Music Stories for 2008

RIAA Case May Be Televised On Internet 221
Managing Last.FM's "Mountain of Data" 139
The RIAA's Rocky Road Ahead 542
Will People Really Boycott Apple Over DRM? 664
Researchers Test Whether Sharks Enjoy Christmas Songs 142
20-Year Copyright Extensions Coming To Europe 268
Activision Wants To Bring Guitar Hero To Arcades 75
Why a Music Tax Is a Bad Idea 194
Paul McCartney Releases Album As DRM-Free Download 292
Warner Music Pushing Music Tax For Universities 375
Techniques and Styles of Video Game Music 68
iPhones, FStream and the Death of Satellite Radio 397
Street Fighter HD Remix Launches With Fan-Made Soundtrack 44
At Atlantic Records, Digital Sales Surpass CDs 273
Judge Excludes 3 "John Does" From RIAA Subpoena 225
A Computer Composing and Playing Jazz 134
Rock Band Creators Hit With Class Action Lawsuit 79
RICO Class Action Against RIAA In Missouri 213
Lessig, Zittrain, Barlow To Square Off Against RIAA 288
Duke Demands Proof of Infringement From RIAA 159
After 4 Years, HydrogenAudio Opens New 128kbps Listening Test 267
NYCL Responds to RIAA Accusations 231
Guitar Hero World Tour Equipment Problems, Subscription Possibilities? 146
iTunes On OS X Finally Has Competition 668
UK ISPs Near Agreement On Illegal File Sharing 97
New "MP3 100% Compatible" Logo For DRM-Free Music 263
Stretchable, Flexible, Transparent Nanotube Speakers 76
MTV Bleeps Filesharing Software Names In Weird Al Video 395
Rock Band Licenses The Beatles 266
MTV Launches Music Video Site 192
Judge Tells RIAA To Stop 'Bankrupting' Litigants 332
Stellar Seismologists Record "Music" From Stars 102
Record Label Infringes Own Copyright, Site Pulled 282
Music Game Competition Heats Up 82
RIAA Agrees To Take $200-Per-File In Texas Case 154
Banjo Used In Brain Surgery 164
Walmart Caves On DRM Removal 215
The Blending of Music and Games 119
Artists Strive To Wrest Rights From Music Industry 287
Oregon Judge Says RIAA Made 'Honest Mistake,' Allows Subpoena 175
Weird Al To Release Songs As He Records Them 333
Looming Royalty Decision Threatens iTunes Store, Apple Hints 279
Guitar Hero World Tour Won't Allow Copyright Infringement 92
Wal-Mart Ends DRM Support 231
MySpace Digital Music Service Is DRM-Free 93
After 3 Years, Rockbox 3.0 Released 248
RIAA and Net Radio Broadcasters Reach Agreement 284
Using Computers for Sophisticated Music Analysis 97
SanDisk, Music Publishers Push DRM-free SlotMusic Format 368
Turn an iPhone Into a Pocket Theremin 31
Metallica Guitar Hero Release Has Higher Quality Than CDs 102
Copyright Board Lawyer Responds On Pandora's End 174
Best Buy Coughs Up $54 Million For Napster 164
The Tech Behind a Nine Inch Nails Show 73
Full Guitar Hero: World Tour Set List Released 41
RIAA and MPAA Developing Domain-Based DRM 272
ITunes 8 a Real Killer App; Taking Down Vista 735
Why Starting a Legal Online Music Vendor Is Tough 214
University of Michigan Student Wants SafeNet Prosecuted 393
Apple Admits iPod Is From 1970s UK 358
UK ISPs To Hand Over Thousands of File Sharers' Data 180
The State of Game Audio 99
BBC To Launch Music Download Store 107
Chronicling the Failures of DRM 206
China Blocks iTunes 325
Compact Disc Turns 26, Has a Bright Future 487
Support Grows For Blanket Music Licensing 606
Internet Radio's "Last Stand" 316
Rock Band 2 Dev Talks Track Selection, Exclusivity Deals 48
Sharing 2,999 Songs, 199 Movies Is Safe In Germany 212
RIAA Pays Tanya Andersen $107,951 312
Digitizing Rare Vinyl 397
RIAA Foiled By "Innocent Infringement" Defense 220
Effective Optical Disc Repair? 554
Study Suggests Music Industry Embrace Piracy 293
Brian May, Rock Legend, Publishes His Thesis 198
Band Leaks Own Album, Blames Pirates 243
RIAA Gets Nervous, Brings In Big Gun 423
Yahoo Offers Compensation For Unplayable Music 143
Tenise Barker Takes On RIAA Damages Theory 282
Sneaking Past Heavy-Handed Audio Compression on YouTube 234
Sirius, XM Merger Gets FCC Approval 187
Yahoo! Music Going Dark, Taking Keys With It 396
Big Six UK ISPs Capitulate To Music Industry 317
Radiohead Open Sources Music Video 120
Worm Transcodes MP3s To Infect PCs 385
EU Proposes Retroactive Copyright Extension 514
HD Radio Recording In the US? 303
Next Year's Madden, Others to Get Music Download Service 37
LegalTorrents Offers CC Works Via BitTorrent 129
Your Computer As Your Singing Coach 127
