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Musical Tesla Coils Perform Zelda
WIPO Committee Presentations Show Nuanced View of Copyright
Reznor Follows Radiohead, Offers Free Album
So Amazing, So Illegal
Provider of Free Public Domain Music Re-Opens
Copyright Time Bomb Set To Go Off
EMI Sues Beatles Usurper Off the Net
Young People Prefer "Sizzle Sounds" of MP3 Format
Apple's DRM Whack-a-Mole
Behind the Scenes In Apple Vs. the Record Labels
The Exact Cause of the Zune Meltdown
Apple Admits iPod Is From 1970s UK
Linux as A Musician's OS?
Rock Band Licenses The Beatles
Spinal Tap to Reunite for Live Earth
DRM Free Music is Everywhere
Copyright Cutback Proposed As RIAA Solution
Lars Ulrich Pirates His Own Album
Artists Strive To Wrest Rights From Music Industry
Jobs to Labels- Lose the DRM & We'll Talk Price
Yahoo Music Chief Comes Out Against DRM
Wood Density May Explain Stradivarius Secret
5.1 Sound Card Delivers 3 Streams of iTunes
A Million Zunes Sold
Brian Eno Releases Second iPhone App
Guitar, Studio Wizard Les Paul Dies At 94
Last.fm Shoots Down Rumors Over U2 Album Leak
Privatunes Anonymizes iTunes Plus
Sony to Buy Gracenote
U2 Bringing Spider-man to Broadway
After 4 Years, HydrogenAudio Opens New 128kbps Listening Test
Attempt To "Digitalize" Beatles Goes Sour
Warner Music Pushing Music Tax For Universities
Ruckus Closes Down
MP3 Format Still Gathering Momentum
iTunes DRM-Free Files Contain Personal Info
MTV Bleeps Filesharing Software Names In Weird Al Video
Why the RIAA Really Hates Downloads
Oregon Judge Says RIAA Made 'Honest Mistake,' Allows Subpoena
The Golden Age of Infinite Music
Weird Al To Release Songs As He Records Them
Looming Royalty Decision Threatens iTunes Store, Apple Hints
EMI May Cut Funding To RIAA, IFPI
New "MP3 100% Compatible" Logo For DRM-Free Music
Lessig, Zittrain, Barlow To Square Off Against RIAA
NYCL Responds to RIAA Accusations
OSS Music Composer Gaining Attention
iTunes Uncovers Musical Hoax
Trent Reznor Says "Steal My Music"
RIAA About to Transform?
RICO Class Action Against RIAA In Missouri
Why a Music Tax Is a Bad Idea
iTunes On OS X Finally Has Competition
MediaDefender Buys MediaSentry For $136,000 (Not $20M)
Bands Bypass iTunes With iPhone Apps
New Zealand's Recording Industry CEO Tries to Defend New Draconian Law
EU Commissioner Slams Music Lock-In
RIAA Receives Stern Letter, Folds
Steve Jobs Announces (some) DRM-free iTunes
Pandora Trying Out Invasive Commercial Breaks
Must a CD Cost $15.99?
Banjo Used In Brain Surgery
Musicians Demand the Internet Stay Neutral
Global Collaborative Music Experiment
Would You Rent a Song For a Dime?
Yahoo! Music Going Dark, Taking Keys With It
Sneaking Past Heavy-Handed Audio Compression on YouTube
Music Decoded From 600-Year-Old Carvings
RIAA Appeals Award of Attorneys' Fees
Father of MPEG Replies To Jobs On DRM
$90 Asus Sound Card Whips Creative's Best
Google To Take On iTunes?
Singer In Grocery Store Ordered To Pay Royalties
Walmart Caves On DRM Removal
Apple Sends Cease-and-Desist To the Hymn Project
Reflections On the Less-Cool Effects of Filesharing
MP3's Loss, Open Source's Gain
UK Rejects Extending Music Copyright
Choruss Pitching Bait and Switch On P2P Music Tax
DoJ Sides With RIAA On Damages
RIAA Not Sharing Settlement Money With Artists
Personality Secrets in Your MP3 Player
Even Century Old Records Had Restrictive Licensing
How to Turn A Music Lover to Piracy
Net Radio Appeal On Royalties Rejected
Microsoft Considering Subsidizing Zune Sales
Ogg Vorbis Gaining Industry Support
Peter Gabriel's Web Server Stolen
Vinyl To Signal the End for CDs?
EMI May Sell Entire Collection as DRM-less MP3s
CD Music Sales Down 20% In Q1 2007
Support Grows For Blanket Music Licensing
Bill Gates' Plan To Destroy Music, Note By Note
French President Busted For Copyright Violation
Return of the Vinyl Album
100 Years of Copyright Hysteria
Going Head To Head With Genius On Playlists
Record Label Infringes Own Copyright, Site Pulled
The Recording Industry's Failed Digital Strategy
RIAA Directed To Pay $68K In Attorneys Fees
Detecting Click Tracks
Will People Really Boycott Apple Over DRM?
