2008

TechDirt, NBC Universal Argues That Copy Protection Is Necessary (15 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080115/005948.shtml> at 18 January 2008

Digital Music News, Industry Breathes DRM-Free Oxygen, Considers Next Steps (3 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010607panel> at 11 January 2008

Economics
TechDirt, Free Music Does Not Conflict With The Free Market (24 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080123/15161251.shtml> at 30 January 2008

TechDirt, Is Piracy The Leading Indicator Of Innovation? (10 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080109/013441.shtml> at 18 January 2008

Education Strategies/Campaigns
ZeroPaid, Green Party of Europe creates new video supporting file sharing (22 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9210/Green+Party+of+Europe+Creates+New+Video+Supporting+File-Sharing> at 30 January 2008

EFFector, Troubling "Digital Theft Prevention" Requirements Remainin Higher Education Bill Vol. 21, No. 02 (15 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/digital-theft-prevention-requirements-remain-higher-education-bill> at 20 January 2008

eMusic
Digital Music News, eMusic Courts Classical Aficionados Once Again (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012308emusic> at 30 January 2008

Digital Music News, Holiday Offensive Pushes eMusic Past 400,000 Mark (28 December 20070 <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122807emusic> at 11 January 2008

Failure to Adapt
TechDirt, A Little History Lesson On How The Recording Industry Works (23 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080122/18320341.shtml> at 30 January 2008

Fair Use/Fair Dealing
EFFector, Are Personal Copies of Digital Music Files "Unauthorized"or Not? Vol. 21, No. 02 (15 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/are-personal-copies-digital-music-files-unauthorized-or-not> at 20 January 2008

TechDirt, Is It Time To Redefine Fair Use? (17 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080116/111907.shtml> at 18 January 2008

Digital Music News, RIAA Skewered Over Fair Use, P2P Distribution Remains Key (2 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010207riaa> at 11 January 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Flubs Chance To Actually Respond To Questions About CD Ripping (4 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080104/011958.shtml> at 8 January 2008

ZeroPaid, Download Music From Last.Fm, Pandora, MySpace, and More with FreeMusicZilla (3 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9167/Download+Music+From+Last.Fm%2C+Pandora%2C+MySpace%2C+and+More+with+FreeMusicZilla> at 9 January 2008

TechDirt, User-Generated Video Content At Risk Of Private Censorship (2 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080102/161539.shtml> at 8 January 2008

Filtering (this month see also ISP Liability)
ArsTechnica, IFPI fantasy: 2008 the year ISP filtering "becomes reality" (24 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080124-ifpi-fantasy-2008-the-year-isp-filtering-becomes-reality.html> at 31 January 2008

EFFector, Filtering and Copyright Extension Fail to Find a Home in EU Vol. 21, No. 03 (24 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/filtering-and-copyright-extension-fail-find-home-eu> at 30 January 2008

EFFector, AT&T's Proposed Net Filtering Plan Gets Attention Vol. 21, No. 03 (24 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/3-things-ts-proposed-net-filtering-plan> at 30 January 2008

ZeroPaid, Experts Debate on AT&T Filtering the Internet (22 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9212/Experts+Debate+on+AT%26T+Filtering+the+Internet> at 30 January 2008

TechDirt, Why AT&T's Plans To Filter The Internet Will Only Do More Harm To AT&T (And Everyone Else) (18 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080118/164201.shtml> at 30 January 2008

TechDirt, Is AT&T Siding With NBC To Get Rid Of Neutrality? (9 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080109/024249.shtml> at 11 January 2008

Digital Music News, Mega-ISP AT&T Considers Less Dumb Pipes (9 January 2008) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010908isps> at 11 January 2008

Digital Muisc News, Industry Keeps Rallying Against Dumb Pipes (29 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012808isp> at 30 January 2008

The Register, Music biz targets ISPs - official (27 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/27/ifpi_digital_threat/> at 30 January 2008

TechDirt, NBC Universal Explains Why ISPs Should Filter Copyrighted Works (15 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080115/153752.shtml> at 18 January 2008

IFPI
IFPI, Digital Music Report (24 January 2008) <http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/dmr2008.html> at 30 January 2008

Digital Music News, EMI Puts Pressure on IFPI, Threatens Non-Renewal (10 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010908ifpi> at 20 January 2008

TechDirt, EMI Threatens To Leave IFPI (11 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080111/173730.shtml> at 18 January 2008

Imeem
Digital Music News, Imeem Goes Anywhere, Grabs Community Streaming Platform (29 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012808imeem> at 30 January 2008

Digital Music News, IODA Just Says No: Imeem, LaLa (16 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011608ioda> at 20 Janaury 2008

Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
TechDirt, EU Court Tells ISPs They Don't Have To Hand Over Downloader Names (29 Janaury 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080129/134719110.shtml> at 31 Janaury 2008

TorrentFreak, Sweden’s Biggest File-Sharing Case Goes to Retrial Written (8 January 2008) <http://torrentfreak.com/swedens-biggest-file-sharing-case-goes-to-retrial-080108/> at 31 January 2008

The Register, EU supremes: ISPs don't always have to finger filesharers (29 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/29/eu_supreme_civil_isp_filesharing_case_law/> at 30 January 2008

