INSIDE MUSIC MEDIA™ (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
By Jerry Del Colliano (Rested and ready for this week's NAB Radio Show in Philly) The new National Association of Broadcasters CEO is going to be introduced to his constituents this week at the NAB's annual Radio Show in Philadelphia. There is little time to waste righting the ship from the ravages of radio consolidation. I know what you know about Gordon Smith, a former Republican senator from Oregon...
Law.com (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
A funny thing happened this weekend after a federal jury in Boston decided that Joel Tenenbaum should pay $675,000 to several record companies for illegally downloading and distributing 30 songs. People spontaneously started sending him money and a campaign spread on Twitter urging others to donate to Tenenbaum's cause. But what exactly is the cause to which Tenenbaum's sympathizers are contributing...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
A Boston student has been ordered to pay 675,000 dollars to the recording industry for illegal file-sharing, according to reports Monday. After just three hours of deliberations, a jury in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts ruled that convicted pirate Joel Tenenbaum has willfully infringed on copyrights, and has awarded the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the media companies...
TechChuck (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
When we heard that The Pirate Bay is being sold and is going legit, we were skeptical; it seemed nearly impossible to pull out. But even our skepticism didn't match the problems with the sale together with the onslaught of lawsuits which seem to be coming from every corner of the world, even more so now than before. Now, TorrentFreak reports that the Italian RIAA, or FIMI (Federazione Industria Musicale...
Information Week (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Joel Tenenbaum could face up to $4.5 million in penalties if the RIAA prevails and he is found guilty of illegally downloading 30 songs.
Information Week (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
The music industry group is shifting away from targeting individuals and toward going after companies that make copyright violations possible.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--21st Century Breakdown, the latest studio album from Reprise Records’ Green Day, has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album was released
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
The $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry _ if the big fine can withstand an appeal. "Normally in our American... Sponsored Topics: Minnesota - Music industry - United States - Recording Industry Association of America - Capitol v. Thomas
Fast Company (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
With news that two new Sony Ericsson phones will ditch the MemoryStick Micro card for the standard SD format, rumors are swirling on the 'net that Sony will kill off the format. If true, then the MemoryStick Micro card will follow a long Sony tradition of formats sent to their graves. Now that you can buy 16GB microSDHC cards are roughly the size of your smallest fingernail, it's time for Sony to...
Fast Company (Free subscription) | 05/27/2009
The complex European rules that prevent iTunes from opening its doors everywhere--French members buying music from the German iTunes, for example--may be getting overhauled. That's if Europe's Competition Commissioner gets her way. And she probably will. Commissioner Neelie Croes is also behind the recent $1.5 billion fine levied against Intel for anti-competitive behavior. Her attention, along with...
Law.com (Free subscription) | 05/26/2009
Harvard Law Professor Charles Nesson's defense of alleged file-sharer Joel Tenenbaum against a lawsuit brought by the Recording Industry Association of America has been nothing if not controversial. This is the man, after all, who tape-recorded a telephone conference with...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 05/12/2009
Towards the end of 2008, music fans breathed a sigh of relief at the news that the Recording Industry Association of America would no longer be ruining fans' lives with random lawsuits, and would instead, seek to curb piracy by working with Internet Service Providers, which is a certainly a more reasonable, less Scroogeish strategy. Blog Recording Industry vs. The People decided to check up on this...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) "THE SOUND OF MADNESS," the acclaimed third album from Atlantic recording group Shinedown, has been certified Gold by the RIAA, marking sales exceeding 500,000 units. The news comes as the band's single "Second Chance" has just exploded into the top 10 at CHR/Top 40 outlets nationwide and is quickly shaping up to be the Jacksonville, Florida-based quartet's...
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
p2pnet news view | RIAA News:- You know how RIAA boss Mitch ‘The Don’ Bainwol (right) claims his Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music extortion outfit has stopped filing new lawsuits against innocent people? He’s a liar, said p2pnet in March, going on, “He and Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music [...]
PrebleNY.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
RIAA Filed 62 New Cases In April Alone: NewYorkCountryLawyer writes “Based upon a quick examination of the records in PACER, I detected 62 new cases brought by the RIAA against individuals in the month of April alone. In December, 2008, the RIAA had represented to Congress that they had ‘discontinued initiating new lawsuits in August [2008].’” Read [...]
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raybeckerman | 02/09/2009
Dear Rounder Records: 1. I would like to congratulate you on the success of "Raising Sand", due to the outstanding musicianship of Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, and producer TBone Burnett. 2. I have always thought of Rounder Records as an "independent" music label, because throughout its history, it has treated Music as being more important than Money, unlike the "major" labels, which are now the "Big
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