Apple Releases New Touch Screen iPod
Mediasentry Violates Cease & Desist Order
UK ISP Says No To Music Industry Pressure
Record Labels Struggle With the Album's Demise
Apple Shifts iTunes Pricing; $0.69 Tracks MIA
Introducing Classical Guitar Hero
Convert NSF Files to MP3s
Puretracks Music Store Drops DRM
Encrypted Torrents Growing Fast In the UK
Major Broadcasters Hit With $12M Payola Fine
RIAA Must Divulge Expenses-Per-Download
The RIAA's Rocky Road Ahead
Two US States Restrict Used CD Sales
Paul McCartney On Music In the Digital World
Spotify Releases a Linux-Only Client Library
Sweden Sees Boom In Legal Downloading
EMI — Ditching DRM is Going To Cost You
EFF Lawyer Calls YouTube ContentID Worse Than DMCA
WSJ Confirms RIAA Fired MediaSentry
Judge Excludes 3 "John Does" From RIAA Subpoena
Sony Blu-spec CD Format Detailed, Hits Stores
Copyright Board Lawyer Responds On Pandora's End
Store Says DRM Causes 3 of 4 Support Calls
Microsoft To Exit the Zune Business?
MTV: 2007 Borked the Music Industry
Samsung's UpStage Looks To Trump iPhone
Guitar Hero -- World Tour Guitar Mystery Images
Could the RIAA Just Disappear?
EFF Takes On RIAA "Making Available" Theory
Stretchable, Flexible, Transparent Nanotube Speakers
Yahoo Music Shutting Down, Users Going to Real
Compact Disc Turns 26, Has a Bright Future
Guitartabs.com Suspends Under Legal Pressure
How the RIAA Targets Campus Copyright Violators
Pitch Perception Skewed By Modern Tuning
Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back
Recording Music Without the Recording Industry
Radiohead Changes Tack, Joins iTunes
At Atlantic Records, Digital Sales Surpass CDs
The State of Digital Music in 2006
Is the CD Becoming Obsolete?
Name-Your-Cost Radiohead Album Pirated More Than Purchased
Senate Majority Leader Takes On File Sharing
Paul McCartney Releases Album As DRM-Free Download
Old Computers Resurrected As Instruments At Bletchley Park
Player Piano Roll Production Ceases
Internet Blackout Threat for Music Thieves in AU
The Pirate Bay Facing "Old Fashioned" Pressure
Study Suggests Music Industry Embrace Piracy
Sony BMG Dropping DRM
Speculation On a Lossless iTunes Store
UK Music Retailers Beg, Drop the DRM
EU May Force iTunes Store To Accept Returns
Spotify Retreats To Invite-Only In UK
Stellar Seismologists Record "Music" From Stars
The "Loudness War" and the Future of Music
The CD Turns 25 Today
RIAA Wants Songwriter Royalty Lowered
iTunes Staffers Becomes Music's New Gatekeepers
XM+MP3 Going to Trial
Music Industry Shaking Down Coffee Shops
Prof. Johan Pouwelse To Take On RIAA Expert
Mandatory DRM for Podcasts Proposed
Record Store Owners Blame RIAA For Destroying Music Industry
1/3 of People Can't Tell 48Kbps Audio From 160Kbps
17 Million People Stopped Buying CDs In 2008
35,000-Year-Old Flute Is Oldest Music Instrument Ever Found
38% of Downloaders Paid For Radiohead Album
60-Day Reprieve For Internet Royalty Rate Hike
Don't Copy That Floppy! Gets a Sequel
A Commonsense Proposal On Net Radio Rates
A Computer Composing and Playing Jazz
ASCAP Says Apple Should Pay For 30-sec. Song Samples
ASCAP Starts To Act Like the RIAA
AT&T Deal With eMusic Excludes iPhones
After 3 Years, Rockbox 3.0 Released
Allofmp3 Restarts Business
Alltunes.com Lets Users Download AllofMP3 Songs
Amazon & TuneCore To Cut Out the RIAA Middleman
Amazon Invests In Dynamic Pricing Model For MP3s
Analyzing YouTube's Audio Fingerprinter
Andersen Vs. RIAA Counterclaims Challenged
Apple Hides Account Info in DRM-Free Music
Apple Is Now the #1 US Music Retailer
Apple Reconsiders, Approves NIN iPhone App
Apple Rejects Nine Inch Nails iPhone App
Apple To Grant All Labels DRM-Free Distribution
Apple To Play Fairer With FairPlay?
Apple's iTunes DRM Dilemma
Apple, Starbucks Sued Over Music Gift Cards
Associated Press Wants RIAA Case Webcast
Audio Watermark Web Spider Starts Crawling
BBC To Launch Music Download Store
Belgian ISP Forced To Block P2P Traffic
Best Buy Coughs Up $54 Million For Napster
Blogger Threatened For Publishing JS Hack