ZeroPaid, 'EU's Top Court ISPs Dont Have to Name File Sharers' (29 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9229/EU%27s+Top+Court%3A+%27ISPs+Don%27t+Have+to+Name+File-Sharers%27> at 31 January 2008

Individual Lawsuits USA
ArsTechnica, P2P defendant: RIAA identified an IP address, not a person (23 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080123-p2p-defendant-riaa-identified-an-ip-address-not-a-person.html> at 31 Janaury 2008

RecordingIndstryvThePeopleBlog, RIAA withdraws Lava v. Amurao, argues it should not be assessed attorneys fees; defendant moves to exclude MediaSentry evidence for illegality (29 January 2008) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2008/01/riaa-withdraws-lava-v-amurao-case.html> at 31 January 2008

ArsTechnica, Magistrate judge suggests sanctions against RIAA lawyers (30 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080130-magistrate-judge-suggests-sanctions-against-riaa-lawyers.html> at 31 January 2008

The Register, RIAA told to pay legal fees for harrassed defendant (17 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/17/tanya_andersen_riaa_attorneys_fees/> at 20 January 2008

The Register, World's Dumbest File Sharer loses lawyer, sells knickers (3 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/03/jammie_thomas_attorney_flees/> at 8 January 2008

TechDirt, Should RIAA Win Against Jammie Thomas Be Tossed After RIAA Admits It Misspoke On The Stand? (4 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080104/155907.shtml> at 8 January 2008

InformationWeek, Oregon AG Discovers New Way To Stand Up To RIAA (26 January 2008) <http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205917949>at 31 January 2008

CNet News, An interview with the misguided RIAA (15 January 2008) <http://www.cnet.com/8301-13506_1-9850568-17.html> at 30 January 2008

EFFector, "Attempted Distribution" Not a Crime Vol. 21, No. 2 (15 January 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/01/eff-files-brief-atlantic-v-howell-resisting-riaas-attempted-distribution-theory> at 20 January 2008

ZeroPaid, Can the RIAA Sue for Attempted Copyright Infringement? (14 January 2008)<http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9197/Can+the+RIAA+Sue+for+Attempted+Copyright+Infringement%3F> at 20 January 2008

Digital Music News, EFF Needles RIAA Once Again, Challenges "Making Available" (18 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011807riaa> at 20 January 2008

TechDirt, EFF Files Brief In Howell Case, Says 'Making Available' Is Not Infringement (14 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080114/002412.shtml> at 18 January 2008

Digital Music News, RIAA Skewered Over Fair Use, P2P Distribution Remains Key (2 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010207riaa> at 11 January 2008

Digital Music News, RIAA Announces 12th Round of University Lawsuits (14 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9196/RIAA+Announces+12th+Round+of+University+Lawsuits> at 20 January 2008

Digital Music News, New Year, New Lawsuits: RIAA Filings Continue In '08 (10 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010908riaa> at 20 January 2008

TechDirt, Washington Post Flubs Story On RIAA -- RIAA Still Not Going After Personal Copies (Yet) (2 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071231/124515.shtml> at 8 January 2008

International Copyright Issues
TechDirt, Hollywood Is Hardly An Innocent Victim In Trade Disputes (2 January 2008)
<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071228/104906.shtml> at 8 January 2008

ISP Liability
ArsTechnica, France's plan to turn ISPs into copyright cops on track (28 January 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080128-frances-plan-to-turn-isps-into-copyright-cops-on-track.html> at 31 January 2008

ZeroPaid, European Proposal - Get ISPs to Fight Copyright Infringement (19 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9207/European+Proposal+-+Get+ISPs+to+Fight+Copyright+Infringement> at 20 January 2008

ZeroPaid, U2 Band Manager 'Ban Pirates from the Internet' (30 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9227/U2+Band+Manager%3A+%27Ban+Music+Pirates+from+the+Internet%27> at 31 Janaury 2008

Digital Music News, IFPI Thumps ISP Agenda, Details Digital Dilemma (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012408ifpi2> at 30 January 2008

TechDirt, Why Is The Hollywood Tail Wagging The Dog Of Academia? (28 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080125/17003874.shtml> at 30 January 2008

The Register, BPI chief hits back at ISPA over villain of the year jibe (16 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/16/geoff_taylor_bpi_bites_back_filesharing/> at 20 January 2008

The Register, ISPs nominate UK record industry as top internet villain (15 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/15/ispa_bpi_villain/> at 20 January 2008

Labels Revenue
Digital Music News, Sales Plague Striking Europe; Italian, Spanish, French Sales Suffering (28 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012708global> at 30 January 2008

IFPI, Digital Music Report (24 January 2008) <http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_resources/dmr2008.html> at 30 January 2008

Digital Music News, IFPI Global Sales Data Reaffirms Sluggish Story (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012308global> at 30 January 2008

Digital Music News, Recession Keeps Knocking, Implications Await Music Industry (22 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012009recession> at 30 January 2008

Digital Music News, US Labels Battered In '07; Albums Drop 15 Percent (3 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010307us> at 11 January 2008

ZeroPaid, Studies - Music Sales: Canada Up, USA Down (5 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9173/Studies+-+Music+Sales%3A+Canada+Up%2C+USA+Down> at 8 January 2008

