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Even Big Business Hates the Digital Economy Bill

April 13, 2010

As we pointed out last week, the Digital Economy Bill has ignited a firestorm of digital opposition. Last week was all about popular outrage, as 24,545 tweets from 7,152 accounts and 20,000 letters of protest (and that’s just as of last Friday) were sent across the UK. This week the pros have gotten involved. Internet [...]

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A Look Back At Digital Music’s Growth From an Amazon Exec

April 12, 2010

A candid e-mail that’s been circulating the web today sheds a crack of light on the world of digital music competition and rivalry. The letter’s author is one Scott Ambrose Reilly, an executive who recently transferred from Amazon’s music department to the “business development for Periodicals for the Amazon Kindle team.” Reilly was a major [...]

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Kiwi Music Industry Organizes DIY Seminars

April 12, 2010

Was the Flight of the Conchords the original Kiwi DIY band? Rest assured that they will not be the last. New Zealand-based band Steriogram is so pleased with their own success that they offered advice to other DIY bands as part of a workshop organized by music industry heavyweights in New Zealand. Inspiring details on [...]

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The Whys of Digital Music’s Recent Decline

April 12, 2010

Last Friday, we mentioned the Q1 decline for digital music sales. Since this bad (yet not terribly surprising) news has surfaced, people have been trying to figure out how and why it happened. There are a number of factors that could have influenced the decline, and here are the major ones:

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International Guitar Month Round-Up

April 7, 2010
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As we’ve already pointed out, April is International Guitar Month, so this is a great time for guitarists to keep their eyes peeled for great deals on gear, seminars, and instruments. If you haven’t bothered to look for anything yet, we’ve got a round-up of great guitar stuff for you after the jump.

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FCC Loses the Broadband Battle That May Win Them the War

April 7, 2010
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia made an extremely controversial ruling yesterday that the FCC lacks sufficient authority to require broadband providers (such as Comcast, AT&T Inc, and Verizon Communications) to give equal treatment to all Internet sites and users on their networks. Broadband providers are now free to discriminate against [...]

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MfM2.0: Recreating the Music Business, From the Blogs Up

April 7, 2010

Musicians for Music 2.0 is an experiment in fundraising for the companies and websites that will help musicians in a post-label world. Started by Charles McEnerney, MfM2.0′s aim is to fund the creation of a wide variety of tools and technologies that musicians can depend on to support their careers. The fund, which is asking [...]

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Online Classes With Virtuosos at Artistworks

April 6, 2010

What would you pay to receive a private lesson from a virtuoso? $100? $200? Probably more than you’ve got in your piggy bank, right? Wrong. Thanks to Artistworks, three months of video lessons, student-teacher interactions, critiques, and musical networking with a legendary musician is available for just $60. If this sounds absolutely insane, then check [...]

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