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| Sweden Sees Legal Music Sales Boost Following Pirate Bay Case |
| Legal music sales in Sweden have increased since four men involved with The Pirate Bay torrent sharing website were convicted of copyright infringement. POSTED: 11/25/2009 - 11:01 am |
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| Universal Teams With TuneCore To Discover New Artists |
| Three of Universal Music Group's divisions have joined forces with digital distributor TuneCore to help the labels discover new talent. POSTED: 11/13/2009 - 08:50 am |
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| Google OneBox To Offer Free Songs |
| Last week Google announced the launch of a new search feature, called Music Onebox, which allows you to stream songs for free. POSTED: 11/04/2009 - 07:40 am |
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| Judge: Cellphone Ringtones Are Not Concerts |
| A federal judge has dismissed the music industry contention that when a cellphone’s ringtone begins playing, copyright infringement starts happening. POSTED: 10/16/2009 - 09:01 am |
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| Album Sales Take A Major Toll In 2009 |
| It's no secret everyone seems to be downloading music for free instead of making purchases at the local record store, but how bad has the decline been? POSTED: 10/07/2009 - 11:11 am |
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| iPods And MP3 Players To Be Made Quieter? |
| The European Commission in Brussels has proposed new rules on volumes for MP3 players in a bid to prevent users suffering from hearing problems. POSTED: 09/30/2009 - 11:19 am |
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| YouTube And PRS Resolve 'Complex' Dispute Over Royalties |
| Thousands of official music videos are to return to YouTube after the video-sharing website resolved a dispute with the songwriters' association, PRS for Music. POSTED: 09/04/2009 - 05:00 am |
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| UK Government To 'Cut Off' File-Sharers |
| The UK government has announced that people who continually download music and films could face being banned from the internet. POSTED: 08/26/2009 - 08:15 am |
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| New Digital Album Formats On The Way |
| The "big four" major record companies have joined forces to launch a new digital album format that they hope will take on Apple. POSTED: 08/10/2009 - 06:59 am |
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| Pirate Bay Takeover 'To Take Place This Month' |
| The founder of Swedish company Global Gaming Factory has claimed that his proposed takeover of torrent-sharing site The Pirate Bay will occur on August 27. POSTED: 08/07/2009 - 05:24 am |
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| The Pirate Bay Ordered To Shut Down In Netherlands |
| File-sharing site The Pirate Bay has been ordered to shut down in The Netherlands by a judge in Amsterdam. POSTED: 07/31/2009 - 08:24 am |
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| Pirate Bay 'Adviser' Has 'Very Strong Doubts' Acquisition Will Go Ahead |
| An adviser to the Swedish company hoping to acquire file-sharing site The Pirate Bay has pulled out of his role. POSTED: 07/30/2009 - 10:16 am |
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| Pirate Bay Unfazed By New Threats |
| Peter Sunde, a co-founder of high-profile file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, says new legal action against the site is nothing more than "harassment". POSTED: 07/29/2009 - 08:41 am |
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| Apple, Labels Work On Plan To Boost Album Sales |
| Apple Inc and four record labels are working on a plan to increase digital sales of albums. POSTED: 07/27/2009 - 08:12 am |
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| New Pirate Bay Boss Spells Out Legitimate Future |
| The potential new boss of torrent website The Pirate Bay has outlined his future plans for the site. POSTED: 07/17/2009 - 08:44 am |
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| EMI Abandons Independent Music Stores |
| EMI Group has been contacting small accounts, mostly independent "mom & pop" record stores, to tell them that they would no longer sell them product. POSTED: 07/14/2009 - 07:55 am |
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| Pirate Bay's New Owners Reveal Novel Business Plan |
| The new owners of Pirate Bay have revealed an ambitious plan to run the torrent site legitimately. POSTED: 07/03/2009 - 09:04 am |
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| Pirate Bay To Become Legitimate Downloading Site |
| Music file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has been sold. POSTED: 06/30/2009 - 10:04 am |
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| Daisy Rock Guitars Now Shipping Highly-Anticipated New Models |
| Daisy Rock Guitars proudly announces that new 2009 Daisy Rock Rock Candy Classic, Rock Candy Special, and Siren electric guitar models are now available and shipping. POSTED: 06/01/2009 - 09:16 am |
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| Guitar Hero To Become A TV Show? |
| There’s some rumblings going on that Activision Blizzard is considering turning Guitar Hero into a TV show. POSTED: 05/09/2009 - 06:47 am |
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| Pirate Bay Founder Demands Retrial |
| Lawyer claims the case judge has links to copyright protection organisations. POSTED: 04/24/2009 - 08:57 am |
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| New Series Orange Bass Speaker Cabinets Punch Above Their Weight |
| Following the launch of the groundbreaking Terror Bass at NAMM 09, Orange amplification are launching a series of state-of-art bass speaker cabinets. POSTED: 03/26/2009 - 11:36 am |
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| AmpliTube Fender Now Shipping |
| IK Multimedia and Fender Musical Instruments Corporation are proud to announce that AmpliTube Fender® is now shipping. POSTED: 03/19/2009 - 09:06 am |
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| Washburn Guitars Releases Five New Acoustic Guitar Models |
| For 2008 Washburn Guitars will be adding five new models to its extensive line of finely crafted acoustic guitars. POSTED: 03/17/2009 - 08:21 am |
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| Improve Your Guitar With Simple Performance Upgrades |
| ResoMax Bridge is made from a high strength, light weight alloy designed to maximize harmonic content. POSTED: 03/12/2009 - 11:44 am |
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| Music Industry Claim 95 Per Cent Of All Downloads Are Illegal |
| A three-year investigation into online music piracy has concluded that 95 percent of music downloads are illegal. POSTED: 01/16/2009 - 09:10 am |
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| iTunes To Drop DRM, Change Pricing |
| iTunes will offer all DRM-free music, as well as change the pricing, from 69 cents to $1.29 a song. POSTED: 01/07/2009 - 06:45 am |
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| Concert Industry Posts Record Year Despite Economy |
| The stock market is in the tank, the plant is closing and the neighbor is losing his home ... the perfect time to go to a concert, by one measure. POSTED: 12/23/2008 - 09:38 am |
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| Music Industry To Abandon Mass Suits |
| The recording industry is set to drop its legal assault as it searches for more effective ways to combat online music piracy. POSTED: 12/23/2008 - 08:21 am |
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| 'iTax' To Hit iPod Users |
| Anyone who downloads music to their iPods in New York is set to be hit with an 'iTax' on every song they buy. POSTED: 12/18/2008 - 10:40 am |
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