Friday, September 27, 2002

Fraud, surely? Yet another reason to beware of the more popular file sharing apps. Link: New Software Quietly Diverts Sales Commissions (NYT)
Moving the artists out in front of the music industry's fight against piracy is a new strategy. The sentiment among many who illegally download songs is that their actions amount to justifiable theft -- that they are taking from a corporate monolith that is overcharging for CDs and fails to provide songs on an à la carte basis, which consumers increasingly desire. Link: Stars Come Out Against Net Music Piracy in New Ads (Wash. Post)

Tuesday, September 24, 2002

Finally, one of the big 5 starts down the sane (and profitable?) path... Internet: Company will make recordable format standard and offer more of its catalog as singles. Link: Warner to Enable the CD Burning of Its Songs (posted w/o permission from LA Times)

Monday, September 23, 2002

The Ikea site is called www.unböring.com (warning: contains flash and music). The thing is, they have an umlaut over the ö. Now, i am not a german speaker, but doesn't the umlaut mean that you pronounce it more like www.unbareing.com or www.unbearing.com ??? (Also, if you click on the tv in the flash, you'll open a javascript window with the new Spike Jonze Ikea spot)

Thursday, September 19, 2002

Are you an Alice Cooper fan? Don't mind showing six feet of your fandom? (for $275 when i linked to another disturbing auction)

Monday, September 16, 2002

How selling a quarter million albums can leave you owing your label $14,000. Link: Rights issue rocks the music world (USA Today)
How do i get on this promo list?
Writers receiving review copies of two soon-to-be-released albums — Tori Amos's "Scarlet's Walk" and Pearl Jam's "Riot Act" — are finding the CD's already inside Sony Walkman players that have been glued shut. Headphones are also glued into the players, to prevent connecting the Walkman to a recording device.
Link: Epic Records Takes Steps to Seal Its Newest Music (NYT - "free" reg. required)

Thursday, September 12, 2002

Dave Marsh has the new Steinski disc. Why don't I????? Link: Sampler's Delight (CounterPunch)

Friday, September 06, 2002

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