Posted on 27 November 2007 by mike.
Jammie Thomas, the world’s most famous filesharer, is in the news once again this week, but it’s not good news for the single mother who the RIAA successfully sued for $220,000 in damages.
The US Department of Justice has sided with the RIAA in the constitutionality of the case. Jammie Thomas was stung for sharing 24 [...]
Posted on 24 November 2007 by mike.
Icon Digital Entertainment, the company that owns the brands and rights to Blockbuster and Sounds Music in New Zealand has gone into voluntary liquidation. The reason? Illegal music downloads, apparently. Never mind failed business models or management problems – the easy route is to blame music downloads.
Critics have lashed out at ICD for making excuses [...]
Posted on 22 November 2007 by mike.
A new anti-piracy law passed in France has put the spotlight on users who frequently download music illegally. Anyone who uses filesharing software like Ares or Limewire risks having their Internet access cut.
The agreement would mean that Internet service providers have the power to issue warning messages before suspending or else terminating Internet accounts. Ignoring [...]
Posted on 16 November 2007 by mike.
Always outspoken, never outdone, Lily Allen has come out and slammed Radiohead for offering their seventh studio album for free music download, saying that the band made a mistake when they asked fans to chose what they think the album is worth.
Attention-seeking Allen went on to call Radiohead “arrogant” – all this coming from the [...]
Posted on 15 November 2007 by mike.
Proving that the brand is about more than just burgers and fries, Wendy’s has decided to get involved with the music download craze by offering 100 million free downloads to customers.
Until the end of this year, every time a customer buys a medium or large combo meal, they will receive a free music download from [...]
Posted on 9 November 2007 by mike.
Proving that the brand is about more than just coffee, Starbucks has become one of the first stores in US in which customers can download the music they are listening to straight to iTunes.
Starbucks is known for encouraging people to take their laptops to coffee shops to make use of wireless Internet connections while sipping [...]
Posted on 7 November 2007 by mike.
A hapless music lover in the UK ended up in hot water this week after selling on Ebay copies of music he had downloaded from the Internet. Clive Kinsey downloaded his music and then sold it on for £4 a CD.
Cardiff Crown Court heard that Mr Kinsey was doing it out of love for music. [...]
Posted on 2 November 2007 by mike.
There haven’t been many great albums recently. Aside from Britney Spears doing her thing and Radiohead releasing their album on the Internet, there has been very little of interest in the music world. Timbaland is one of the few artists making great pop music in the current climate. Could Timbaland be the savior of contemporary [...]
Posted on 2 November 2007 by mike.
Always at the center of one story or another, Britney Spears is hitting out against the possibility of her new album, Blackout, doing the rounds on Ares P2P filesharing services before its official release date.
Originally slated to hit stores November 13, Britney’s record label, Jive, pushed the release forward a full two weeks because [...]
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