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Wild Predictions for a Wired 2007
Here are some predictions for 2007: Google Stock Hits $1,000 per Share Internet Traffic Doubles ... to 5,000 petabits per day by the end of 2007. And 80 percent of it is peer-to-peer file sharing, mostly Skype video and BitTorrent. BitTorrent on TiVo Speaking of, digital video recorders get BitTorrent baked in, bringing internet video to the living room. (02/01) ReadYou may also like
Average teenager's iPod has 800 illegal music tracks
Timesonline | 16/06/08 
Teenagers and students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players, the largest academic survey of young ... More
Labels eye variable pricing for digital sales
Reuters | 07/06/08
Arguably the No. 1 item on record labels' to-do list for the year is, "Establish variable pricing for digital downloads."
As luck would have it, ... More
The music biz's digital flops - a short history
The Register | 26/05/08
Since the record industry first noticed that some of the kids were using the internet in the mid-90s, it's flopped from one puddle to the next. Despite ... More
New MP3 Revolutionizes Way You Listen to Music
The Korea Times | 23/05/08
If you are a serious guitar-master wannabe and you want to focus on the tune of Brian May's guitar and don't want to hear Freddie Mercury's voice and ... More
DRM claims more victims as Microsoft fails its music users
The Guardian | 23/04/08 
DRM (Digital Rights Management) added to music is a really bad idea and you should never buy DRM-protected files, unless you have more money than sense ... Read
“American Idol” Contestant David Cook Tops Amazon MP3 Chart, Then Vanishes
Rolling Stone | 23/04/08
After enjoying last week as the top-selling album at the Amazon MP3 store, American Idol contestant David Cook's 2006 album Analog Heart was pulled from ... Read
MP3sparks.com downed by links to Russian cybercrime gang
The Register | 11/01/08
The popular Russian digital music retailer MP3sparks.com has scored a own goal by doing business with a web host that has been linked to an infamous cybercrime ... Read
Digital Music Industry Challenged to Follow Fans' Lead
PC World | 10/01/08
At the Consumer Electronics Show this year it's clear that consumers are making choices that are driving industry changes, and nowhere is that more evident ... Read
DiMA, Publishers Clash Over Rights
Billboard | 08/01/08
A major battle is erupting between some digital media companies and major music publishers, which may lead to federal litigation, Billboard.biz has learned. ... Read
Mainstream music industry realizes the value of 'free'
International Herald Tribune | 27/01/08
The mainstream music industry is coming to recognize a price for digital songs that might be good enough to compete with the underground exchange of tunes ... Read
Warner Music profits slump 58%
Timesonline | 29/11/07
Warner Music Group today unveiled a 58 per cent slump in fourth-quarter profits, with increased digital revenues failing to offset a collapse in sales ... Read
Sony BMG Plans to Drop DRM
Business Week | 04/01/08
In a move that would mark the end of a digital music era, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is finalizing plans to sell songs without the copyright protection ... Read
7Digital Gets Agressive With Pricing & Features.
Hypebot | 06/12/07
UK digital retailer 7Digital is pushing aggressive pricing as well as new features and alliances designed to challenge iTunes and other retailers. The ... Read
The DRM maze for consumers
BBC | 11/12/07
The last few years in the history of digital content are littered with examples of Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions that have been accused of ... Read
Uni Blaze Burns Musical History
Deadline Hollywood | 02/06/08
It looks like more was damaged or destroyed in today's Universal Studios fire than anyone previously thought. I've learned that Universal Music, which ... More
PopKOMM Forecasts A Bright Future For The Music Industry
Undercover | 06/04/07
Between September 19th and 21st, Berlin, Germany will become the centerpiece worldwide for the music industry with the 19th annual popKOMM music conference ... Read
The Who release first album for a generation
Soundgenerator | 25/08/06
The Who's first studio album in over 25 years will also be released alongside a compilation of Pete Townsend's rock opera, 'The Boy Who Heard Music'. ... Read
Toussaint explores life after Katrina, outside the Big Easy
Scripps Howard News Service | 15/05/07
Allen Toussaint never left New Orleans. He spent virtually his entire distinguished career playing piano, singing, writing songs and making records with ... Read
Ever so Kylie rated
Timesonline | 09/03/07
Calvin Harris, creator of the MySpace hit Acceptable in the 80s and now stardust-sprinkling producer to Kylie Minogue, is squeezing his 6ft 3in frame through ... Read
Music producer Phil Ramone a humble genius
Reuters | 23/10/07
Grammy-winning record producer/engineer Phil Ramone has twiddled the knobs for some of modern music's biggest-selling, most influential performers: Barbra ... Read
Pioneering venture
Haaretz.com | 22/12/06
One of Nahum Heiman's main tools in recent years is cotton ear swabs. Last Tuesday the composer sat in one of the rooms of his home, which he calls "the ... Read
Suin' safari: Beach Boys' legal hits keep on comin'
SignonSanDiego.com/ | 01/12/06
Good vibrations? Not always. On stage and in the studio, Brian Wilson, his cousin Mike Love and the rest of the Beach Boys produced some of rock 'n' ... Read
Def Jam Brings Musical Fight to Next-Gen
Kikizo | 20/10/06
Melding hip-hop and fighting may seem like an odd idea for a game series but that hasn't held back EA's rapper-blessed Def Jam series from bloodying ... Read
MySpace will block illegal use of music
Boston.com | 31/10/06
News Corp.'s MySpace.com yesterday said it had licensed a new technology to stop users from posting unauthorized copyrighted music on the social networking ... Read
For iTunes hacker, the freedom of the open code
CNET | 24/11/06
He was 15 years old at the time and quickly became known in hacker circles as "DVD Jon," a wunderkind of reverse engineering who tore down cumbersome ... Read
Christina Aguilera's Unreleased X-Rated Song
HollywoodRag.com | 13/02/07
Christina Aguilera has recorded a song about oral sex, but has vowed never
to release it. The 'Dirrty' singer revealed she laid down the X-rated track ... Read
Mike Watt Talks (and Talks) Stooges Recording
Pitchforkmedia | 13/10/06
Iggy Pop and the reunited Stooges (with former Minutemen bassist Mike Watt replacing the late David Alexander) began recording their previously reported ... Read
YourGuitarist Offers Musicians Internet-Based Custom Guitar Tracks
| 18/08/06
YourGuitarist.com announced the launch of its web site, offering Internet based development of custom guitar tracks for artists worldwide. YourGuitarist ... Read
Pioneering venture
Haaretz.com | 22/12/06
One of Nahum Heiman's main tools in recent years is cotton ear swabs. Last Tuesday the composer sat in one of the rooms of his home, which he calls "the ... Read
A million-dollar reason to be a rock star in China
Xinhuanet | 25/12/07
Chinese pop and rock singers, bands and composers will have a chance to compete with peers from other Asian countries for awards worth more than 1 million ... Read
I refuse to die to this music!
