Music Stories for 2015

Discogs Turns Record Collectors' Obsessions Into Big Business 31
For a Missouri Cassette Tape Factory, Obsolesence is Just a 12-Letter Word 169
Pirate Bay Cofounder Utterly Bankrupts the Music Industry 261
UK Police Busts Karaoke 'Gang' For Sharing Songs You Can't Buy 118
"Happy Birthday To You" Set To Finally Reach the Public Domain 120
Fan Lists Himself As a Band's Family Member On Wikipedia To Sneak Backstage 91
Pandora To Buy Rdio Assets For $75M In Cash 20
ISP To Court: BitTorrent Usage Doesn't Equal Piracy 175
Microsoft Kills Off Zune Music Service 66
Beats Music To Shut Down November 30 61
Rovi and Michigan State University Establish Largest US Library Media Collection 22
Video Game Music Is Saving the Symphony Orchestra 111
Making Your Graphing Calculator a Musical Instrument 55
Canadian Music Industry Faces Competition Complaint Over Public Domain Records 38
Bozza Wants To Be Africa's Answer To iTunes, Spotify and Netflix 42
KFC South Africa Lets Customers Listen To Music Using Bone Conduction 50
"Happy Birthday" Public Domain After All? 183
Voyager's Golden Record For Aliens Now Available On SoundCloud 57
Police Shut Down Anti-Violence Fundraiser Over Rapper's Hologram 298
Firefox Will Soon Show You Which Tabs Are Making Noise, and Let You Mute Them 151
Dieter Moebius, Electronic Music Pioneer, Dead at 71 27
Grooveshark Co-founder Josh Greenberg Dead At 28 173
Neil Young Says His Music Is Too Good For Streaming Services 574
"Happy Birthday" Hits Sour Notes When It Comes To Song's Free Use 178
FTC Officials Looking Into Apple's Streaming Business Model, Say Sources 53
Dartmouth Contests Showcase Computer-Generated Creativity 50
How Apple Music Can Disrupt Users' iTunes Libraries 360
Movie Composer James Horner Dies In Plane Crash 66
Apple To Pay Musicians For Free Streams, After All 134
Taylor Swift: Apple's Disdain For Royalties Is 'Shocking, Disappointing' 368
The Problems Apple Music Needs To Fix Before Launch 110
UK's Legalization of CD Ripping Is Unlawful, Court Rules 301
Apple Will Pay More To Streaming Music Producers Than Spotify -- But Not Yet 141
Restaurateur Loses Copyright Suit To BMI 389
Spotify Raises $526 Million As Apple Charges Into Streaming 72
A Music-Sharing Network For the Unconnected 66
Sony Music CEO Confirms Launch of Apple's Music Streaming Service 86
Apple Music and the Terrible Return of DRM 260
Apple Recalls Beats Pill XL Speakers As Fire Risk 104
Steve Albini: The Music Industry Is a Parasite -- and Copyright Is Dead 189
Ask Slashdot: Will Technology Disrupt the Song? 158
Musical Organ Created From 49 Floppy Disk Drives 76
Canadian Piracy Rates Plummet As Industry Points To New Copyright Notice System 224
Canadian Prime Minister To Music Lobby: Here's Your Copyright Term Extension 121
What Happens To Our Musical Taste As We Age? 361
The Music Industry's Latest Shortsighted Plan: Killing Freemium Services 244
How Spotify Can Become Profitable 167
Grooveshark Resurrected Out of US Jurisdiction 29
Apple Gets Antitrust Scrutiny Over Music Deals 47
Grooveshark Shuts Down 226
The Power of Backroom Lobbying: How the Music Industry Got a Copyright Extension 109
Stephen Hawking Has a Message For One Direction Fans 109
Pandora Paying Artists $0.0001 More Per Stream Than It Was Last Year 124
Music Industry Argues Works Entering Public Domain Are Not In Public Interest 302
iTunes Stops Working For Windows XP Users 368
Legislation Would Force Radio Stations To Pay Royalties 218
MuseScore 2.0 Released 35
Universal Reportedly Wants Spotify To Scale Back Its Free Streaming 117
"Open Well-Tempered Clavier" Project Complete; Score and Recording Online 59
Mickey Delp Makes 'Walk Up and Play' Electronic Instruments (Video) 28
3D Audio Standard Released 82
UK Police and PRS Shut Down Karaoke Torrent Site 75
$7.4 Million Blurred Lines Verdict Likely To Alter Music Business 386
Google Nest Rumored To Be Moving Into Audio 37
Musician Releases Album of Music To Code By 181
A Versatile and Rugged MIDI Mini-Keyboard (Video) 56
That U2 Apple Stunt Wasn't the Disaster You Might Think It Was 201
Ultra-Low Power Radio Transceiver Enables Truly Wireless Earbuds 110
Genetic Data Analysis Tools Reveal How US Pop Music Evolved 57
Can the Guitar Games Market Be Resurrected? 163
Pandora Pays Artists $0.001 Per Stream, Thinks This Is "Very Fair" 305
$10K Ethernet Cable Claims Audio Fidelity, If You're Stupid Enough To Buy It 418
Major Record Labels Keep 73% of Spotify Payouts 157
Music Doesn't Feature In the Pirate Bay's Top 100 Biggest Torrents 196
Radio, Not YouTube, Is Still King of Music Discovery 126
Sony Thinks You'll Pay $1200 For a Digital Walkman 391
How Long Will It Take Streaming To Dominate the Music Business? 169
Vinyl's Revival Is Now a Phenomenon On Both Sides of the Atlantic 278
Happy Public Domain Day: Works That Copyright Extension Stole From Us In 2015 328