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Apple And EMI Announce DRM-Free Music Downloads

April 2, 2007 By Graham English

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...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: Apple, digital music, DRM, EMI, iTunes, Music Industry, riaa

Wal-Mart to RIAA: We’re Not Gonna Take It!

October 15, 2006 By Graham English

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...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: Music Industry, pricing, riaa

Recording Industry Bans Musician From Charts For Supporting Free Music

August 17, 2006 By Graham English

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...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: file sharing, Music Industry, P2P, riaa, The Long Tail

Music Industry Now Targets Tablature Sites

August 15, 2006 By Graham English

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...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: guitar sites, guitar tablature, Music Industry, riaa, tablature

A Sick Display Of The RIAA

August 15, 2006 By Graham English

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...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: BoingBoing, riaa

Keeping Honest People Honest

July 12, 2006 By Graham English

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...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: entertainment industry, file sharing, lawsuits, P2P, riaa

Canadian Music-Management Giant Defends File-Sharer From RIAA

January 27, 2006 By Graham English

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...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: Music Industry, riaa

Boycott-RIAA.com – Why?

January 22, 2006 By Graham English

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...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: Music Industry, riaa

New RIAA/MPAA “Customary Historic Use” Plan

January 22, 2006 By Graham English

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...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: riaa

No Mr. Ballmer, You Cannot Have the Web

January 18, 2006 By Graham English

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...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: Blogging, major labels, Music Publishing, musicians, P2P, podcasting, riaa, RSS

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