Wood Density May Explain Stradivarius Secret 318
The Scream Aliens Hear From the Earth 223
Provider of Free Public Domain Music Re-Opens 142
Oldest Computer Music Unveiled 157
RIAA Says "Wanna Fight? It'll Cost You!" 367
EFF Wins Promo CD Resale Case 252
Canada's Proposed DMCA-Style Law Draws Fire 313
RIAA Throws In Towel On "Making Available" Case 252
Inside the RIAA and MediaSentry 218
Games and Music, the New Book Burning 218
Radiohead Changes Tack, Joins iTunes 176
Music Industry Tells Advertisers to Boycott "Pirate" Baidu 206
Metallica to Star in Next Major Guitar Hero? 115
An Imaginative Use For CCTVs 191
Prince DMCAs YouTube To Block Radiohead Song 296
Would You Rent a Song For a Dime? 580
Guitar Hero -- World Tour Guitar Mystery Images 48
Details for Guitar Hero 4 Released 200
Judge in Capitol v. Thomas Considers New Trial 234
UMG Calls Infringement Damages "Excessive" 126
YouTube's Unspoken Linking Policy For Copyright Infringers 73
How the RIAA Targets Campus Copyright Violators 280
Introducing Classical Guitar Hero 221
A Copyright Cop In Every Zune 454
Peter Gabriel's Web Server Stolen 287
RIAA Says No Mystery In Rash of College Complaints 255
Massive Increase in RIAA Copyright Notices 179
Creative Sued for Base-10 Capacities On HDD MP3 Players 528
Who Runs RIAA's Settlement Information Center? 172
Metallica May Follow In Footsteps of Radiohead, NIN 673
Sony to Buy Gracenote 146
EMI Says Online File Storage Is Illegal 405
MSN Music DRM Servers Going Dark In September 543
Mediasentry Violates Cease & Desist Order 216
$90 Asus Sound Card Whips Creative's Best 387
RIAA's Boston University Subpoena Quashed 39
UK ISP Says No To Music Industry Pressure 70
MySpace Teams With Record Companies To Create Music Site 147
New EMI Boss Says 'Downloads May Be Good' 173
Apple Is Now the #1 US Music Retailer 251
ARIA Sells a Licence for DJs to Format Shift Music 239
Why the RIAA Really Hates Downloads 289
Collective Licensing for Web-Based Music Distribution 236
Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison 314
Must a CD Cost $15.99? 586
SCOTUS Asked To Decide On Legal Fees In RIAA Cases 164
Justice Dept. Approves XM/Sirius Merger 232
Comparing the RIAA To "The Sopranos" 193
Apple Mulls Flat-Rate "Unlimited Music" Option 355
RIAA Will Finally Face the Music In Court 282
$5 Per Month Fee Proposed For Legal Music P2P 528
RIAA Denies Hypocrisy in Royalties Dustup 85
The Geometry of Music 170
IFPI Turning To Lawsuits 85
Is RIAA's MediaSentry Illegal in Your State? 200
Tenth Anniversary of First Commercial MP3 Player 166
Video Games Are Launching Rock-n-Roll Careers 171
RIAA Not Sharing Settlement Money With Artists 233
Apple, Starbucks Sued Over Music Gift Cards 151
Apple Sends Cease-and-Desist To the Hymn Project 444
Leaked RIAA Training Video 335
DVD Jon Creates DRM Killer 219
Prince, Village People to Sue The Pirate Bay 435
UK ISPs Want Copyright Holders to Pay if Users Sue 147
EU Commissioner Proposes 95 year Copyright 591
Labels Agree On Free Music Downloads To Cell Phones 104
The Grammy In Mathematics 150
Install Copyright Filters on PCs, Says RIAA Boss 391
White Paper Decries RIAA Attempts To Raise Infringement Payouts 140
RIAA Wants Songwriter Royalty Lowered 343
Yahoo Music Shutting Down, Users Going to Real 128
Italian Parliament To Mistakenly Legalize MP3 P2P 223
RIAA Drops Case, Should Have Sued Someone Else 195
Magistrate Suggests Fining RIAA Lawyers 133
U2's Manager Calls For Mandatory Disconnects For Music Downloaders 658
Music Labels say No Deal with Qtrax 58
Canadian Songwriters Propose Collective Licensing 455
Qtrax — Ad-Supported Music With iPod Compatibility? 131
Amazon MP3 Store to Go Global in 2008 196
Recording Music Without the Recording Industry 234
Warner Sues Search Engine, Tests DMCA Safe Harbor 113
MIT Student Plans to Take on RIAA 169
Guitar Hero and Rock Band See Huge Downloads, Increasing Music Sales 60
Class Action Suit Against RIAA Can Proceed 133
Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back 751
EFF Takes On RIAA "Making Available" Theory 366
Proposed Canadian MP3 Player Tax Struck Down 36
Could the RIAA Just Disappear? 114
Material Turns All Surfaces into Stereo 142
Sony's Idea of DRM-Free Music 370
RIAA's 'Misspeaking' May Have Affected Verdict 270
Sony BMG Dropping DRM 295
Copyright Cutback Proposed As RIAA Solution 709