Category Archives: Download Sites

Music labels eager for Google-Apple battle

Of course they are. Google is about to raise the stakes in the digital downloads game and finally give Apple a run for its money.

September 4, 2010 – 10:19 PM | By admin | Posted in Download Sites, Downloads, Music Business, Songs, Technology | Comments (0)

Collapse in illegal sharing and boom in streaming brings music to executives’ ears

The headline’s a shame, as those same execs have done much to ruin the business, peddling crap to people who don’t get a chance to hear what else is out there to listen to. Still, if it keeps the RIAA and their ilk from harassing students and housewives who download a couple of tracks, so …

July 13, 2009 – 11:24 AM | By admin | Posted in Articles, Download Sites, Music Business, Peer-To-Peer File Sharing, Record Labels, Streaming, Torrenting | Comments (0)

Listen to an Unreleased Billy Corgan/Sky Saxon Song, “Choose to Choose Love”

What a fitting tribute, and a hell of a combo. Check it out, courtesy of Pitchfork Magazine!

June 30, 2009 – 7:57 PM | By admin | Posted in Download Sites, Musicians, New Releases, Songs | Comments (0)

Amie Street

An interesting new place to check out music, and buy (so you don’t have to feel like you’re stealing from ‘The Man’).

June 22, 2009 – 3:09 PM | By admin | Posted in Download Sites | Comments (0)

Virgin Media, Universal to Launch Music Service

Kathy Sandler of the Wall Street Journal reports that Virgin is working on a partnership to try to end music piracy.  Good luck.  At least they can be commended for trying out new business models, because, let’s face it, the old models are dead.

June 15, 2009 – 11:11 AM | By admin | Posted in Articles, Download Sites, Music Business, Record Labels, Technology | Comments (0)

Pirate Bay lawyers demand retrial

I have to admit that it came as a shock to me when I read that the founders of The Pirate Bay were jailed for running their torrent site, but it seems that a retrial is in order, thanks to the judge having a conflict of interest in the case. The BBC has more on …

April 23, 2009 – 11:23 PM | By admin | Posted in Corruption, Crime, Download Sites, Law, Peer-To-Peer File Sharing, Politics, Torrenting | Comments (0)

Student suicide threat over RIAA bullying tactics

Zack Whittaker of ZDNet points out the RIAA’s atrocious behavior in harassing kids who download music. It’s getting so bad that some of the targets of this treatment are contemplating suicide.

February 19, 2009 – 6:23 AM | By admin | Posted in Corruption, Download Sites, Law, Music Business, Peer-To-Peer File Sharing, Record Labels, Technology | Comments (0)

Gogo Yoko

Are you feeling disenchanted with the selection of music from iTunes? There are many wonderful options, but the most intriguing one I’ve come across is an Icelandic company called Gogo Yoko. What makes them different? A couple of things, really. First, the customer (read: you!) decides the price of the download. You give what you …

February 2, 2009 – 8:34 PM | By admin | Posted in Announcements, Download Sites | Comments (0)

Frontline: The Way The Music Died

Digital8track links to a PBS program on how the music industry fell apart.

February 1, 2009 – 1:37 AM | By admin | Posted in Corruption, Download Sites, Music Business, Record Labels, Technology | Comments (0)

MIDEM 2009 – Setting Music Free

Gogoyoko posts a link from Digital Wire on the common sense that was shown at Midem this year. The indie labels get it. They’ll be the ones with the future. If the majors wake up, they can stave off their own extinction.

January 30, 2009 – 6:40 PM | By admin | Posted in Download Sites, Festivals, Music Business, Record Labels, Technology | Comments (0)