11 posts and columns on Recording Industry Association of America

AT&T Starts Wrist-Slapping Music Pirates, Gently. But Movie and TV Thieves Will Be a Different Story.

in Media on March 25, 2009 at 9:37 am PT

Late last year, the music industry announced that it was going to stop suing music pirates because it had finally gotten Internet pipe companies to help it crack down on file “sharers.” One problem: None of the big cable or telco guys would fess up to joining the plan. Now AT&T finally has–in a very limited, toe-in-the-water, we’re-just-testing-this-out way.
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RIAA.Change.Gov?

in News on January 7, 2009 at 6:00 am PT

How’s this for “Change”? President-elect Barack Obama named four former Clinton administration officials to leadership posts in the Justice Department Wednesday, among them Tom Perrelli–favored counsel of the Recording Industry Association of America.

YHOO Blew It

in News on June 13, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

iPod Phono: 10 Songs on Your Coffee Table

in News on June 11, 2008 at 1:12 pm PT

Turns out the long-playing (LP) record album may not be as much of an anachronism as once thought. As CD sales slip into the mud, and digital music outlets pop up on the Web as quickly as Starbucks stores, vinyl is staging a comeback.
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iPod Phono: 10 Songs on Your Coffee Table

in News on June 11, 2008 at 1:12 pm PT

Turns out the long-playing (LP) record album may not be as much of an anachronism as once thought. As CD sales slip into the mud, and digital music outlets pop up on the Web as quickly as Starbucks stores, vinyl is staging a comeback.
edison.jpg

Someday, We'll All Look Back on This and Laugh

in Social on December 31, 2007 at 12:02 am PT

Sick to death of year-end look back/look forward pieces, yet? Well here’s another: Digital Daily’s abridged guide to the year in tech news–a fond reminiscence of what was, and our First Annual Year-End List For Year-End List Haters.

Someday, We’ll All Look Back on This and Laugh

in Social on December 31, 2007 at 12:02 am PT

Sick to death of year-end look back/look forward pieces, yet? Well here’s another: Digital Daily’s abridged guide to the year in tech news–a fond reminiscence of what was, and our First Annual Year-End List For Year-End List Haters.

'Apple Has Destroyed the Music Business'–Not That We Didn't Try Our Best

in News on October 29, 2007 at 9:44 am PT

Many, many years ago, when the digital-music business consisted of little else besides Napster and the Recording Industry Association of America’s lawsuits against it, Apple proved that there was indeed a decent business to be had in selling music online for $1 per song. With iTunes, it quickly established a market for paid downloads as [...]

‘Apple Has Destroyed the Music Business’–Not That We Didn’t Try Our Best

in News on October 29, 2007 at 9:44 am PT

Many, many years ago, when the digital-music business consisted of little else besides Napster and the Recording Industry Association of America’s lawsuits against it, Apple proved that there was indeed a decent business to be had in selling music online for $1 per song. With iTunes, it quickly established a market for paid downloads as [...]