Strange and Risque: Oranges and Boobs=american dreams?

" Boston Artist attempts to associate breasts and oranges as a willful American Dream. Considering the healthy breasts theme is a usual occurence for most people, even the Breast Cancer Awareness people should be...

Rhapsody Splits from RealNetworks: Music Download Rival to iTunes

At the end of March, Rhapsody will separate from RealNetworks and become its own music subscription service.This means consumers may finally be given a legitimate alternative to iTunes. RealNetworks, however, will...

RIP: A Remix Manifesto - An Opensource Documentary

Canadian film maker Brett Gaylor recently debuted his documentary, RIP: A Remix Manifesto in Austin, TX at SXSW. The documentary serves as a social commentary on copyright and the emergence of "remix culture."...

Best Buy(s) Napster for $121 Million

American retail giant Best Buy has acquired the (fl)ailing web music service Napster for a cool $121 million.I'm still trying to figure out if this is a good thing for either company. To some extent, it will save...

Metallic's Leaked 'Death Magnetic' in Stores Friday

Metallica's heavily-promoted ninth studio album Death Magnetic is set to hit stores on September 12, 2008. But, despite being leaked on the internet ten days in advance of its official release, the band...

Metallica Demands Bloggers Remove Reviews of New Album

In anticipation of their new album's release, Metallica invited a small group of bloggers and reporters to a 'Listening Party' - fancy PR-speak for 'give us hype and attention' - and played them six songs from their new album. The bloggers and critics went back to their...

Metallica Online: Maybe the Internet Isn't So Bad

Metallica has come a long way from suing the Internet. They're actually embracing the potential of a digital presence, bundling all sorts of freebies for those who buy their music. the article below criticizes...

Napster launches DRM-free download service

More and more music stores are finally turning away from DRM (Digital Rights Management), which is good for the customers, as they can listen to the music they bought on any devices they have and prefer to listen...

Coldplay and Metallica want to be like Radiohead

Radiohead are not only one of the most popular bands on the planet they are also one of the most unassuming, yet progressive, groups of artists working in contemporary culture.The band has steadfastly embraced new...

News Roundup: Everything's Coming Up CES

Frank Smith at Contentinople has a greate CES round up for video junkies:"It must be January, because Bill Gates is stumping in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), touting Microsoft's music and video...

Free, Legal Music Online?

Almost everyone has heard about the massive crack down on Internet music piracy that has been occurring over the past few years. Napster was taken down (although it has now returned as a pay service), other file...

Spinning Into Oblivion

"The sad thing is that CDs and downloads could have coexisted peacefully and profitably. The current state of affairs is largely the result of shortsightedness and boneheadedness by the major record labels and the Recording Industry Association of America, who managed to...

Why P2P Networks Cannot Compete with Legit Media Files and MP3s

Full-featured article, including where to get free legit music: http://www.indierockcafe.com/2007/02/p2p-networks-still-cant-beat-legit.html

MySpace Gaining on Itunes as Music Brand

Myspace is catching up to Itunes with the kids:"Key findings from the Brandscape study include: * For many brands, awareness remained consistent in 2006. For a handful of services, however, the year brought...

Beatles download rumour quashed

"The Beatles' record label has moved to dampen rumours that the band's music is about to become available online. The Fab Four are the last major act to withhold their back catalogue from stores like iTunes and Napster. UK download site Wippit indicated it would be first to...

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