The Independent | 15/04/08
I was saddened to hear of the death the other day of the colourful Green Party (and former Liberal) peer Lord Beaumont of Whitley. Tim Beaumont was a tireless ... Read
Music industry reaction to Radiohead album
Timesonline | 10/10/07
The music industry woke to a potential revolution today with the first downloads of Radiohead's In Rainbows album being eagerly copied to MP3 players. ... Read
Sprint takes lead as 1st sponsor of file-share song
New York Post | 10/07/07
Sprint has signed on as the first company to underwrite a song to be distributed on file-sharing networks, agreeing to embed its logo on copies of tracks ... Read
Waxman puts squeeze on LimeWire
The Hollywood Reporter | 25/07/07
The chairman of the House's investigating committee Tuesday criticized the popular peer-to-peer program LimeWire for failing to take steps to ensure that ... Read
Universal's Open MP3s Will Be Watermarked
Wired News | 12/08/07
The DRM-free songs Universal will sell as part of its recently-announced plan will contain a watermark that can be used to track the files down on peer-to-peer ... Read
Age no bar as baby boomers rock the music industry
The Guardian | 28/11/06
Rod Stewart knows about it. So does Elton John. And Barry Manilow. Tony Bennett, to his joy and surprise, is just finding out about it. And next year Earth, ... Read
NRJ Is First P2P Live Stream Powered By The RawFlow/Tiscali Nacamar Partnership
Music Industry News Network | 27/02/07
RawFlow and Tiscali Nacamar commences their partnership by deploying Peer-To-Peer streaming technology for Energy Sachsen, enabling them to offer listeners ... Read
Make Way For The Music Detectives
CBS News | 31/10/06
A few years ago the music industry was worried about Napster and the other peer-to-peer file-sharing services that allowed people to illegally post and ... Read
Kazaa settles with music publishers
International Herald Tribune | 03/11/06
The music publishing industry has reached a tentative deal with operators of the Kazaa file-sharing network over claims of copyright infringement. Publishers ... Read
CacheLogic And BitTorrent Announce Strategic Partnership
Music Industry News Network | 15/08/06
CacheLogic, the market leader in peer-to-peer (P2P) caching solutions for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and BitTorrent, developer of the world's leading ... Read
P2P Industry Networks For Legitimacy
Techweb | 06/10/06
Despite legal victories by record labels and trade associations, the growth of peer-to-peer networks continues unabated. BitTorrent and versions of eDonkey ... Read
Chaser of Beer, Rock or Bebop With Your Bach?
The New York Times | 16/06/08
YOU might not expect to find a polished young ensemble like the Parker String Quartet playing music by Beethoven, Bartok and Ligeti — or collaborating ... More
Now hear this: surround sound for MP3
Greater Paramus News | 02/01/08
In the small San Diego County offices of French multimedia giant Thomson, employees crank up Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon," a recording laden ... Read
Prince Dates Twin Caribbean Twins, Demands All-Black Hotel Room, Acts Generally Crazy
Dose.ca | 01/08/07
This just in: Prince is kind of crazy. The diminutive hit-maker has reportedly demanded a London hotel transform a suite into an all-black liar for him; ... Read
Toussaint explores life after Katrina, outside the Big Easy
Scripps Howard News Service | 15/05/07
Allen Toussaint never left New Orleans. He spent virtually his entire distinguished career playing piano, singing, writing songs and making records with ... Read
You've Got Thirty Seconds With Michael...
Rolling Stone | 06/03/07
Michael Jackson apparently flew to Japan over the weekend in order to de-jetlag in time for the super special party he's hosting in Tokyo this week. On ... Read
Pioneering venture
Haaretz.com | 22/12/06
One of Nahum Heiman's main tools in recent years is cotton ear swabs. Last Tuesday the composer sat in one of the rooms of his home, which he calls "the ... Read
Iggy Pop's concert rider funniest in rock history?
The Smoking Gun | 10/10/06
As if you need another reason to love Iggy Pop, the veteran rocker (and his band The Stooges) have the single most entertaining concert rider TSG has ever ... Read