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New Music Documentaries On Napster, The Beatles To Premiere At SXSW 2013
posted: January 16, 2013
This Year’s South By Southwest Festival will see the premiere of several notable music documentaries, with themes ranging from the digital download revolution to a little-known secretary for The Beatles. The new documentary Downloaded tracks the precipitous…
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RIAA Demands Near-Imaginary Amount Of Money From LimeWire
posted: May 24, 2012
Not since the fall of file-sharing mogul Napster has the music industry pursued such a high-value case of copyright infringement. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has now developed an estimate of $72 trillion, yes,…
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Spotify Launches New 'Play' Button
posted: April 11, 2012
According to NME, Spotify today launched a new ‘Play’ button that allows users to embed on other websites any track from the streaming service’s library. Users now have the opportunity to post a track of their choice online…
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Weird Al Sues Sony Music for $5 Million
posted: April 2, 2012
In case after case, the major record labels have sued everyone from college students to Napster, ostensibly on behalf of their artists. Unfortunately, it seems these gardian angels of the music industry may be less…
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Industrial Revolution: First Mate Biden Takes On Pirates
posted: May 12, 2011
“Look, piracy is outright theft. People are out there blatantly stealing from Americans”stealing their ideas and robbing us of America’s creative energies. There’s no reason why we should treat intellectual property any different than tangible…
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Sean Parker: Picking Up The Pieces
posted: March 24, 2011
Warner Music Group put themselves up for sale in January, with consulting help from Goldman Sachs, but does anyone want to spend over $2.5 billion to buy Warner? Sean Parker does, or at least Sean…
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