Deconstructing This Week in the Music Industry

Posted on 23. May, 2009 by refe.

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Here’s a recap of what went on in the music industry this week. Make sure to check out anything you might have missed and leave your comments. Thanks to This Day in Music for the music history. Most Popular: Amazon to Torrent site: stop letting your users buy our music - Another major retailer misses out on [...]

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Spain Says File Sharing is Legal – Obama Says “Your Wrong”

Posted on 12. May, 2009 by refe.

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Now Obama’s transformation from free-culture savior to copyright lobbyist bulldog appears to be complete. A few months ago the Spanish government ruled that personal use file-sharing is legal and that the sites that host file sharing are protected as long as they don’t directly profit from copyright infringment. The Obama Whitehouse is not happy about this.

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Amazon to Torrent Site: Stop Letting Your Users Buy Our Music

Posted on 11. May, 2009 by refe.

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Amazon.com looks to be the latest example of a major music retailer missing out on a huge opportunity to profit from file sharing – and this one was practically handed to them!

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Pirate Bay Founders Sentanced and Fined $3.6 Million

Posted on 17. Apr, 2009 by refe.

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Twitter was on fire about Pirate Bay today. Rightly so, I guess – this case was a pretty big deal in the file-sharing world. The four founders of the Swedish BitTorrent file-sharing site were sentenced to 1 year in prison and ordered to pay a $3.6 million. There has already been PLENTY of media coverage of the verdict, though, so I thought [...]