Digital Music News, Canadian Album Sales Follow Familiar Pattern (6 January 2008)
<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010607canada> at 11 January 2008

Digital Music News, British Labels Shed Serious Sales, US Figures Loom (2 January 2008)
<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010207bpi> at 11 January 2008

LaLa
Digital Music News, IODA Just Says No: Imeem, LaLa (16 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011608ioda> at 20 Janaury 2008

Last.fm
Digital Music News, Last.fm Goes Full-Track, Subscription Plans Revealed (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012308last> at 30 January 2008

TechDirt, Last.fm Joins The Crowd In Offering Not-Really-Free Music; Press Hypes It As New (23 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080123/13594548.shtml> at 30 January 2008

Levies
ZeroPaid, Canada Court Kills iPod Levy (14 January 2008)<http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9191/Canada+Court+Kills+iPod+Levy> at 20 January 2008

TechDirt, Canadian Courts Strike Down 'You Must Be A Criminal' iPod Tax Again (11 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080111/145553.shtml> at 18 January 2008

Limewire
EFFector, LimeWire on 1 in 3 Desktops World-Wide (22 December 2007) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/12/limewire-1-3-desktops-world-wide. at 20 January 2008

ZeroPaid, LimeWire Building Social Network (13 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9192/LimeWire+Building+Social+Network> at 20 January 2008

Napster2
Digital Music News, Napster Goes DRM-Free on Downloads, MP3s Ahead (3 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010607napster> at 11 January 2008

Digital Music News, Napster Warns Users of Monthly Subscription Increases (3 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010307napster> at 11 January 2008

The Register, Napster Looks to De-Tether Downloads (7 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/07/napster_mp3/> at 8 January 2008

New Business Models
TechDirt, Jill Sobule The Latest Musician To Embrace New Music Business Models (16 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080115/095022.shtml> at 18 January 2008

TechDirt, Amazon/Pepsi DRM-Free Music Give Away Shows Yet Another Business Model For Free Music (14 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080113/235620.shtml> at 18 January 2008

TechDirt, Saul Williams Agrees That It's Way Too Early To Be Disheartened (11 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080111/111158.shtml> at 18 January 2008

TechDirt, Radiohead's Physical Album Selling Well (8 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080107/191334.shtml> at 11 January 2008

Digital Music News, Radiohead Perches Atop US Album Sales Chart (9 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010908radiohead> at 11 Janaury 2008

Digital Music News, Reznor Pet Project Yields Mixed Results, Some Cash (7 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010707nine> at 11 January 2008

Digital Music News, A More Traditional Radiohead Scores British Top Slot (7 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010707radiohead> at 11 January 2008

Digital Music News, Radiohead Unleashes Releases, Brings Drama to EMI (28 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122807radiohead> at 11 January 2008

The Register, Radiohead top UK album chart (7 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/07/radiohead_album_chart/> at 8 January 2008

TechDirt, Dear Trent Reznor: Don't Be Disheartened Yet (4 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080104/015516.shtml> at 8 January 2008

TechDirt, Violinist To Release Record For Free Online (9 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080108/15161945.shtml> at 11 January 2008

Other (every now and then there’s one that just doesn’t fit...)
Digital Music News, 2007: What a Disruptive Year It Was (28 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122807ohseven> at 11 January 2008

P2p Development
TechDirt, Anonymous P2P May Not Deliver -- But It Doesn't Need To (15 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080114/154219.shtml> at 18 January 2008

P2p Statistics
Slyck, P2P Downloading Still a Top Choice for Kids (30 January 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1651_P2P_Downloading_Still_a_Top_Choice_for_Kids> at 31 January 2008

Digital Music News, MPAA Dramatically Errs on University Piracy Estimate (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012308college> at 30 January 2008

The Register, MPAA admits movie piracy study is 29% full of @$#% (24 January 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/mpaa_admits_movie_study_error/> at 30 January 2008

ZeroPaid, Top Swaps of 2007 (1 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9163/Top+P2P+Swaps+of+2007> at 8 January 2008

Pandora
ZeroPaid, Top Swaps of 2007 (1 January 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9163/Top+P2P+Swaps+of+2007> at 8 January 2008

Politics
P2pBlog, German pirates only get 0.3 percent in first election contest (27 January 2008) <http://www.p2p-blog.com/item-472.html> at 31 January 2008

Public Choice Theory
TechDirt, Will Howard Berman Step Down From Leading Copyright Subcomittee? (24 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080123/16460153.shtml> at 30 January 2008

RIAA
TechDirt, A Psychological Explanation For RIAA Short-Sightedness (17 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080116/113123.shtml> at 18 January 2008

TechDirt, Latest Trick From RIAA: Pissing Off Music Reviewers With Annoying Voice Over Anti-Piracy Messages (15 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080111/184249.shtml. at 18 January 2008

Royalties
Digital Music News, Canadian Court Denies iPod Taxation Attempt (15 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011508canada> at 20 January 2008

Digital Music News, Latest Standoff Pits Publishers Against Subscription Services (8 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010808standoff> at 11 January 2008

Search Engines
Digital Music News, The Seeqpod Secret: Simple Searching, Serious Files (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012408seeqpod> at 30 January 2008

Digital Music News, Warner Music Lawyers Roll Again, Seeqpod Latest Target (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012308wmg> at 30 Janaury 2008

