Archive for December, 2007

Why I Canceled All My Music Subscriptions (Wired News)

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
The nation's two largest animal cloning companies are teaming up to voluntarily create a system to create a registry of their animals. The system would also require that cloned meat be identified to consumers.

Why I Canceled All My Music Subscriptions (Wired News)

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
With Warner Music ditching DRM, Listening Post blogger Eliot Van Buskirk decides to do the same. But leaving Napster and Rhapsody isn't as easy is it should be.

UWSP to Provide Free, Legal Music Downloads for Students (WSAW Wausau)

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Student officials at UW-Stevens Point say college students and easy access to illegal music download sites can be a recipe for piracy, and so the University is looking at a legal alternative called ‘Ruckus’.

Amazon Takes Aim at Apple (TheStreet.com)

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Amazon steps up challenge to Apple by releasing unrestricted music tracks.

Unprecedented year in shutting down file sharing sites

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
While the Kazza case was previously the biggest win that the Anti-Piracy Movement has had, the unprecedented shutdown of Oink, Demonoid, and sites like TV-Links have made 2007 the most busy and important year in Anti-piracy operations since Napster was shutdown.

Rockin’ reunion (Montgomery Advertiser)

Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Marsellus and Laylines will host a CD release party/ reunion show at Head on the Door at 10 p.m. Friday.

A software to remove DRM from windows media players

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
This powerful DRM Removal software that can help you to remove DRM from WMA to MP3 and convert DRM from other popular DRM formats including WMA, M4A, M4B, AAC, WMV, M4P, M4V, ASF.It can convert DRM protected music and remove DRM protected movie files from Windows Media Player, iTunes, Napster, Yahoo Music, Rhapsody, AOL Music, Sony Connect, Mus

Consumers warned of music Web sites (The Washington Times)

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Law-abiding consumers ready to load music on their new MP3 players should make sure the download...

SAME OL’ COUNTERCULTURE (Orlando Weekly)

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Who would have ever thought that self-righteousness would one day turn out to be right ? That all those sanctimonious punk-rock pricks – we don’t need major labels to get our music out, maaannn – were actually smarter than the professionals the whole time?

Music fans warned of illegal downloads (The Washington Times)

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Law-abiding consumers ready to load music on their new MP3 players should make sure the download...