Today is the day! We will start our April contest and survey in the category "Technology" with the prize being an iHome iH5 Alarm Clock for Apple ipods! All you have to do is to invest...

Artist Scooter Scudieri writes Pro-Active Fans: Circumventing the *Musical Industrial Complex*. The Metamorphose from Listener to Fan to Advocate. He shares his success and how other artists can...

While RIAA has claimed that it is defeating P2P, that is not true. CacheLogic shares actual P2P traffic statistics in a 2004 reportand 2005 report update. The reports show that P2P users have shifted...

Torrentspy was among a batch of torrent and edonkey sites sued by the MPAA. In its legal response Torrentspy said it is no different from Google. It doesn't store the torrent listing and so cannot...

RIAA claims it is illegal to sell an MP3 player with copyrighted songs. I presume they say that buying such an MP3 player is also illegal. More from the article on FMQB: "Selling an iPod...

RIAA claims that having a shared file folder with copyrighted files is infringement ... even if the files were legally obtained and were never uploaded. From Ray Beckerman's blog: In its briefs...

Streamcast, developer of Morpheus, has sued Skype and its founders under U.S. Racketeering law, according to Andy Abramson. Mr. Wave Theory shares the beginning of the story when Streamcast hired...

P2P today means storing music and other files on your PC where you control it. That becomes e disadvantage when you have multiple computers and devices or you're away from your PC. This is where...

The arctic Monkeys are a rock band from Sheffield, UK that has rocketed to success. They have a best-selling album. They're playing concerts in major US cities with a Japan and Europe tour to...

A judge ruled that RIAA cannot inspect a consumer's hard drive, as RIAA requested, and instead allowed only a limited search by a neutral third party. Here is more from Ray Beckerman's blog:...

Ray Beckerman shares the reply memorandum in Motown v. Does. The defendant calls RIAA's opposition filing "smoke and mirrors", including the following: -ignored controlling legal...

eWeek Technology Editor Peter Coffee writes on the distortion of content, or intellectual property (IP), in the digital world. He reminds us that despite the entertainment business's spin and...

Ray Beckerman provides a comprehensive listing of litigation documents. He adds: These are referred to in peer to peer ("p2p") file sharing actions brought by the RIAA. Although some have...

digital downloads and MP3 players are now factored in the UK Inflation Index. The Index is maintained by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and used by the UK Treasury and Bank of England. While...

The Bittorrent Song (with subtitles) video from Brent simon: Gather round and hear my story About the new old west I sought torrents, rips, and ISOs Logged in under Guest Movies, music, games, and...

Music licensor SNOCAP announced a third funding round of $15 million. SNOCAP licenses music from the major labels and other content providers, wraps it in DRM technology, and markets it to retailers....

Ed Felten digs in to find that RIAA supports future DRM that might "Threaten Critical Infrastructure and Potentially Endanger Lives" (words from the RIAA filing). This came in the context of...

Canadian music association CRIA and RIAA are quick to point to unauthorized copying and P2P in particular as a monster that has cost the industry billions of dollars in revenues with little evidence....

Verisign bought Kontiki, a business P2P developer and service provider, for $62 million US. Verisign was both a customer and investor. Sounds like a success, right? I don't this so. Kontiki was...