Frank Zappa Explains the Decline of the Music Biz
Old school rocker talks about how music execs use to be willing to take chance on new and unknown music artists.
I can’t say that I’ve ever been a big Frank Zappa fan, but he certainly makes some good points in an in interview he did on “The Cutting Edge.”
He talks about how record execs used [...]
Middle Easterners Forced to Use P2P?
With no legal online download services available, illegal file-sharing is often their only option.
There’s an interesting article expected to be published in a forthcoming issue of Windows Middle East magazine that argues that film licensing restrictions have made illegal file-sharing in the Middle East the only real option with which to acquire movies online. [...]
Apple Unveils New ‘iPod Touch’
Has a sleek new appearance like the iPhone and is w-fi capable to boot.
Today at San Francisco’s Moscone center Steve Jobs made several new Apple announcements that as usual were met with excitement and jubilation from a packed crowd of Apple fanboys.
But, I must admit even I was truly amazed at what was unveiled [...]
NBC Now Offers TV Shows on Amazon’s Unbox
Follows it much publicized dispute with iTunes and subsequent decision by Apple to stop selling NBC TV shows for the upcoming Fall TV season, but will it work?
I mentioned last week how the dispute between NBC Universal and Apple over lack of pricing control, piracy protection, and inability to bundle videos to increase [...]
Director Ridley Scott: ‘Internet Killing Cinema’
The genius behind “Blade Runner” and “Alien” warns that new technology is killing off the big-screen experience.
I mentioned last month how Sir Elton John railed against the evils of the internet and for which he held responsible for “destroying good music” and stopping “…people from going out and being with each other, creating [...]
Canadian Music Retailer Slashes CD Prices to Make Music ‘Accessible’ and ‘Affordable’
Claims is part of an effort to listen to customers complaining about high CD prices, but CRIA blames piracy.
HMV Canada announced last Thursday that effective immediately it has decided to to slash CD prices by an average 20%, with “…with some titles reduced as much as 33 per cent.” According to them this means [...]
‘Limitless Potential’- Official Nine Inch Nails Fan Remixes Now on BitTorrent
21 track album offers the culmination of countless hours of blood, sweat, and tears from NIN fans.
It’s just been announced that Nine Inch Nail’s months long deliberation to sort through some 200 fan submitted NIN remixes has been completed, and that a stunning 21 track album titled ‘Limitless Potential’ is now available for [...]
MPAA Wants a UK CAM Piracy Crackdown
After success in getting legislation passed in Canada, Italy, Japan, and the US, sets its sights on the UK.
Today MPAA head Dan Glickman is scheduled to meet with various government officials in the United Kingdom to discuss efforts to persuade them to introduce anti-piracy legislation that would make illegal movie camcording a criminal rather than [...]
North Korea Executes Young People for ‘Illegal Movie Distribution’
Forget illegal “file-sharing,” as it wages an all out war on “idea-sharing” from South Korean cinema that has already taken the rest of East Asia by storm.
In an article posted last month on Radio Free Asia, it seems that North Korea, the Hermit Kingdom as it’s referred to for good reason, has decided to [...]
