Music Business Times - Opinions Feed Digesthttp://app.feed.informer.com/digest3/R8OUGAC8IK.html Respective post owners and feed distributors http://feed.informer.com/ As an investor, I avoid companies that refuse to evolve, and thus find themselves on the wrong side of creative destruction. For the most part, I think the music industry fits that niche. Any company that perceives massive opportunity as a threat should strike investors as a long-term loser ... http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/08/22/putting-pandora-back-in-the-box.aspx Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/08/22/putting-pandora-back-in-the-box.aspx? Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:53 GMT It's a digital gold rush. You can 'Listen Live' to virtually any radio station in the country - and beyond. And, now, when you tune in to one station, that station happily shows you to a magic door, behind which dozens or hundreds of other stations, all in the corporate family, await you. As if anyone with a computer ... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/24/PKM612ADVD.DTL Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/24/PKM612ADVD.DTL? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:29 GMT A sought-after concert artist, Fleischer created a rich legacy of recordings as the chief draw for Columbia Records' Epic label. Then disaster struck; in 1965, two fingers of his right hand simply stopped working. Fleisher never gave up and endured four painful decades of recovery. Now ... http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aOuj.joaxcoM&refer=muse Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aOuj.joaxcoM&refer=muse? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:22 GMT What we now call the open source movement started as a reaction to the perceived extremism of folks like Richard Stallman with their demand that everything be free. The liberation of content, and the defiance of the copyright industries, remains a fault line between the open source business world and what you might c http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2823 Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2823? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:02 GMT It's still possible that at any given moment the note that has been on the sight since last week - 'Muxtape will be unavailable for a brief period while we sort out a problem with the RIAA' - will be replaced by the mix sharing gloriousness we knew and loved. So we don't want to sound like we're delivering a sort ... http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/08/life-after-muxt.html Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/08/life-after-muxt.html? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:00 GMT There is no polite way to put this: The parties at political conventions kind of suck. I mean, seriously, these are political operatives and reporters we're talking about. There is a ceiling on how much fun there is to be had. The redeeming factor of these orgies of excess is, well, the excess. http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/08/congress-riaa-dnc-black-eyed-peas.php Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/08/congress-riaa-dnc-black-eyed-peas.php? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:58 GMT We were big fans of Muxtape, but when the the virtual mixtape service shut its doors last week because of legal issues with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), it definitely left us wanting for more. Last night, we heard about OpenTape, a self-hosted open source version of Muxtape ... http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/opentape_host_your_own_muxtape.php Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/opentape_host_your_own_muxtape.php? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:57 GMT By now, we all know how the Recording Industry Association of America nabs alleged file sharers, more than 20,000 lawsuits and counting: Hired snoops from MediaSentry -- aka SafeNet -- log onto Kazaa, Limewire or other file sharing programs, peer into open share folders, take screen shots, download a few files and obt http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/do-riaa-snoops.html Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/do-riaa-snoops.html? Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:55 GMT Congressmen are allowed to attend 'widely attended events' that are relevant to their official capacity. But the House ethics committee views the RIAA's $90-a-ticket Kanye West show as just a lobbyist-sponsored concert. RIAA spokesman Jonathan ... http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/08/party_time_08_who_can_and_cann.html?hpid=artslot Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/08/party_time_08_who_can_and_cann.html?hpid=artslot? Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:56 GMT The aging diva kicked off her world tour with a concert that likened Senator John McCain to Adolf Hitler. McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said, 'This, again, shows how Obama's celebrity supporters refuse to consider any smear off limits. They're crudely divisive and outrageous. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080825/ts_afp/usvotemccainentertainmentmadonna Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080825/ts_afp/usvotemccainentertainmentmadonna? Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:10 GMT George Jones kept talking like Donald Duck, driving producer Billy Sherrill to the brink. Jones was drinking heavily, in the midst of his 'Twilight Zone' period. Sherrill was trying to stop the duck talk and debauchery long enough to record 'He Stopped Loving Her Today.' That song 'took a year to make, and 10 years off my life,' he says. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/ENTERTAINMENT01/808240338/1055/ENTERTAINMENT01 Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/ENTERTAINMENT01/808240338/1055/ENTERTAINMENT01? Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:48 GMT I want to offer it to stores in small numbers where they won't go, 'Hey this isn't selling enough.' If one person hears it in Timbuktu, then he should be able to get it. What drives me nuts about the system is that you play for 60,000 or even 400 people and there's no record to buy. It's meaningless. People buy music on impulse. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/ENTERTAINMENT01/808240327/1055 Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/ENTERTAINMENT01/808240327/1055? Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:33 GMT British game companies are suing 25,000 people for illegally downloading their software from p2p sites. But get this: the UK music industry is NOT backing the gaming industry, sayng that working with ISPs to educate consumers is more effective than punishing file-sharers. http://www.1upgamers.com/music-industry-on-game-devs-fighting-illegal-file-sharers-youre-on-your-own/ Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.1upgamers.com/music-industry-on-game-devs-fighting-illegal-file-sharers-youre-on-your-own/? Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:05 GMT He talked to me in the dressing room at Jay Leno, about coming to the church. I said, 'Isaac, I don’t join cults, man.' I said, 'I wish you well,' and that was the way it was. So what's that tell you, man? I couldn’t communicate with him because I wasn't allowed to. If I talked with him, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/soundboard/2008/08/sam-moore-refle.html Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/soundboard/2008/08/sam-moore-refle.html? Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:39 GMT I’m sure SoundExchange bids all the folks at Pandora good luck in finding a “new hobby.” They don’t say where their beloved artists are going to get heard on the radio and find the audiences to come to the shows and buy the music they make. I guess they can find new hobbies, too. Applying SoundExchange’s webcaster http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16770 Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16770? Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:30 GMT If Pandora is forced to shut down, the outrage will be huge - among consumers, journalists, bloggers, working musicians, and even Congressional staffs. That will be the tipping point that either (1) triggers a consumer backlash against the RIAA, which, if expressed in the form of a boycott, as some bloggers have ... http://textpattern.kurthanson.com/kurtsblog/465/must-pandora-die Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://textpattern.kurthanson.com/kurtsblog/465/must-pandora-die? Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:00 GMT 'You shouldn't be downloading pirated music files, Henry,' says Megan, our to our apparent antagonist. 'I won't get busted, Megan,' Henry replies.'The cyber police aren't looking for us poor college students. We don't have deep pockets.' Too funny for words right? The RIAA LOVES people without deep pockets ... http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9709/RIAA+Comic+Tries+to+Scare+Kids,+Says+they+Face+Years+in+Jail Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9709/RIAA+Comic+Tries+to+Scare+Kids,+Says+they+Face+Years+in+Jail? Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:39 GMT The Pirate Bay had been quite mum over the recent development ever since it came out encrypting the entire internet and getting blocked down in Italy to having their traffic being hijacked by the IFPI. Although it didn’t do much damage to the traffic and had more people flocking in for the site. The Pirate Bay has ... http://startupmeme.com/the-pirate-bay-the-italians-must-set-the-pirates-free/ Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://startupmeme.com/the-pirate-bay-the-italians-must-set-the-pirates-free/? Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:09 GMT Many countries take a cut out of foreign royalties and give it to their indigenous writers (claiming the need to support local talent). The French take this a step further, forcing their radio stations to play 40% French music dur http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/08/what_does_the_future_hold_for.html Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/08/what_does_the_future_hold_for.html? Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:01 GMT RIAA CEO Mitch Bainwol made $1.5 million in 2006. This is not an outrageous amount by CEO standards, but when you consider that Bainwol's salary is being paid by member record labels, who themselves are struggling to make money, one wonders... Couldn't some of that money have been better spent finding and nurturing n http://www.businesssheet.com/2008/8/riaa-ceo-mitch-bainwol-paid-1-5m-a-year-to-sue-crap-out-of-music- Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.businesssheet.com/2008/8/riaa-ceo-mitch-bainwol-paid-1-5m-a-year-to-sue-crap-out-of-music-? Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:51 GMT Current Internet radio diversity enables that garage band down the street to compete against major-label recording artists. A 'thinning of the Internet radio herd' could result in more major-label music being streamed over the remaining Internet stations to the detriment of artists on indie labels. Of course, the labels are saying it's all about ... http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=11028 Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=11028? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:41 GMT The real problem facing the RIAA and MPAA is that they're still flummoxed seven years after (the original) Napster's shutdown on how to thrive in the digital world. First, they decided to unleash a legal jihad. Then it was off to use technology to disrupt high-traffic networks suspected of assisting illegal digital ... http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10019860-60.html?hhTest=1 Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10019860-60.html?hhTest=1? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:23 GMT The music business doesn't actually enjoy suing its fans, nor does it like being the worldwide target of scorn, wrath, calumny, disdain, rancor, and ridicule (did I miss any?). No, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, or IFPI -the industry would much rather solve the P2P file-sharing ... http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080819-ifpi-three-strikes-efforts-hit-worldwide-home-run.html Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080819-ifpi-three-strikes-efforts-hit-worldwide-home-run.html? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:15 GMT As things stand, the 'Big Four' are dinosaurs. When file-sharing first appeared, they had the chance to embrace it, make it theirs. Instead, they’ve positioned themselves as the enemy of file sharing, as the technology has gradually become extremely popular. They’re far behind the music distribution curve, now, relying ... http://jutiagroup.com/2008/08/20/big-four-struggle-to-survive-media-wars/ Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://jutiagroup.com/2008/08/20/big-four-struggle-to-survive-media-wars/? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:11 GMT Ah the record business. For a group of people who thrive on being hip, they just don’t get the Internet. Now the typical music mogul will say that they get it just fine, mostly in the rear. The Internet is where people go to steal money from them. Instead of whining like little babies, perhaps they should look at their http://www.searchviews.com/index.php/archives/2008/08/online-marketing-hey-music-business-%E2%80%93-learn-how-to-market-online-already.php Delicious/mbtimes/oticker http://www.searchviews.com/index.php/archives/2008/08/online-marketing-hey-music-business-%E2%80%93-learn-how-to-market-online-already.php? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:06 GMT