This is the most heinous and idiotic move they’ve made yet, and the bar was already pretty high!
Music Industry Wants Royalties From iTunes 30 Second Samples (Gizmodo)
Music royalty groups ASCAP and BMI are harassing online music stores such as iTunes to pay performance fees not only for the songs that they sell, but for the [...]
Co-founder of several developer magazines (I subscribe to php|architect), Marco Tabini may not able to speak for the mainstream when it comes to consumer technology. Regardless, his evaluation of digital media and comparison of above- and below-board availability is an interesting read. And even though it deals with video, most of the same conclusions apply [...]
I’d seen Trent’s comment on Twitter about the Beastie Boys and Topspin but didn’t give it much thought until Leanne of Dear Old Liar was kind enough to pass along a link to this post on the NIN forum.
There is some great advice in there for musicians struggling to gain an audience for their music. [...]