Digital Music - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/digital_music/?source=rss&aim=digital_music en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT The Rundown: The week's biggest music news Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/06/22/rundown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/06/22/rundown/index.html?source=rss Internet radio plans a day of silence, fans to help choose Dylan's best songs and MTV posts a sneak preview of Kelly Clarkson's new album. Music rules By Andrew Leonard Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/03/30/grokster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/03/30/grokster/index.html?source=rss A Supreme Court ruling against peer-to-peer network Grokster would do more than punish music pirates. It would affect the future of the Internet. One music store to rule them all By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/09/03/ms_music_store/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/09/03/ms_music_store/index.html?source=rss Microsoft's answer to iTunes isn't pretty, doesn't have that great a selection, and won't sell songs that play on an iPod. But it'll still probably take over the world of online music. Don't steal music, pretty please By Paul Boutin Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/12/18/dont_steal_music/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/12/18/dont_steal_music/index.html?source=rss Record companies will make big, big money online. They just need to learn to let go. The music revolution will not be digitized By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/01/digital_music/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/01/digital_music/index.html?source=rss The dust is clearing from the online entertainment wars. Who won? The record labels. Who lost? Consumers. Is the RIAA running scared? By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/26/felten/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/04/26/felten/index.html?source=rss A fumbled attempt to silence a Princeton professor backfires on the recording industry. Napster: Hanging by a thread By Salon Technology & Business staff Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/02/12/napster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/02/12/napster/index.html?source=rss A federal appeals court rules against the file-trading service on nearly every point of law, but holds off enforcing the injunction against it -- for now. Crack SDMI? No thanks! By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/14/hack_sdmi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/14/hack_sdmi/index.html?source=rss Hackers turn up their noses at a "challenge" proposed by the recording and electronics industries. Watermarks in music? By Damien Cave Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/07/31/sdmi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/07/31/sdmi/index.html?source=rss Talal Shamoon, a key technologist for the Secure Digital Music Initiative, says that he's found the key to protecting copyrighted tunes. A Napster lawsuit laid to rest By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/07/17/rob_reid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/07/17/rob_reid/index.html?source=rss Rob Reid shelved Listen.com's legal action, but he says it'll take an act of Congress to resolve the digital music tug of war. RIAA tries to shut down Napster By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/06/14/napster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/06/14/napster/index.html?source=rss By moving for an injunction against the file-swapping service, the recording industry shows just how little it gets the Net. Come on, Eileen By Damien Cave Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/05/08/napster_richardson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/05/08/napster_richardson/index.html?source=rss Napster CEO Eileen Richardson is walking on sunshine. But with lawsuits piling up, is she really dancing on a grave? On the record By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/05/01/rosen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/view/2000/05/01/rosen/index.html?source=rss RIAA chief Hilary Rosen defends the music industry's recent litigation against Napster and MP3.com. Napster backlash By Eric Boehlert Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/04/18/napster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/04/18/napster/index.html?source=rss A once outspoken supporter of the controversial music-swapping software switches his allegiance, as musicians strike back at Napster. Rage for the machine By Damien Cave Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/04/12/joy_song/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/04/12/joy_song/index.html?source=rss Techno group Mobius Dick take on Bill Joy and his apocalyptic view of technology's future in a new tune on MP3.com. Napster -- friend or foe? By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/03/30/napster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/03/30/napster/index.html?source=rss Fans have already embraced new music-distribution technologies. Musicians can fight them or join them. "Beyond the Charts" By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2000/03/23/mp3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2000/03/23/mp3/index.html?source=rss Bruce Haring sets out to tell the amazing story of how the MP3 movement turned the recording industry on its head, but misses the beat. Did AOL eat Gnutella for lunch? By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/03/15/gnutella/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/03/15/gnutella/index.html?source=rss Nullsoft's engineers released a Napster clone without America Online's permission. The media got a peek and then the site was gone. MP3.com bites back By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/02/09/mp3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/02/09/mp3/index.html?source=rss A lawsuit asks if the litigious Recording Industry Association of America is sabotaging MP3.com's business. The Napster files By Scott Rosenberg Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/02/04/napster_swap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/02/04/napster_swap/index.html?source=rss A little MP3 file-sharing program outlines the shape of things to come in the music industry -- and it's not what the big labels think. MP3 free-for-all By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/02/03/napster/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/02/03/napster/index.html?source=rss The tiny Napster is shaking the music industry to its foundation. MP3: Here, there, everywhere By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/review/1999/12/14/mp3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/review/1999/12/14/mp3/index.html?source=rss The latest digital music players let you play MP3s on your home stereo, in your car or on the run -- but are they any good? The music man By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/view/1999/11/29/butterworth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/view/1999/11/29/butterworth/index.html?source=rss MTVi's Nicholas Butterworth says he wants the audience to do the programming. MP3 crackdown By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/11/17/riaa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/11/17/riaa/index.html?source=rss As the recording industry "educates" universities about digital music piracy, students feel the heat. MP3.com: A billion-dollar business? By Janelle Brown Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/07/13/mp3_ipo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/07/13/mp3_ipo/index.html?source=rss On the eve of its IPO, the digital music site ups its valuation; all the more money to stand up to the recording industry.