Online Music

  • One music store to rule them all

    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.
    By Farhad Manjoo September 3, 2004

  • Is the war on file sharing over?

    The music biz is declaring success, citing lawsuits and Apple's iTunes. But to music fans who recall the glory days of Napster, the fight goes on.
    By Farhad Manjoo January 15, 2004

  • Send lawyers, guns and money

    CD sales have rebounded ever since the music biz started suing file-sharers. The industry is convinced there's a connection.
    By Eric Boehlert November 6, 2003

  • Musical snares

    Is Apple's iTunes service nirvana for music fans -- or just the start of a file-format nightmare that will drive us all nuts?
    By Andrew Leonard October 28, 2003

  • Steve Jobs leads Microsoft users to the promised land

    The iTunes music store is open for business on Windows. Let the rejoicing begin.
    By Farhad Manjoo October 17, 2003

  • iTunes -- the "i" doesn't stand for innovation

    As songs are increasingly sold one by one online, the musical creativity and risk-taking associated with the album format will decline.
    By Sahar Akhtar June 18, 2003

  • Can anyone stop the music cops?

    As Hollywood wins one court case after another, one Republican senator is suggesting that maybe it's time for some new laws -- that protect consumers instead of entertainment companies.
    By Farhad Manjoo June 17, 2003

  • I have seen the future of music and its name is iTunes

    Apple's new online music-buying system is everything Napster promised to be -- cheap, easy and, best of all, legal.
    By Farhad Manjoo April 29, 2003

  • Sour notes

    The legal crackdown hasn't squelched MP3 trading -- it's just made it more of a pain. But the music industry would still rather fight than give its online customers what they want.
    By Farhad Manjoo July 30, 2002

  • Don't steal music, pretty please

    Record companies will make big, big money online. They just need to learn to let go.
    By Paul Boutin December 18, 2001

  • The music revolution will not be digitized

    The dust is clearing from the online entertainment wars. Who won? The record labels. Who lost? Consumers.
    By Janelle Brown June 1, 2001

  • The next Napster?

    A new online music service aims to give listeners what they want -- if music-biz moguls are smart enough to let it.
    By Janelle Brown March 20, 2001

  • The Napster parasites

    Online marketers are snooping around in your hard drive, taking notes on every MP3 file you download.
    By Janelle Brown February 9, 2001

  • Whoring for downloads

    Desperate for attention, aspiring musicians will stop at nothing to get fans to listen to their online tunes.
    By Janelle Brown November 30, 2000

  • Oooh (boom, b-chik-chik) ... Do me!

    MP3.com's "Adult Content" ghetto is an orgy of canned beats and moaning nymphets. But it's entertaining, and the artists make a little cash.
    By King Kaufman November 30, 2000

  • Another crack in the SDMI wall

    A team of researchers claims to have successfully hacked a digital music watermarking system.
    By Janelle Brown October 22, 2000

  • Cracked or not? The SDMI saga continues.

    Did hackers successfully break watermarks designed to protect digital music?
    By Janelle Brown October 19, 2000

  • RIAA 1, Napster 0

    Napster lost its first round in court. But with both sides of the lawsuit depending on the murky Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the war is far from over.
    By Eric Boehlert May 9, 2000

  • Groove Radio gets its groove back

    The all-electronica Los Angeles radio station that went off the air three years ago is back -- online.
    By Janelle Brown January 12, 2000

  • MP3: Here, there, everywhere

    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?
    By Janelle Brown December 14, 1999

  • Gambling on the Webcast

    Can a Microsoft veteran make the Digital Entertainment Network sing?
    By John Geirland October 11, 1999

  • 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.
    By Janelle Brown August 11, 1999

  • Mod love

    With their ears, their computers and a little code, "mod trackers" build their own worlds of sound.
    By Andrew Leonard April 29, 1999

  • Log: Brief reports and tidbits from the info-sphere

    Amway joins the online multilevel marketing melee
    By Salon Tech Writers March 1, 1999

  • 21st Log: Ion Storm exposé sparks online storm

    By Jennifer Vogel January 18, 1999
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