Selected Digital Media News

The Internet Debacle - An Alternative View

May 2002

The Music Piracy Myth

Apr 13 2003

Copyright Conumdrum

Jun 2003

the problem with music

Mexico's music business meltdown

Jun 9 2003

RIAA Plans Lawsuits Against File Traders

Jun 25 2003

Webcasters threaten to sue RIAA

July 9 2003

Saving the Net

July 22 2003

Blame Canada

Aug 18 2003

Nielsen Rating System points to possible deceit in RIAA sales figures

May 13 2004

Will Digital Radio Be Napsterized?

May 24 2004

'Music Is Not a Loaf of Bread' - giving away an album online isn't the way most artists end up with gold records. But it worked out that way for Wilco.

November 15 2004

Unplayable CDs from EMI and Others - "Copy Control CDs won't play in all players, and are therefore of less value than normal CDs. In a competitive environment, prices would adjust to take account of this, but by keeping customers in the dark, the record companies hope to keep selling inferior merchandise at a higher price."

Online CD Retailer Policies - Track the policies of online CD retailers on corrupt audio discs. Provided by The Campaign for Digital Rights

File-Sharing Case Worries Indie Artists

March 25 2005

Intel to cut Linux out of the content market - "Any DRM on a machine is simply a sign of failure. It signifies that the providers cannot, or will not provide you with a good product at a fair price."

July 15 2005

Downloading 'myths' challenged - "People who illegally share music files online are also big spenders on legal music downloads..." File under "Duh".

July 27 2005

Why DRM won't ever work - Trying to make Digital Rights Management (DRM) work in the real world is like asking engineers to do "Star Trek" style magic, rather than real engineering. DRM simply cannot work.

June 6 2007