- »Google + Music = Good
It goes without saying that the recent news that Google - the number one U.S. search provider - and the major music labels launched a music search feature...
November 10, 2009
- »Vintage Vinyl
Looking to re-energize your music collection? Give it a vintage touch...
November 05, 2009
- »OPEN MIC: HEOA Provisions a Collaborative Success
As part of the congressionally-passed Higher Education Opportunities Act, federal provisions requiring schools to take proactive steps to reduce instances of illegal file-trafficking on their networks were recently issued as final regulations...
October 29, 2009
- »The FCC and Internet Service Providers
The public conversation about the role of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in addressing illegal uploading and downloading of copyrighted works online is getting louder...
October 23, 2009
- »A Free Lesson
A column worth reading (If the futures worth having, it wont be free) appeared recently in The U.K. Times Online...
October 22, 2009
- »Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself
Sometimes something is said so perfectly that its not worth summarizing or paraphrasing.
October 08, 2009
- »5 Reasons For Optimism
Our very own Mitch Bainwol explains "Five Reasons for Optimism in the Music Industry" as posted today on TheWrap.com.
September 21, 2009
- »Back To School
While I havent been "back to school" in years I still
September 10, 2009
- »Thats My Name
Summer in Britain means music festivals and although the weather is always terrible, this middle-aged geek dragged himself to Glastonbury for the biggest festival of them all.
September 08, 2009
- »Les Paul - A Creative Life - (1915-2009)
On Thursday, August 13, 2009, Les Paul died from complications of pneumonia at a hospital in White Plains, NY...
August 20, 2009
- »Musings On Tenenbaum Case
Some facts on the Joel Tenenbaum case, for those interested...
August 05, 2009
- »Cronkite, DRMs Death and Lessons Learned
We recently saw the passing of one of the giants of the journalism world, Walter Cronkite...
August 04, 2009
- »Michael and the Power of Music
OK, admittedly, talking about the musical contributions of Michael Jackson is a challenge, when so much has already been so brilliantly articulated and expressed.
July 23, 2009
- »So What Exactly Is A Shipment?
Like many other trade associations, the RIAA strives to provide accurate and comprehensive data about the state of the industry it represents...
July 23, 2009
- »Its Licensing, Stupid
The news that the music industry has sealed agreements with leading Internet radio sites is a great development for fans, webcasters and labels and artists...
July 08, 2009
- »Legal musings on the Usenet.com verdict
The record companies achieved a significant victory on Tuesday when a federal judge in N.Y. soundly ruled in our favor in the lawsuit against Usenet.com...
July 01, 2009
- »Sample Sizes (and Minnesota Juries)
In all the quantitative research the RIAA does, we always endeavor to have a large enough sample to make sure that...
June 23, 2009
- »1700 songs later: The Thomas-Rasset II Verdict
As I sit here in seat 25A on a Northwest flight headed back to Washington, I am struck by some of the decisions people make...
June 18, 2009
- »Techdirt On Performance Rights Act
For the "wrong again" file...
June 17, 2009
- »JT-S Part Deux Day Deux
It is day two and one not short on technical testimony, Geek Squad, Lacuna Coil and ultimately inconsequential hiccups...
June 17, 2009
- »Here We Are
Jammie Thomas-Rasset Part Deux, Day 1. An encouraging first day...
June 15, 2009
- »Jammie Thomas-Rasset PART DEUX
We are headed northwest next week for the re-trial of Jammie Thomas-Rasset (or as we like to call it, Part Deux). What we know heading into this case...
June 10, 2009
- »World Copyright Summit
What we gleaned from the World Copyright Summit this week (aside from the fact that protecting IP is vital to our future economic health and strengthening our competitiveness in the global economy...
June 09, 2009
