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by jeff goldman on September 28, 2009
UK pop star Lily Allen has announced that she's "quitting the music business, at least partly due to file sharing," according to the SMH's Asher Moses.
"Allen claimed that she was q...
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by jeff goldman on September 9, 2009
Anders Weberg has released the sixth piece in his P2P Art series, a nine-hour film titled 090909.
"Swedish artist and filmmaker Anders Weberg has exhibited his work at various art festivals, ga...
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by jeff goldman on September 1, 2009
ZeroPaid's soulxtc today picks up on an article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that quotes the Great Lake Swimmers' Tony Dekker as crediting filesharing with his band's success.
"I...
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by jeff goldman on February 20, 2009
The new U2 album, 'No Line on the Horizon,' will be released on March 3rd, but was accidently leaked online - and, soon after, to P2P networks - by the band's label, Universal Music Group....
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by Jordan Grodecki on September 14, 2008
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 see...
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by Jordan Grodecki on August 18, 2008
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 hi...
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by Jordan Grodecki on August 12, 2008
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 dist...
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by Jordan Grodecki on July 7, 2008
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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by Jordan Grodecki on June 12, 2008
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 generall...
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by Jordan Grodecki on May 21, 2008
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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by Jordan Grodecki on April 28, 2008
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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by Jordan Grodecki on April 17, 2008
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. An...
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by Jordan Grodecki on February 15, 2008
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 capti...
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by Marc on August 8, 2007
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 new...
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by Marc on June 15, 2007
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 wr...
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by Marc on June 5, 2007
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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by Marc on June 1, 2007
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 authori...
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by Marc on May 30, 2007
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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by Marc on May 26, 2007
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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by Marc on May 8, 2007
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 sce...
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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 s...
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by Marc on April 12, 2007
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 diversify....
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by Marc on March 23, 2007
Fun Friday brings free downloads for our readers. The band Harvey Danger cordially requests your presence to download its latest album free and asks you to share it with your friends. Technologist Tim...
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by Marc on February 26, 2007
A band's MUSIC should not be a brand. With that clarification, I refer readers to Bob Lefsetz's commentary below.
A band's BUSINESS however better be a brand.
The corporate manager and ...
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by Marc on January 29, 2007
MySpace rocketed on the ability of its almost 100 million members to post music and video. It's long been a haven for artists to find new fans. But are you getting the most out of it?
Anne Freema...
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by Marc on January 9, 2007
The recording industry's lone bright spot is digital revenues that continue to build. Both the industry and the artists it supposedly represent see shrinking revenues from CD sales. So who does th...
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by Marc on September 28, 2006
Anders Weberg created a 73 minute experimental video made for and only available on P2P networks. The movie was shared by Weberg until one person downloaded it on Sepetember 15th. Then Weberg deleted ...
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by Marc on September 6, 2006
Coca-Cola's Stageside now features Jay-Z after its previous Promotion of Ne-Yo, which recorded 3.3 million downloads. Stageside is an innovative program that promotes the entertainment with both w...
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by Marc on September 4, 2006
In the latest challenge to iTunes and the major labels, MySpace launched its own music store. The site claims over three million listings for bands from performers own pages to fan pages to artist pag...
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by Marc on August 25, 2006
Check out the excellent RIAA parody song from Weird Al Yankovic. Yes, you CAN download the song free. Choice lyrics include support from Metallica's infamous Lars Ulrich and the threat that if you...