TechDirt, Warner Music Sues Seeqpod: How Dare It Help People Find Stuff Warner Wishes Didn't Exist (25 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080125/01330469.shtml> at 30 January 2008

Social Norms
BBC News, Aboriginal archive offers new DRM (29 January 2008) <http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7214240.stm> at 31 Janaury 2008

Subscription
TechDirt, Sony Stops Licensing Of Digital Streams As It Allows DRM-Free Music (9 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080108/174118.shtml> at 11 January 2008

Digital Music News, Latest Standoff Pits Publishers Against Subscription Services (8 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010808standoff> at 11 January 2008

Digital Music News, Subscription Question Goes 2.0, Theoretical Possibilities Abound (6 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010607subscription> at 11 January 2008

TechDirt, How Dare You Make Our Service More Valuable! RealNetworks Shuts Down YottaMusic (3 January 2008)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080103/010053.shtml> at 8 January 2008

Traffic Shaping/Network Neutrality
The Register, Tiscali hits 'undo' after bandwidth throttling chokes iTunes (21 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/22/tiscali_bandwith_problems_ongoing/> at 30 January 2008

The Register, Hogging the Trough: The EFF Strikes Back (23 January 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/23/benett_eff_neutrality_response/> at 30 Janaury 2008

TechDirt, Akamai Does Not Violate Network Neutrality (17 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080110/152423.shtml> at 18 January 2008

TechDirt, FCC To Investigate Comcast Filtering; Questions Why Comcast Wasn't Forthcoming (8 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080108/151810.shtml> at 11 January 2008

Digital Music News, P2P Infrastructure Specialists Grab $3 Million Round (7 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010107peer> at 11 January 2008

Watermarks
Digital Music News, Sony, Universal Layering Watermarks Into Amazon MP3s (23 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/012108water> at 30 January 2008

Wired, DRM Is Dead, But Watermarks Rise From Its Ashes (11 January 2008)<http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2008/01/sony_music> at 20 January 2008

TechDirt, Digital Watermarks Are Not The Answer (14 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080113/165009.shtml> at 18 January 2008

Webcasting
Digital Music News, Pandora Ditches British Market, Onerous Royalties Blamed (9 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010908pandora> at 11 January 2008

YouTube
TechDirt, Third Time's A Charm For Turkish YouTube Ban? Maybe This Time The Video Will REALLY Disappear (10 January 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080120/14271416.shtml> at 30 January 2008

Digital Music News, It Keeps Getting Bigger: YouTube Traffic Surges In '07 (10 January 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/011007youtube> at 20 January 2008

OCA Research Review weblog

I have just started a new weblog designed to complement the aggregation of my online research. At OCA Research Review weblog you will find some general discussion relating to the material I have been looking at most recently. My first post (now available) will relate to a book I devoured earlier this week called Music, Culture and Society.

Now seems like a great time to branch out from aggregating to analysing and beyond. I hope you will make yourself known in the comments section and explore some of these issues with me. This website will continue to list the online articles I have been reading each month.

Sally

Oh; Life.

* As mentioned a couple of months back I have been trying to catch up on some reading I missed earlier in the year.

Individual Lawsuits USA
RecordingIndustryvThePeopleBlog, Student Attorneys Join Fight Against RIAA in Maine; Univ. of Maine law students submit reply brief in Arista v. Does 1-27 (22 December 2007) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/12/student-attorneys-join-fight-against.html> at 26 December 2007

Recording Industry v The People, RIAA Drops Claims Against Texas Grandmother Who Counterclaimed for Unlicensed Investigations, in SONY v. Crain (16 December 2007) <http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2007/12/riaa-drops-claims-against-texas.html> at

Slyck, Oregon Attorney General Backs University Against RIAA (1 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1611_Oregon_Attorney_General_Backs_University_Against_RIAA> at 18 December 2007

ZeroPaid, Oregon Attorney General Investigates RIAA's Data Mining Tactics (30 November 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9125/Oregon+Attorney+General+Investigates+RIAA%27s+Data+Mining+Tactics> at 5 December 2007

TechDirt, Oregon Attorney General Fighting Back Against RIAA Lawsuits (30 November 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071130/003324.shtml> at 5 December 2007

Digital Music News, Showdown In Oregon Continues, RIAA Faces More Pushback (3 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120307oregon> at 5 Deccember 2007

Digital Music News, RIAA Legal Quagmire Continues in Oregon (13 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121307oregon> at 18 December 2007

Slyck, Hurricane Rita File-Sharer off the Hook (17 December 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1628_Hurricane_Rita_FileSharer_off_the_Hook. at 18 December 2007

ZeroPaid, RIAA Argues that Ripping MP3 from CDs Is Illegal (12 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9141/RIAA+Argues+that+Ripping+MP3+from+CDs+Is+Illegal> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, RIAA NOT Saying That Personal Copies Are Illegal (Yet) (11 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071211/101325.shtml> at 13 December 2007

The Register, Recording industry puts stake in ground with Jammie Thomas case (12 December 2007)<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/12/copyrights_and_wrongs/> at 13 December 2007

TechDirt, RIAA Launches Christmas Piracy Crackdown (11 Decemebr 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9135/RIAA+Launches+Christmas+Piracy+Crackdown> at 13 December 2007

