3 posts and columns on Big Music

Don’t Blame Apple for Its Music Monopoly. Blame the Big Labels.

in Media on May 26, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Federal regulators are looking at Apple yet again, this time at the company’s dominance of digital music. But the big music companies are the ones that gave Apple that power, and they’re the ones that could take it away. Don’t hold your breath.

Weekend Update 02.13.10–The Hot Mess Edition

in News on February 13, 2010 at 10:14 pm PT

Rogue waves aren’t completely unheard of during surfing competitions in Northern California, but a foot of snow in Dallas? About as likely as Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz grilling Kara Swisher in front of a packed auditorium. All right, it was a cafeteria packed with Yahoo employees, but still.

The Pirate Bay Still Hasn’t Gone Legit, Still Enjoys Poking Big Media in the Eye: The “$675,000 Mixtape”

in Media on August 14, 2009 at 6:00 am PT

Remember how the rascals at file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, chastened by the Swedish courts, were going to straighten up and go legit? Going to have to keep waiting on that one. Here’s the latest reminder: Yet another thumb in the eye to the big music labels.
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