The frontman for masked rock outfit Slipknot has spoken out about how he agrees that it is labels that cause piracy because "most of the bands they sign are sh**". Rather vulgar, but he...
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Bono has shot himself in the foot with this one; it has been revealed that he is the source of a load of leaked tracks that made their way onto p2p networks recently.... because he was blasting out...
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A band, called the Allman Brothers, which I have to admit up until now I've not heard of, have taken the unprecidented step of suing their own label over their lack of earnings from digital...
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Bono, while not trying to save the world through his various charity endeavours, is also a member of a band called U2, which is where he gets a good deal of his cash from. Recently he has been talking...
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After a listening party for Metallica's upcoming new album, a few websites posted their views and opinions of the tracks they heard, most of them hailing it as a return to form and just generally...
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Broke "Prince of Pop" micheal jackson has joined the list of artists with Websheriff who are taking on The Pirate Bay, but as always, the sweedish guys are taking a joking approach to it,...
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metallica, a band famously anti-p2p since being the ones who effectively damned Napster, have now come out saying that fans should be expecting the new album to have full internet use....after they...
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The Rosebuds and their label have done something absolutely fantastic; they have released their latest remix album, featuring mixes of their tracks by other artists, completely free over the net. And...
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It seems that everyone the world over has decided that now is the perfect time to pounce upon The pirate bay, so The Village People have gone and hired Web Sheriff to try and take the Sweedish...
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Pop star Prince shocked the major labels with a new marketing plan - free music. He gave away almost 3 million CDs of his latest album, Planet Earth, in the UK. They were distributed with the Mail...
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New York artist and former software programmer Jonathan Coulton is profiled in the New York Times magazine section. He explains how he's created a full-time living through free distribution. He...
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This article is part of a series on the changing music business. 1. Weakly Album Sales 2. It's Not About the Album 3. Album Sales Are Like US Box Office 4. EMI Sale: The Continuing Destruction of...
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DiscRevolt brings a new way for artists to promote themselves with artist trading cards. The cards are both a physical memento for the artist like a CD Jewel case and a stored credit card that...
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This article is part of a series on the changing music business. 1. Weakly Album Sales 2. It's Not About the Album 3. Album Sales Are Like US Box Office 4. EMI Sale: The Continuing Destruction of...
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A young filmmaker talks about pirates who bootlegged his independent movie, and concludes "two wrongs don't make a right. But it's a start."......
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Artist peter gabriel has been a leader in digital music. He co-founded OD2, one of the first digital download stores. He's now backing We7, a new entrant in the emerging ad-based non-DRM music...
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, Fun
by Marc on April 27, 2007
The artist Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip shares some smart reflections on making music in "thou Shalt Always Kill" A few choice lyrics: Thou shalt not steal if there is direct victim. Thou...
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The music business is changing. Digital downloads have empowered consumers who have turned their back on CDs and albums. Industry sales have stagnated. Successful record labels will have to...
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