Streaming your favorite artists’ music is the least helpful way to support them. But they can’t abandon those platforms, because we won’t.
Tag: RIAA
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Why mixtapes don’t hit the charts
Billboard and the RIAA are ignoring mixtapes, which just happen to be outside music-industry control.
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Why you won’t see rap mixtapes on the charts
Billboard, the RIAA, and the big mixtape snub
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Say hello to the Copyright Alert System
It’s going to be a pain in the ass and it’s not going to stop intellectual property piracy.
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Is RapidShare snitching on Google?
The crackdown on piracy by proxy looks to get interesting
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Anonymous deploys Anontune in war against RIAA
Hacktivists design new killer music app, ignore musicians
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The RIAA’s most wanted
Did the feds shut down Megaupload to keep the site from launching an iTunes competitor?
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Evil Hates the Light
Why do negotiations for a new anti-counterfeiting treaty need to be hidden from the public?
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America to Canada: “Our Corporations Can’t Exploit All Your IP Laws Yet—So Change Them”
The fallout up north from “Buy American” laws inspires a “Bribe Canadians” approach to copyright negotiations. Plus, the major labels may have a comeuppance on the way for their Great White Northern artist-cheating scheme.
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No file-sharing cease-fire after all?
The RIAA wins again, and now Jammie Thomas-Rasset is on the hook for $1.92 million–for illegally sharing 24 songs.
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Twitter gets a little noisier
Tra.kz isn’t the killer music-sharing app for Twitterers that it clearly hopes to be, but it’s a step in the right direction.