We've covered quite a few unsavory actors here. Spyware from SonyBMG and Microsoft, payola from the Universal and other record labels. and P2P scam sites. Just doing our job, ma'am. If you...

Thomas Mennecke at Slyck documents RIAA PR 2.0 in "RIAA Shifts Lawsuit Strategy." There hasn't been a let up in the consumer P2P lawsuits. Instead there has been a shift from the monthly...

No, this is not a typo that should have been Microsoft Antispyware (now called Defender). This is about Microsoft installing invasive software on your PC. This isn't directly related to our...

There are dozens of photo publishing services. What's next? Video. The New York Times covers this in "Video Catching Up to Photos When It Comes to Sharing." The growth of broadband makes...

Speakers gave conflicting views at the P2P Summit last week in Washington, DC. Warren's Washington Internet Daily covered the Policy panel in "Confusion from 'Grokster,' Other Suits...

While P2 for personal use is legal in France and The Netherlands, it's now illegal in Spain. The spanish Congress also made it a criminal offense for ISPs that facilitate unauthorized file...

According to "Bridge Ratings Radio Format Perceptual - Spring 2006," digital media is definitely changing radio listening habits. But it's not a simple equation. Direct replacements like...

If you really need to see hot Swedish babes, stick to Minneapolis. It's bad enough that that the authoritarian regime of Sweden criminalized file sharing. Now they want to give cops 2 weeks of...

The RIAA warpath has spread to the latest mixing medium - videos. Cease and desist letters are now being sent to personal video makers who host creations that use copyrighted music and music videos at...

The party is RIAA, not the Communists. Though they both were extremely powerful in their heyday. Crack as in division, not a recreational drug. Though a few critics have long thought someone has been...

Skype has the world's largest P2P development community with 3500 developers , one year after launching their developer program. In addition Skype has certified 300 software and 100 hardware...

The article "Korea stops music file-sharing" makes for a sensational headline. But it doesn't apply to the rest of the world where P2P is decentralized. Downloads can't be blocked by...

Eliot Van Buskirk dreams of any music anytime anywhere in Celestial Jukebox Falls to Earth in Wired. His ideal service is an unlimited music service that can be downloaded to your device of choice. He...

Qtrax recently announced its P2P music service with free preview play and purchase as a single download ($1) or monthly subscription ($10-$15). The Qtrax software uses the Gnutella network and...

Second Hang Songs is a database of covered songs. The site contains 40,000 songs and 19,000 artists. Covered songs are often found through P2P services, even though they may not be commercially...

Alexander Cameron writes "IPTV/VoD: The Fall Of Content's Kingdom". In many ways his views are similar to my own commentary in "The Sky is Falling: Is the Record Industry Ready to...

I've covered plenty of news and commentary about the peril the music industry is in. What's the solution? Marketing 101 provides a clue - Listen to the customer. The Internet and the rise of...

Another P2P streaming venture has come forth. RawFlow will provide P2P broadcasting with the Tour de Suisse. The P2P sports tie-in is similar to MySee and Zattoo streaming for World Cup Soccer. More...

Brilliant Technologies announced its Qtrax service will offer legal music (1, 2) with P2P software. Qtrax will sell music from EMI and hopes to sign other major labels. Music can be purchased as a...

Not long after RIAA Prez Cary Sherman's inane answers in a CNET interview, RIAA CEO Mitch Bainwol continues the fantasy with the USA Today article "RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing...