Category Music

Don’t Know Much about E-co-no-my

…but economists seem to have keener insight into the future of content in the digital age than often credited. Like Eduardo Porter of the New York Times, for example.

Cricket Wireless Sings the Same Old Song

Is the new MuveMusic service from Cricket Wireless a “game changer for everyone”? Hardly.

The End of the DRM-Sideloading Era

Rhapsody cuts the cable on its mobile apps: the beginning of the end of PC-tethered subscriptions.

Odds and Ends

Everyone has to have a music blog, right?

The End of Two File-Sharing Services: LimeWire and Choruss

LimeWire is enjoined in federal court, while Jim Griffin’s Choruss can’t get music licenses.

The Coming Showdown over Free Music

What are the music industry’s barriers to accepting “free” business models for online music?

Carphone Warehouse and Catch Media Launch Music Access Service

Will people pay for access to music without paying for the music itself? Thanks to Catch Media and Carphone Warehouse, we’ll find out.

UK Music Rights Holders Launch New Dispute Resolution Process

A new way of resolving disputes over music rights ownership in the UK without litigation.

LimeWire Turns to Court of Public Opinion

LimeWire CEO Mark Gorton goes into damage control mode.

LimeWire Found Liable for Infringement

The first use of the inducement theory of copyright liability since the Supreme Court established it five years ago.