Entries tagged with “riaa” from O'Reilly Digital Media Blog

Just in time for annual Talk Like a Pirate Day, I got this disturbing note from someone who read my "How to Stop Music Piracy" blog: I recently found an area manager of a store selling illegally produced CDs, mostly dance club mixes by Hex Hector and people like that. He offered ten songs per CD. He makes a...

The man of the hour in my book at the moment (and actually for a number of years now) is my friend and colleague Terry McBride, Founder & CEO of Nettwerk-- an artist-centric, forward thinking artist management firm that also houses a label and a publishing arm for its artists. Terry is an artist advocate; we are cut from the...

This past week, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) announced its decision on internet radio royalty rates. In doing so, it chose to reject all arguments made by webcasters large and small & instead decided to adopt a 'per play' rate proposal presented by Sound Exchange (a digital music collection organization that the RIAA created during the last decade). There's a...

Music piracy is now so prevalent that I just heard from a reader who's writing his MBA thesis about it. Most of the questions readers send me have quick technical answers, but the questions from this student were more open-ended, so (with his permission), I thought I'd open the discussion to everyone. I've illustrated the questionnaire with stills from...

John Buckman says he created Magnatune out of personal frustration with record labels and to give artists a fair deal. Does their tagline "We Are Not Evil" ring true for artists?...

Today is the release date for the new Red Hot Chili Peppers CD, "Stadium Arcadium". About a week ago, the album was leaked onto the Internet -- which angered the band no end. In a rambling open letter, the band's bass player Flea said he and his colleagues would be heartbroken if fans downloaded the album beforehand. "I cannot put...

Anton Chuvakin just linked to this “nerd version of an Agatha Christie novel” in his security blog, but this detective tale about Sony's dangerously sloppy CD-protection software has profound implications for music.

A significant number of Amazon customers severely downgraded this hit album solely because of its sneaky copy-protection. Is it a trend?

"I am predicting 50 years of chaos," says digital media thinker Clay Shirky. Sounds about right, though I'd guess it could be 50 years of chaos crammed into as little as 10 years. Hey, it'll be just like the '90's again.

Updating as we go. Supremes have ruled 9-0 in favor of the studios in MGM v Grokster. But does the decision have wider import? Is it a death knell for tech? It's starting to look like the answer is no ....

Is President Bush participating in illegal file-sharing?

People think that XM Radio is somehow to blame for discontinuing their XM PCR, a PC-controllable Satellite radio reciever that could be used for MP3 harvesting. People need to understand pressure they recieve from the source of their music (RIAA) is the only source of their policy actions. It's really beyond their control unless they just want to lose any access to content.

A simple, easy to enact, regulation-free solution: eliminate statutory damages for file sharing.

The labels want us to believe that we have to give up freedom to get music. EMusic shows that that's simply not true.

The RIAA follows up on promises to use harsher and harsher measures with a plan to sue thousands by the end of summer.

An economist who had previously argued that there was no evidence of filesharing hurting the CD business now says there is evidence.

This article on Boycott-RIAA.org is a proposal for a P2P net that 100% consists of creative commons-licensed materials. A good idea!

A federal judge ordered Verizon to disclose to the RIAA the identity of a KaZaa users accused of serving up a shocking 600 music files. Courtesy of the DMCA.

Will wireless community networks create the so called great jukebox in the sky?

The Supreme Court upheld the law, 7-2. Ouch.