Stan Liebowitz interviewed in Salon: Does MP3 file trading hurt the music industry? It’s a question that has caused heated debate ever since Napster exploded on the scene in 1999. And as sales of recorded music have declined over the past two years, it’s a question that has taken on …

Declan McCullach interviews Sarah Deutsch, a vice president and associate general counsel at Verizon: The copyright wars on Capitol Hill have begun to drift into the political equivalent of trench warfare, with Hollywood and the music industry pitted against hardware makers, electronics manufacturers, and ragtag activists at nonprofit groups. Now …

Future of Music Newsletter #18 (August 27, 2002) “No longer will corporate media and big money frame the terms of the discussion as we draw together the strongest voices in the Internet and independent music community to reframe these questions with a clear-eyed focus on the interests of the artists.”

According to PW Daily Newsletter for Booksellers: As part of Barnes & Noble’s earnings release last week, the company announced that it has written off its $1 million investment in Book Magazine, the bimonthly consumer title in which it has a half interest. Book was initially distributed for free to …

US SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – 27th August 2002 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Awards Significant Personalization Patent to AgentArts, Inc. Patent Enhances AgentArts’ Position as Leader in Entertainment Personalization Technology Entertainment personalization provider AgentArts, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company U.S. Patent …

On 31 October – 2 November 2002 up to 400 delegates and 8,000 music lovers will participate in the UK’s New Music Convention and Festival. MusicWorks will provide a unique opportunity for the music industry to come together to explore future developments across associated sectors including video, film, TV, games …

I have mixed feeling about taking lyrics out of their musical context and analyzing them line by line: most songs sound stupid, trite, simplistic, etc., when approached in this manner. Music and lyrics are inextricably bound and offer commentary upon each other. All nuance, inflection, mood, and tone are lost …

Cal State Senate is probing further into major label accounting practices: The state Senate has widened its probe of music industry accounting practices and is investigating whether major record companies defrauded artists out of royalties through undisclosed licensing deals with record clubs and video channels. The Senate Rules Committee in …

Per Billboard: The U.S. Copyright Office has rejected a request by members of Led Zeppelin to renew the copyright for its 1973 Atlantic album “Houses of the Holy,” listing the band as owners, Billboard Bulletin reports. Instead, the Office gave the renewal to Atlantic, which has held the copyright since …

Apparently this service really works: Shazam is a brand new service which tags music over your mobile phone anywhere in the UK. Just hit 2580 on your mobile and hold your mobile phone towards the music for 15 seconds after the tone. We will then end the call and you …