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An Indie Label Sounds Off: Why We Don’t Love Grooveshark

Peter Kafka in Media on June 18, 2009 at 4:39 am PT

When a big music label sues a scrappy Web music start-up, most people tend to sympathize reflexively with the little guy. But not everyone. Here’s the case against Grooveshark–not from EMI, which has hauled them into court, but from an indie that by all rights ought to be working with Grooveshark: “The service is just ripping off the band.”

Weekend Update, 4.04.09

Oliver J. Chiang in News on April 4, 2009 at 12:36 pm PT

Welcome once more to Weekend Update! I’ll be filling in today for your regular host Beth Callaghan, who’s on vacation. And what sane person wouldn’t be, after the slew of Silicon Valley silliness inspired by April Fools Day this past week? Digital pranks were the name of the game, and Google and others heaped so many tepid hoaxes upon us that we wanted to call April Fold so as to quickly end this round of gags.

Seeqpod Offers Free Music, but Its Lawyers Don’t Come Cheap

Peter Kafka in Media on April 1, 2009 at 4:26 am PT

No one wants to pay for music on the Internet. But starting a free music service on the Web takes a whole lot of cash. Just ask the folks at Seeqpod, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. The company’s biggest expense: Lawyers to help it fend off copyright lawsuits from the big music labels.