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Future of Music Policy Summit Blog

The Future of Music Policy Summit 2004 is going on right now in DC. Since most of us aren’t there, a great way to keep up with the proceedings is via the blog that CD Baby’s Derek Sivers is keeping. Topics up so far include This Panel Kills Fascists, The …

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Blah Blah More RIAA Lawsuits Blah Blah

The beat goes on, 477 more: Since January, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), employing the “John Doe” litigation method, has sued more than 2,000 people. The RIAA is using this method because the names of the 477 people accused of illegally distributing copyrighted sound recordings on peer-to-peer services …

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CNET Music Site Up

This is seriously bare bones so far: Online technology company CNET Networks Inc. on Monday launched a free digital music service, allowing users to search and download what it said were thousands of songs contributed by independent and unsigned artists. The service, based on CNET’s Download.com Web site has been …

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On the Jackson Front

Times are tough for Michael Jackson: a grand jury says he has to stand trial, his career is in limbo, and tawdry details came out about the charges against him. The grim details: US broadcaster ABC has revealed details of what it says is a police report on child abuse …

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Online Music Idiocy

The Onion has spoken on the subject of online music stores: I can’t believe the idiots at the labels are talking about RAISING their prices: iTunes has been hailed as the first successful online music store, with over 50 million songs downloaded. Its success has been due largely to Apple’s …

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Future of Music Policy Summit 2004

Hard to believe it’s already been a year since the last Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit, but it has. The cost is quite reasonable, the topics crucial, and the star power impressive: Now in its fourth year, the FMC Policy Summit is a forum for musicians, lawyers, academics, policymakers …

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Felten’s Unified Theory

On his Freedom to Tinker blog, Princeton computer science professor Edward Felten presents his “Grand Unified Theory of File Sharing,” which attempts to explain discrepancies in various studies comparing file sharing activities with CD sales: First, let’s review the three main results that have to be explained. Survey-based studies, which …

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