Another band sues it's record label...

The Smashing Pumpkins, who have been a band for nearly 20 years now, are suing Virgin Records for allegedly licensing their songs without their permission. As this article in The Guardian shows, record labels are turning to new sources of revenue, with e… more »
03.26.2008 • Music Industry • PermalinkPermalink

An interesting article to clarify the role of the RIAA

...the comments area provides insight to the reality that the RIAA is a creature of the record industry, and has no real interest in supporting the interests of recording artists. more »
02.12.2008 • Music Industry • PermalinkPermalink

Interesting article in Wired...

...by David Byrne, with help from Brian Eno. In typical, articulate Byrne style, he explains cogently why the music industry business model is broken. Reading this article confirms my suspicion that the recent issues that have emerged at EMI (with Paul M… more »
01.25.2008 • Music Industry • PermalinkPermalink

How unfreakingbelievably stupid is this?

As this Washington Post article explains, the RIAA are now starting to claim that the mere act of copying a CD song to MP3 format on your computer is an act of piracy. I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I read nonsense like this. It is time that… more »
01.2.2008 • Music Industry • PermalinkPermalink

The bell tools for DRM music protection...

This thread at Firedoglake discusses the shaky future of DRM (Digital Rights Management) of downloaded music in the light of recent announcements by several music companies that they will abandon it for downloaded music. I have never downloaded any mus… more »
08.22.2007 • Music Industry • PermalinkPermalink