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Anonymous Fails, Once Again, to Make Its Point

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 20 at 1:58 pm PT

Big as they were, the attacks carried out in revenge for the Megaupload arrests accomplished nothing significant.

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Tips for Mark Zuckerberg to Sleep Better at Night

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on April 13, 2011 at 2:59 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Music Sales Not Totally Terrible This Year

Peter Kafka in Media on April 8, 2011 at 7:58 am PT

In which a 1.3 percent decline is the new up! And in semi-related news: Have you seen the new Beastie Boys video?

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The Annoying Behavior of the RIAA Scum Bird

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on February 16, 2010 at 10:14 am PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

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

Peter Kafka 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.

Mossberg Does Moby: Video and More!

Kara Swisher in News on August 11, 2009 at 1:43 am PT

Last night, onstage at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, my most excellent partner, Walt Mossberg, interviewed well-known techno musician Moby about music and entertainment in the digital age. The wide-ranging talk was part of an ongoing cultural festival series organized by The Wall Street Journal, called Summer Scoops Live. Here are some video clips of the event and more.

Surprise! Congress Helps the Britney Bailout Move Ahead.

Peter Kafka in Media on May 13, 2009 at 3:09 pm PT

I’m still skeptical that “The Performance Rights Act,” which would require radio stations to pay musicians–or at least, music labels–whenever they play one of their recordings, will ever get through Congress. Not because it’s a bad idea, mind you, but because the music business seems like an unlikely candidate for Washington aid. The bill, however, did take one big step forward today.

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Relationship Status of RIAA and ISPs: It’s Complicated

Sarah McBride, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 26, 2009 at 1:11 pm PT

At a digital music panel in Nashville this week, executives from AT&T and Comcast created a furor by saying they were passing along warnings to customers that the RIAA says are illegally uploading music files onto the Internet. Later, the companies tried to calm the outrage erupting in the blogosphere by harrumphing they weren’t cutting off Internet access to those people–or in the case of Cox, hardly ever cutting it off.