Digital Music News, Embattled RIAA Keeps Heat on Universities, Issues More Notices (6 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120607riaa> at 12 December 2007

Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
TechDirt, Russian BitTorrent User Sentenced... But It May Backfire (18 Dece,ber 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071214/183627.shtml> at 23 December 2007

TorrentFreak, First Russian BitTorrent User Sentenced, Activists Call For Support (14 Dcember 2007)<http://torrentfreak.com/first-russian-bittorrent-user-sentenced-071214/> at 18 December 2007

LimeWire (this month see also Anti Competitive Allegations)
ZeroPaid, More than one-third of all PCs worldwide now have LimeWire installed (26 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9159/One+third+of+all+PC+users+have+Limewire+installed> at 29 December 2007

Slyck, LimeWire Goes Deep (16 December 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1627_LimeWire_Goes_Deep> at 18 December 2007

Digital Music News, More Than One-Third of PCs Now Carry LimeWire, Research (11 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120907limewire/view. at 13

Slyck, LimeWire's Antitrust Effort Fails (4 December 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1624_LimeWires_Antitrust_Effort_Fails> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, LimeWire Interview (19 July 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1545_LimeWire_Interview> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, Lawsuits, LimeWire and You (28 August 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1581_Lawsuits_LimeWire_and_You> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, LimeWire Preps Music Store (22 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1604_LimeWire_Preps_Music_Store> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, LimeWire and Inadvertent File-Sharing Revisited (31 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1610_LimeWire_and_Inadvertent_FileSharing_Revisited> at 18 December 2007

BitTorrent
Digital Music News, Federal Judge Rules Against "Obstreperous" TorrentSpy (18 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121807torrent> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, TorrentSpy Loses To The MPAA... But For The Wrong Reasons (18 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071218/161947.shtml> at 23 December 2007

* Slyck, BitTorrent and PBS Pair up for Distribution (7 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1617_BitTorrent_and_PBS_Pair_up_for_Distribution> at 18 December 2007

OiNK
ZeroPaid, What.CD Officially Moved to Sweden, Waffles.FM Soon to Follow (3 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9127/What.CD+Officially+Moved+to+Sweden%2C+Waffles.FM+Soon+to+Follow> at 5 December 2007

Digital Music News, Pirate Bay Boinks BOiNK, Plans Music Expansion (28 November 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112807pirate> at 5 December 2007

* Slyck, OiNK Busted (23 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1605_OiNK_Busted> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, OiNK Back Online (29 October 2007)<http://www.slyck.com/story1609_OiNK_Back_Online> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, Myths and Facts of OiNK's Takedown (25 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1608_Myths_and_Facts_of_OiNKs_Takedown> at 18 December 2007

ISOHunt
* Slyck, isoHunt Clarifies US Blacklisting (2 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1594_isoHunt_Clarifies_US_Blacklisting> at 18 December 2007

File Sharing Social Norms
TorrentFreak, Piracy, Morals and The Need for Change (23 December 2007) <http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change-071323/> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, The Reality Facing Those Who Rely On The Copyright Crutch (21 December 2007) <at">http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071221/020145.shtml>at 26 December 2007

P2p Statistics
ArsTechnia, More teens than ever sharing--and restricting--content online (20 December 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071220-study-93-of-teens-online-more-than-ever-are-restricting-access.html> at 28 December 2007

The Register, P2P file-sharing recognizes no borders (29 Novemebr 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/29/p2p_file_sharing_ipoque_2007/> at 5 December 2007

ZeroPaid, New P2P Study Says that 20% of Europeans are File-Sharers (28 November 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9120/New+P2P+Study+Says+that+20%25+of+Europeans+are+File-Sharers> at 5 December 2007

Anonymity
* Slyck, A Perfect Storm for Filesharing? (6 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1615_A_Perfect_Storm_for_Filesharing> at 18 December 2007

Allof MP3
* Slyck, AllofMp3.com Goes Out With a Whisper (2 July 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1521_AllofMp3com_Goes_Out_With_a_Whisper> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, IFPI Wants to Overturn AllofMP3.com Court Decision (16 August 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1572_IFPI_Wants_to_Overturn_AllofMP3com_Court_Decision> at 18 December 2007

Ad Supported Music
Digital Music News, Once-Hyped SpiralFrog Continues Licensing March (11 December 2007) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121107spiral> at 13 December 2007

Subscription
Digital Music News, Rhapsody Keeps Spreading, Denon Integration Latest (17 December 2007)<http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121807denon> at 26 December 2007

* Telegraph (UK), The day the music dies (18 October 2007) <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2007/10/18/dlmusic18.xml> at 26 December 2007

Digital Media Stores
Slyck, LimeWire Readies DRM-Free Music Store (14 August 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1571_LimeWire_Readies_DRMFree_Music_Store> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, LimeWire Preps Music Store (22 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1604_LimeWire_Preps_Music_Store> at 18 December 2007

Zune
Digital Music News, Is Microsoft's Zune Finally Selling? Shortage Appears (16 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121607zune> at 18 December 2007

DRM
ArsTechnia, Survey says: only DRM-free music is worth paying for (5 August 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070805-survey-says-only-drm-free-music-is-worth-paying-for.html> at 26 December 2007

