Or Why legislation is bad, and bad legislation worse Fred von Lohmann and Wendy Seltzer write Death by DMCA. The Legacy of the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) is clear. Piracy was not...

This article integrates and concludes a series of postings over the past week on digital music trends. Mitch Bainwol, Chairman of RIAA, recently told CNET "Digital sales are rising at a value...

This article is one in a series examining the Pali Capital report that showed paid music download growth is slowing. Long-term change The long-term message is that the industry's problems can no...

Thomas Mennecke, publisher of Slyck, writes about the P2P industry in Pirate Bay Traffic Surges. I agree with his view of entertainment industry propaganda and the questionable success of RIAA...

The demand for high bandwidth will only increase, especially with IPTV on the horizon. How will it be served? > Content distribution networks, such as Akamai, use edge servers that are less...

This article is one in a series examining the Pali Capital report that showed paid music download growth is slowing. Who does it affect? The digital slowdown is not good news for the recording...

This article is one in a series examining the Pali Capital report that showed paid music download growth is slowing. Is it real? I think so. It is not a short-term aberration. It is a trend that has...

A Pali Capital report, US Digital Track Trends Weakening, reports that while paid music download sales continue to grow compared to last year, they're actually declining week to week. This...

ESPN is providing Internet coverage of World Cup soccer from their ESPN and ESPN360 web sites. This isn't P2P. But our worldwide readers already indicated great interest in the event, so I'm...

In Hilary Rosen Vader I slammed the ex-president of RIAA for slamming Apple. In typical Hollywood sleight-of-hand she criticized Apple for iTunes DRM. But Hollywood sets the terms for Apple selling...

CNET puff piece Newsmaker: RIAA's next moves in Washington throws softball questions at RIAA Chairman Mitch Bainwold and President Cary Sherman. The two earn almost $2 million together and appear...

48 million Americans, over one-third of users, now publish and share media on the Internet from the latest Pew internet survey. Those file sharers are no longer the young kids but include all ages and...

DefectiveByDesign was formed by the Free Software Foundation to fight DRM (Digital Rights Management) aka CRAP. I fully support the group and hope you'll join them. DRM has resulted in a trail of...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) now has its own podcast, so you can hear the latest news in your car, on the way to work, or at your home or office. Called Line Noise, it's a five minute...

Russia is now being threatened to close Allofmp3.com. According to the New York Times article, "So great is the official level of concern about AllofMP3 that American trade negotiators darkly...

On Piracy: On Piracy, Radio & Walmarts is a documentary film by Julien McArdle, a student at University of Ottawa. The film tries to take a balanced perspective as it explores music and movie...

The DCIA , the leading P2P industry organization, is holding the first P2P Media Summit June 22-23 in McLean, Virginia. I'll be speaking there. I invite my readers to come and say hello. The...

Hollywood's insatiable power grab continues. The EFF has issued an Action Alert to stop the US and the world from giving unnecessary rights to rich corporate broadcasters. This giveaway takes the...