Music Industry

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  • License to be good

    By Andrew Leonard
  • License to be good

    In the free-software world, people obey the rules because they believe in them. In the music industry, the rip-off is a way of life.
  • Technical foul

    MP3.com goes to court with a tricky defense, alleging that Universal doesn't own the music it markets.
  • Four little words

    How the record industry used a tiny legislative amendment to try to steal recording copyrights from artists -- forever.
  • But isn't it against the law?

    How Napster turns otherwise upstanding citizens into recidivist outlaws -- and what the music industry can do to save itself.
  • On the record

    RIAA chief Hilary Rosen defends the music industry's recent litigation against Napster and MP3.com.
  • Napster -- friend or foe?

    Fans have already embraced new music-distribution technologies. Musicians can fight them or join them.
  • The Negro Problem

    Yes, there is life outside the L.A. music biz; two self-made troubadours tell how (and why) they live it.
  • Letters to the Editor

    Will MP3.com make you a rock star? Plus: If pilots can boost safety, your doctor ought to be able to; looking for literature's "real men."
  • Cuban revolution

    Ry Cooder on "Buena Vista Social Club": "This record has its own rules."
  • Artists do the rights thing

    The Web gives bands like the Beastie Boys a place to market music and merchandise -- but only if they can hold onto their digital rights.
  • Who owns the New York Times bestseller list?

    On the Net, fighting to hang on to every last chunk of intellectual property is a recipe for stagnation and failure.
  • Music industry to webcasters: Pay up!

    Music industry to webcasters: Pay up! By Janelle Brown Will the new copyright law's rules help Web radio flourish -- or smother the infant medium?
  • Seduced

    James Marcus reviews Nelson George's novel "Seduced: The Life and Times of a One-Hit Wonder".
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