Digital Music News, Sony BMG Dances Closer to DRM-Free Flame (20 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122007sony> at 26 December 2007

Digital Music News, iTunes DRM-Free Catalog Steadily Grows, Koch Joins Ranks (17 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/12170koch> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, Memo To Macrovision: Interoperable DRM Is An Oxymoron (21 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071220/105118.shtml> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, Why Would Any Company Trust Microsoft Over DRM Ever Again? (19 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071218/022305.shtml> at 26 December 2007

Digital Muisc News, Microsoft Rebrands PlaysForSure, Intensifies Confusion (13 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122207msft> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, PlaysForWhatNow? Microsoft 'ReBrands' Misnamed DRM (12 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071212/171816.shtml> at 28 December 2007

PC World, New Western Digital Drive Blocks File-Sharing (16 December 2007) <http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,140479/printable.html> at 18 December 2007

ArsTechnia, Paper: disregard for customers, DMCA led to Sony CD rootkit (17 December 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071217-paper-disregard-for-customers-dmca-led-to-sony-cd-rootkit.html> a 18 December 2007

Slyck, CIPPIC Studies Privacy Implications of DRM (25 September 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1589_CIPPIC_Studies_Privacy_Implications_of_DRM> at 18 December 2007

Electronic Frontiers Foundations, Darknet Assumptions Still True Vol. 20, No. 47 (5 December 2007) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/11/year-end-2007-darknet-assumptions-still-true> at 12 December 2007

TechDirt, Apple Wants To Make DRM Extortion Explicit (5 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071204/140443.shtml> at 12 December 2007

Digital Music News, Hollywood Records Licenses DRM-Free, Starts Multi-Store Push (3 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120307hollywood> at 5 December 2007

Filtering
ZeroPaid, IFPI wants ISPs to filter content, P2P programs and websites (28 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9160/IFPI+Wants+ISPs+to+Filter+Content%2C+P2P+Programs%2C+and+Websites> at 29 December 2007

TechDirt, Hollywood Continues Its Worldwide Push To Have ISPs Block Sites Like Pirate Bay (26 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071226/115705.shtml> at 29 December 2007

Electronic Frontiers Foundation, Music Industry Pressures EU Politicians for Filtered Internet Vol. 20, No. 48 <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/12/music-industry-europe-filter-pressure> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, Nielsen Decides It Can Become A Copyright Cop Too (5 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071205/101149.shtml> at 12 December 2007

Digital Music News, IFPI Wants EU-Wide ISP Controls, EFF Raises Flags (9 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120907ifpi> at 12 December 2007

ZeroPaid, Mark Cuban to ISPs: 'Block all P2P Traffic, Please!' (28 November 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9118/Mark+Cuban+to+ISPs%3A+%27Block+all+P2P+Traffic%2C+Please%21%27> at 5 December 2007

Snocap
Digital Music News, Snocap Aggressively Shopping Itself ... Any Takers? (10 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121007snocap> at 13 December 2007

Copyright Law USA
TechDirt, It's Time To Wean Ourselves Off An Unhealthy Addiction To Copyright (20 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071219/182230.shtml> at 26 December 2007

Yahoo News, DOJ Blasts New 'Copyright Czar' Bill (13 December 2007) <http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20071213/tc_zd/221645> at 18 December 2007

Electronic Frontiers Foundation, "PRO IP Act" Aims to Increase Infringement Penalties and Expand Government Enforcement Vol. 20, No. 48 <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/12/pro-ip-act-increase-infringement-penalties-and-drastically-expand-government-enfor> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, Pro IP William Patry Explains How Pro IP Bill Is Very Anti IP (14 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071211/025436.shtml> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, Justice Department Comes Out Against PRO-IP, While Howard Berman Complains That It's Not Strong Enough (14 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071214/013632.shtml> at 18 December 2007

Digital Music News, Lawmakers Rally Around Intellectual Property Protection (6 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120607czar> at 12 December 2007

ZeroPaid, New Legislation Would Increase Penalties for Copyright Infringement (8 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9133/New+Legislation+Would+Increase+Penalties+for+Copyright+Infringement> at 12 December 2007

* ArsTechnia, Overly-broad copyright law has made USA a "nation of infringers" (19 November 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071119-overly-broad-copyright-law-has-made-us-a-nation-of-infringers.html> at 26 December 2007

DMCA
TechDirt, Copyright, Defamation, Bloggers, DMCA, Safe Harbors, Cease-And-Desists And Anonymity... Oh My! (19 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071219/020622.shtml> at 23 December 2007

TechDirt, What's The Liability For A Service Provider Who Ignores Takedown Notices? (13 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071209/205715.shtml> at 18 December 2007

Copyright Law Other Countries
IP Factor, Israel Passes its First Copyright Law (25 November 2007) <http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2007/11/25/israel-passes-its-first-copyright-law/> at 26 December 2007

Digital Music News, The Chinese Piracy Problem: Can the East Be Won? (20 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122007east> at 26 December 2007

Slyck, Canadian Association of Broadcasters Attacks CRIA (7 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1616_Canadian_Association_of_Broadcasters_Attacks_CRIA> at 18 December 2007

Slyck, WIPO Coming to Canada (21 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1621_WIPO_Coming_to_Canada. at 18 December 2007

