Music Restraints Debated
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Norwegian consumer group doesn't buy Jobs' defense of copyright-protection practices.as common.
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Musical purists demand strict controls to stem flood of spangled troubadours.
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Decision not expected to slow flood of lawsuits against file sharers by the music industry.
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We may see the end of protected music downloads, but it won't be Apple's doing, argues Bill Thompson
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People want to listen to music while they are on the move, rather than watch video, research suggests.
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As an Australian court considers whether Kazaa&#39;s parent company should be forced to pay damages for the file sharing that goes on over its peer-to-peer (P2P) network, questions persist about
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Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharers in the UK could soon face legal action from the recording industry. Record companies in other countries have already started legal action against people sharing copyrighted music online.
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As new digital-distribution plans gain traction, an inevitable fight over publishing royalties breaks out. If songwriters lose, your ears will suffer. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
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The British Department for Education and Skills (DfES) recently launched a "Music Manifesto" campaign, with the ostensible intention of educating the next generation of British musicians. Unfortunately, they also teamed up with the music industry (EMI, and various artists) to make this popular. EMI has apparently negotiated their end well, so that children in our schools will now be indoctrinated about the illegality of downloading music.The ignorance and audacity of this got to me a little, so I wrote an open letter to the DfES about it. Unfortunately, it's pedantic, as I suppose you have to be when writing to goverment representatives. But I hope you find it useful, and perhaps feel inspired to do something similar, if or when the same thing has happened in your area.
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There's a war brewing in the music world. And it's a war that can only do good.
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Far from soothing the savage breast, music is driving some of the world&#39;s largest companies into a frenzy of competition. At stake is participation in, if not command of, a multibillion-dollar
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More people would buy digital music if hi-tech locks were removed, music executives tell a survey.
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"Copyright officials recommended on Thursday that U.S. law be amended so that companies that rely on copyright infringement to make a profit can be held liable for their actions."  Which of course applies only to US companies.  Kazaa should be free and clear.  ...  Should have supplied a link.  I'm a BAD blogger!
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Apple and EMI's agreement to offer DRM-free music tracks is unlikely to be threatened by the record label's changing ownership. In fact, say some analysts, the choice may have been a demonstration to potential investors of the company's forward-thinking ways.
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OTTAWA (CP) -- Musicians&#39; rights must be protected by the country&#39;s telecommunications regulator as it considers three bids for satellite radio licences, says the music recording industry.
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Phantom sales lost to piracy? Get over it. It's time for the music labels to pull those master recordings out of storage and make some money. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
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Organisers trying to overturn court decision suspending free show over security concerns.