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A record executive and his son make a formal case for freely downloading music. The gist: 50 million Americans can't be wrong.
By John Snyder and Ben Snyder
February 1, 2003
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A new industry agreement on digital copyright issues says the government should stay out of enforcement. But it's a little late for that, says one expert.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
January 15, 2003
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Small Internet radio broadcasters on the brink of financial disaster have won some breathing room, thanks to the senator from North Carolina.
By F. Timothy Martin
November 19, 2002
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New numbers on declining music sales could mean that MP3 trading really is hurting CD sales. But that still doesn't mean we should lock up the pirates.
By Damien Cave
August 23, 2002
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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
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An economist says music piracy should be hurting the recording industry, but it isn't -- and he doesn't know why.
By Damien Cave
June 13, 2002
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Are the fake MP3s popping up on file-sharing networks part of the recording industry's war on piracy, or just the latest in music marketing?
By Dan Levine
June 10, 2002
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Will the success of the pioneering DVD-rental company convince a reluctant music industry to embrace its own subscription strategy?
By Damien Cave
June 6, 2002
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Music start-up FightCloud.com offers CDs free, but says it's making a profit. How can that be?
By Thomas Claburn
May 23, 2002
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A 1960s-era recording artist says he can't get Sony to pay royalties, so his psychedelic pop might as well be free.
By Damien Cave
April 23, 2002
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A bill before Congress would mandate built-in copy-protection on all digital devices. But even technology experts who really want to protect intellectual property think it's a lousy idea.
By Paul Boutin
March 29, 2002
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A new ruling involving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is set to wipe out independent online music stations.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 26, 2002
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Copyright-holding corporations are pushing new laws and computer-crippling technologies in their war on piracy. But can anything keep geeks from copying the music and movies they crave?
By Damien Cave
March 13, 2002
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Record companies will make big, big money online. They just need to learn to let go.
By Paul Boutin
December 18, 2001
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If the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is fully enforced, stations will be unable to afford to webcast their tunes.
By Mark L. Shahinian
December 13, 2001
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John Alderman's "Sonic Boom" recounts the history of Napster -- and the unstoppable rise of file trading.
By Richard Barbrook
November 30, 2001
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A government report giving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act a passing grade is a disaster for the general public, say critics.
By Damien Cave
August 31, 2001
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A British medical research firm hammers its online opponents, courtesy of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
August 31, 2001
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By smashing Napster, the music industry has pushed its customers to seek alternatives that won't be so easy to shut down.
By Scott Rosenberg
July 20, 2001
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The dust is clearing from the online entertainment wars. Who won? The record labels. Who lost? Consumers.
By Janelle Brown
June 1, 2001
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A fumbled attempt to silence a Princeton professor backfires on the recording industry.
By Janelle Brown
April 26, 2001
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A new program called Share Sniffer makes file trading easier than ever before -- and more dangerous.
By Judith Lewis
March 30, 2001
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The recording industry would love to keep tabs on every Napster trader or Gnutella user, but even the sneakiest software won't stop music piracy.
By Janelle Brown
March 27, 2001
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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
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Service must start blocking music files pronto, judge rules, but record companies must provide lists of copyrighted songs.
By Damien Cave
March 6, 2001
Embrace file-sharing, or die
Hollywood and Silicon Valley: Together at last?
Jesse Helms: Web radio's hero
File sharing: Guilty as charged?
Sour notes
File sharing: Innocent until proven guilty
Not the real Slim Shady
The Netflix way
Give it away now
Musician to Napster judge: Let my music go
U.S. prepares to invade your hard drive
Web radio's last stand
Chained melodies
Don't steal music, pretty please
Why college radio fears the DMCA
How the music industry blew it
Copywrong?
Revenge of the file-sharing masses!
The music revolution will not be digitized
Who needs Napster when you have Windows?
Who is spying on your downloads?
The next Napster?
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