Electronic Frontiers Foundation, Copyright in Canada: No Longer Business as Usual, Vol. 20, No. 48 <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/12/copyright-canadians> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, Opposition To Canadian DMCA Grows (13 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071213/105615.shtml> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, Consumers May Get Temporary Reprieve As Canadian DMCA Is Delayed (10 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071210/134616.shtml> at 13 December 2007

* Slyck, Australia Drafts Further Tightening of Copyright Laws (27 August 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1579_Australia_Drafts_Further_Tightening_of_Copyright_Laws> at 18 December 2007

Copyright Term
The Korea Times, Copyright Protection Extended to 70 Years (18 December 2007) <http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/12/116_15773.html> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, The Real Cost Of Copyright Extension In Korea: $170 Million (20 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071219/172404.shtml> at 26 December 2007

Fair Use/Fair Dealing
ZeroPaid, RIAA Argues that Ripping MP3 from CDs Is Illegal (12 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9141/RIAA+Argues+that+Ripping+MP3+from+CDs+Is+Illegal> at 18 December 2007

Creative Commons
Slyck, 60sox - Paying Australian Artists for Creative Commons Works (2 September 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1584_60sox_Paying_Australian_Artists_for_Creative_Commons_Works> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, Dutch Copyright Collective Embraces Creative Commons (27 August 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1578_Dutch_Copyright_Collective_Embraces_Creative_Commons> at 18 December 2007

Royalties
TechDirt, Charity Threatened For Children Singing Without Paying Royalties; History Repeats Itself (10 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071210/010636.shtml> at 13 Dcember 2007

Levies
Slyck, Slyck Interviews the CPCC (17 August 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1573_Slyck_Interviews_the_CPCC> at 18 December 2007

Piracy
TechDirt, Even The First Copyright 'Pirates' Didn't Do Much Harm (28 November 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071127/215734.shtml> at 3 December 2007

Search Engines
Digital Music News, Chinese Legalese Spells Mixed Results for Labels (20 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/122007chinese> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, Yahoo China Found Guilty Of Copyright Infringement For Linking To MP3s (20 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071220/095846.shtml> at 26 December 2007

Other Litigation
Slyck, Universal Edition AG Forces Public Domain Website Offline (22 October 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1603_Universal_Edition_AG_Forces_Public_Domain_Website_Offline> at 18 December 2007

* Slyck, Universal Edition AG Responds to Criticism (2 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1612_Universal_Edition_AG_Responds_to_Criticism> at 18 December 2007

Education Campaigns
ArsTechnia, RIAA writes its own "news" for local TV stations (21 December 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071221-riaa-writes-its-own-news.html> at 28 December 2007

ZeroPaid, Ben's Guide to Protecting File-Sharers (12 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9138/Ben%27s+Guide+to+Protecting+File-Sharers> at 13 December 2007

Labels Revenue
Guardian Unlimited, How collective idiocy left the record companies in bits (9 December 2007) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/09/internet.netmusic> at 26 December 2007

Digital Music News, Warner Music Group Suffers Significant Profit Drop (28 November 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112907wmg> at 5 December 2007

Mergers/Consolidation
Digital Music News, Sony BMG Faces Renewed EU Regulatory Drama (13 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121307eu> at 18 December 2007

RIAA
TechDirt, EMI Might Not Like The RIAA Very Much (29 November 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071129/094522.shtml> at 5 December 2007

Digital Music News, Trade Group Budgets Come Under Fire, EMI Rumbles (29 November 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112907trade> at 5 December 2007

Economics
TechDirt, Debunking The Debunking Of The Market Share Myth (26 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071226/152809.shtml> at 29 December 2007

TechDirt, The Myth Of Finding A 'Balance' In Copyright Laws (19 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071214/184433.shtml> at 23 December 2007

New Business Models (this month see also Artists)
TechDirt, Another Musician Recognizing New Business Models (28 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071224/163001.shtml> at 31 December 2007

TechDirt, Once Again: No One Says That 'Free' By Itself Pays The Bills (14 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071214/034002.shtml> at 29 December 2007

TechDirt, The Reality Facing Those Who Rely On The Copyright Crutch (21 December 2007) <at">http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071221/020145.shtml>at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, Sellaband CDs To Be Available On Amazon; Not As Big A Deal As You Think (19 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071218/180441.shtml> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, Getting Millions Of People Listening To Your Music, With Many Giving You Money Voluntarily, Is Dumb? (18 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071217/135346.shtml> at 23 December 2007

TechDirt, The Second Stage Of The Radiohead Experiment (11 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071211/004849.shtml> at 13 December 2007

Digital Music News, Merchandisers Continue Dealmaking, Zazzle Meets Signatures (28 November 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112807zazzle> at 5 December 2007

* Wired, Pop Geek Jonathan Coulton Succeeds by Giving Music Away (12 October 2007) <http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/10/coulton> at 26 December 2007

Anti Competitive Allegations
The Register, Digital music: Go legal, get screwed (20 December 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/20/robertson_imeem_licensing_comment/> at 26 December 2007

The Register, LimeWire gets schooled in law by RIAA members (4 December 2007) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/04/limewire_antitrust_riaa/> at 12 December 2007

