Here is an example of how the music industry screwed up on DRM

This article by a Windows expert from 2005 explains in some detail how Sony's attempt to include Digital Rights Management (DRM) on a CD release led them to implement a solution that installed a rootkit on Windows, compromising the safety and integrity o… more »
01.4.2010 • Music Industry • PermalinkPermalink

Another music industry attempt to deceive people...

This article in the Guardian shows how the attempts by the music industry to claim that illegal downloading is costing them enormous sums of money per year continue to be undermined by the sheer ludicrousness of the claims. As The Sun newspaper breathles… more »
06.13.2009 • Music Industry • PermalinkPermalink

The continuing ability of the music industry to shoot itself in the foot

...the gift that keeps on giving...this article from Matt Yglesias explains how Warner Music is needlessly removing promotional video material from YouTube by claiming copyright violations. Some industries never cease to amaze me at their profound lack o… more »
12.22.2008 • Music Industry • PermalinkPermalink

At last - a halfway sensible solution to the issue of music downloading

The music industry has been engaged in a progressively more stupid, vindictive and futile campaign for years to stop people from downloading music via the Internet. All it has achieved is to criminalize a small number of downloaders, and piss off million… more »
07.24.2008 • Music Industry • PermalinkPermalink

Interview with Bob Ohlsson

..in which he offers some interesting observations and thoughts about the recording industry in general. On some of the evolution in the 1960's and 70's: ...in the ‘50s, the songwriters had an absolute stranglehold on the record business. Basically, the… more »
03.27.2008 • Music Industry • PermalinkPermalink