You now have the ability to download the entire EMI artist catalog DRM-free. No usage restrictions. Plus the audio is encoded at 256 kbps, twice the quality of the current bit rate. Check the press releases for the full details: EMI: EMI Music … [Read more...]
Wal-Mart to RIAA: We’re Not Gonna Take It!
CD prices have been too high for over a decade. It seems that Wall-Mart has gotten tired of it because they are cutting CD prices. It takes a retail giant like this to tip CD pricing trends in our favor. read more … [Read more...]
Recording Industry Bans Musician From Charts For Supporting Free Music
So now we've got the thought police in the music industry. Now, more than ever, is it crucial that you maintain control over your musical destiny. Long Tail marketing give you the power and freedom to create your own path. read more. BPI, the UK … [Read more...]
Music Industry Now Targets Tablature Sites
First it was services that provided music, then it was sites that offered lyrics. Now the music industry has trained its legal guns upon guitar tablature, and several of them have already been shuttered. I forsee all of this ending in a pretty ugly … [Read more...]
A Sick Display Of The RIAA
You need to read this BoingBoing article because it's important as a musician to understand the values of the RIAA. I'll leave it up to you to decide if you share these values... or not. … [Read more...]
Keeping Honest People Honest
This is one of those lists that can piss you off! I'd say that it's a lot more than embarrassing. It's down right unethical. From Embarrassing questions for the entertainment industry: # The RIAA has sued more than 20,000 music fans for file … [Read more...]
Canadian Music-Management Giant Defends File-Sharer From RIAA
Canadian music-management giant defends file-sharer from RIAA: "Litigation is not 'artist development.' Litigation is a deterrent to creativity and passion and it is hurting the business I love," insists McBride. "The current actions of the RIAA are … [Read more...]
Boycott-RIAA.com – Why?
Why Boycott? The RIAA is a professional lobby organization of recording labels of which five labels control 90% of the music distributed in the US. In 1999 these so called "protectors" of the music industry and musicians released only 2600 CDs. … [Read more...]
New RIAA/MPAA “Customary Historic Use” Plan
New RIAA/MPAA "Customary Historic Use" Plan: Random_Transit writes "Ars Technica is reporting that the EFF has dug up plans by the RIAA/MPAA to stifle the consumer electronics market by replacing it's "fair use" policy with something called … [Read more...]
No Mr. Ballmer, You Cannot Have the Web
RSS made it possible for everyone to participate in publishing on equal technological footing with NYT. Specifically for musicians, blogging and podcasting make it possible for musicians to participate in music publishing on better technological … [Read more...]