TechDirt, Judge Dismisses LimeWire's Charges Of Antitrust Violations Against RIAA (4 Decmeber 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071204/022750.shtml> at 12 December 2007

Digital Music News, Federal Judge Tosses LimeWire Antitrust Suit (3 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120307limewire> at 5 December 2007

* ArsTechnia, Apple, music labels to meet with European Commission over antitrust charges (6 September 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070906-apple-music-labels-to-meet-with-european-commission-over-antitrust-charges.html> at 26 December 2007

Innovation Impact
TechDirt, The Most Anti-Tech Organizations... Or Just The Most Misguided? (3 December 2007)<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071203/025437.shtml> at 5 December 2007

* Information Week, How Big Media's Copyright Campaigns Threaten Internet Free Expression (5 November 2007) <http://informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202802308> at 26 December 2007

Internet Statistics
ArsTechnia, More teens than ever sharing--and restricting--content online (20 December 2007) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071220-study-93-of-teens-online-more-than-ever-are-restricting-access.html> at 28 December 2007

The Australian, Nine in 10 families online: report (18 December 2007) <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22940743-7582,00.html> at 18 December 2007

Other Interesting Articles
Mp3 NewsWire, 2007 Digital Media Winners (24 December 2007) <http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/7002/2007-winners.html> at 26 December 2007

Mp3 NewsWire, 2007 Digital Media Losers (24 December 2007) <http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/7002/2007-losers.html> at 26 December 2007

Satellite Radio
TechDirt, Why Should XM Have To Pay The Record Labels In Order To Innovate? (17 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071217/194457.shtml> at 23 December 2007

Traffic Shaping
Slyck, Sympatico Admits to BitTorrent, P2P Limiting (5 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1613_Sympatico_Admits_to_BitTorrent_P2P_Limiting> at 18 December 2007

Slyck, Vuze Petitions FCC on Comcast's Traffic Management (16 November 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1620_Vuze_Petitions_FCC_on_Comcasts_Traffic_Management> at 18 December 2007

Electronic Frontiers Foundation, EFF Releases Reports and Software to Spot Interferencewith Internet Traffic Vol. 20, No. 47 (5 December 2007) <http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2007/11/28> at 12 December 2007

TechDirt, Traffic Shaping In The UK: Who's Honest And Who's Not... (3 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071203/030737.shtml> at 5 December 2007

MySpace
Digital Music News, Caillat Reveals Universal Stream-Limiting Policy (3 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120307ninety> at 5 December 2007

Imeem
CNet, Imeem announces deal with Universal (9 December 2007) <http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9831163-36.html> at 26 December 2007

Digital Music News, Univeral Music Not Double-Dipping Imeem, Source (10 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121007imeem> at 13 December 2007

TechDirt, Labels Concede That File-Sharing Isn't So Bad After All (10 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071210/125633.shtml> at 13 December 2007

Qloud
Digital Music News, Qloud Wants More Friends, Jumps Into Bebo, Friendster (13 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121307qloud> at 18 December 2007

YouTube
Digital Music News, Zeppelin Videos "Erroneously" Pulled from YouTube (14 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121307youtube> at 18 December 2007

Digital Music News, Zeppelin Performance Vanishes from YouTube (13 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121207zeppelin> at 18 December 2007

Digital Music News, YouTube Shares More Wealth, Expands Partner Program (10 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/121007youtube> at 13 December 2007

Artists
Wired, David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music (18 December 2007) <http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/magazine/16-01/ff_yorke?currentPage=all> at 26 December 2007

TechDirt, David Byrne Breaks Down New Business Models For Musicians; Confirms Radiohead's Success (19 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071219/012553.shtml> at 26 December 2007

Slyck, Canadian Songwriters Demand Legalization of P2P (8 December 2007) <http://www.slyck.com/story1626_Canadian_Songwriters_Demand_Legalization_of_P2P> at 18 December 2007

Songwriters Association of Canada, A Proposal for the Monetization of the File Sharing of Music From the Songwriters and Recording Artists of Canada (December 2007) <http://www.songwriters.ca/studio/proposal.php> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, Canadian Songwriters Want to Legalize P2P (7 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9131/Canadian+Songwriters+Want+to+Legalize+P2P> at 12 December 2007

TechDirt, More Bands Experimenting With Free As A Part Of The Business Model (14 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071214/021230.shtml/> at 18 December 2007

ZeroPaid, Manic Street Preachers: Radiohead 'Demeaned Music' by Letting Fans Pay What They Want (12 December 2007) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9143/Manic+Street+Preachers%3A+Radiohead+%27Demeaned+Music%27+by+Letting+Fans+Pay+What+They+Want> at 18 December 2007

TechDirt, 50 Cent Is The Latest Artist To Understand The Economics Of Music (10 December 2007) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071209/182926.shtml> at 13 December 2007

Digital Music News, 50 Cent Defends File-Sharing, Advises 360-Degree Models (9 December 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/120907fitty> at 12 December 2007

Culture/Remixing
Guardian Unlimited, World's largest digital orchestra makes its debut (16 November 2007) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/nov/16/digitalmusic.musicnews> at 26 December 2007

Digital Music News, Reznor Resurrects Remix Site, Pushes Past Universal (28 November 2007) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112807nin> at 5 December 2007