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RIAA CEO Talks Napster">RIAA CEO Talks Napster

By oneoverphi

For­mer RIAA CEO Hillary Rosen has an inter­view out on the Bill­board site where she reflects on the 10 year anniver­sary of Nap­ster. Cer­tainly an inter­est­ing read to those con­cerned with the busi­ness side of music. All of a sud­den, record com­pa­nies started hear­ing from music fans in a way they never had before. The “cus­tomer” for record... »

Sansa slotMusic Player, What Are You Thinking?

By oneoverphi

San­Disk has rolled out a new music player that plays music off of microSD cards. The cards come loaded with music in the same way that a CD is. The player will also play cards that you load your­self so that you may make your own mix tapes. It seems to me that this is one step back­ward.... »

Steal This Song

By oneoverphi

Sci-fi author Doc­torow writes in the Guardian on file­shar­ing and the record com­pa­nies. Cer­tainly an inter­est­ing read that reit­er­ates what every­one has been scream­ing at record exec­u­tives for years. You just can’t reach some men. Ten years ago, the record indus­try had a sim­ple lit­tle prob­lem they could have solved by show­ing a tiny amount of future-looking flex­i­bil­ity.... »

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