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music downloads stories: 64 news summaries

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ANALYSIS

Watch an Ad, Get an MP3 Download: Genius or Goof?

Free All Music is innovative, but still might not work

Oct 2, 09 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new site thinks it has the answer the music industry’s woes: Free All Music will allow users to download a high-quality mp3 with no copy restrictions in exchange for watching a 15-second video ad of their choosing. The site then takes a user’s handle and uses it... More »

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music • music industry • music downloads • advertising • iTunes • digital downloads • MP3 • MP3s • Free All Music

Dylan Album Out Early—if You've Got a Citi Card 

Loyal Citibank customers get a 1-week jump on the rest of us

Sep 30, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Citibank rewards customers will have first dibs on Bob Dylan’s first-ever Christmas album. The lucky cardholders will be able to download Christmas in the Heart online during the week before Oct. 13, when it goes on sale to the general public. An exec tells Reuters the offer will... More »

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music downloads • Bob Dylan • Citibank • digital music • rewards programs • Christmas album • cardholder

TECH REVIEW

 New Zune HD Scores, 
 but Lags on Content 

Microsoft player is best yet, but purchasing media is a drag

Sep 23, 09 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft's Zune music player has long been the iPod's dowdy stepsister, but the new, fourth-generation Zune HD is finally "a portable media player that you can be proud to carry around," says Katherine Boehret of the Wall Street Journal. The new device features a "stunningly vivid" touchscreen,... More »

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Microsoft • music downloads • iPod • digital music • Zune • media player • Zune HD

 Radiohead: No More Albums 


Aug 11, 09 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radiohead has recorded its last album, frontman Thom Yorke told the Believer in a recent interview. Instead, the band will focus on download-only singles and EPs. “None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again,” he said. Though the band believes... More »

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music industry • music downloads • Radiohead • Thom Yorke • album

MUSIC REVIEW

 Radiohead Stuns With 
 Anthem for WWI Vet 


Aug 10, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Radiohead made waves when they let fans download their last album for whatever price they wanted, yet a new online-only track has been released in the past week to far less fanfare. "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" commemorates the last British veteran of World War I, who died last... More »

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music • veterans • music downloads • British military • Radiohead • Thom Yorke • World War I

Minnesota Mom Fined $1.9M for Illegal Music Downloads

Guilty verdict given in do-over of country's first file-sharing trial

Jun 19, 09 4:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Minnesota woman has been fined $80,000 per song for each of 24 music files she illegally downloaded, CNN reports. The court ordered Jammie Thomas to pay $1.92 million to the Recording Industry of America. Her original trial—America's first for music file-sharing—granted the RIAA just $220,... More »

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music downloads • file sharing • RIAA • Jammie Thomas • copyright infringement • illegal downloading

 Music Gang Busted 
 in iTunes Royalties Scam 

Group boostsrankings, bank accounts by buying their own music with stolen cards

Jun 11, 09 2:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of ten British DJs have been arrested for allegedly using stolen credit cards to download their own music from iTunes and Amazon, the Times of London reports. The gang is believed to have made $300,000 in royalties from the $750,000 they spent buying 19 compilations they... More »

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music downloads • iTunes • royalties • scam • Britain • cybercrime

interview

 Web Killed Big Acts, 
 Saved Music: Kot 

Each tech advance stirred unfounded fears: Kot

May 21, 09 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet has so fragmented music that there may never be another big act like U2. But that’s just fine for music critic Greg Kot, author of Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music. “Art thrives best when it’s created without regard to making any kind of... More »

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entertainment • Internet • music industry • music downloads • U2 • piracy • Beatles • record label • Greg Kot


 Danger Mouse's 
 Latest Album 
 a Blank CD 

Producer pushes listeners to illegally download, burn songs

May 18, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Legal wrangling reportedly led to the shelving of Danger Mouse’s latest album; now, instead of dropping Dark Night Of The Soul, the producer behind acclaimed Beatles/Jay-Z mash-up the Grey Album is releasing a book of photographs by director David Lynch—with a blank CD enclosed, XXL reports. “For... More »

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music • music industry • music downloads • illegal downloading • Danger Mouse • Jay-ZTV

To Combat Digital Piracy, Try Stealing

Composer pitches real-world thievery to help raise awareness

Feb 25, 09 11:47 AM CST
(Newser) - A Hollywood composer wants you to stop illegally downloading music, and he's willing to put his freedom in jeopardy to make his point. Because the public doesn't seem to equate swapping digital files with stealing, Richard Gibbs is pushing for people to swipe other products in a nationwide "day... More »

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music industry • music downloads • theft • iTunes • composer • digital music • Napster • illegal downloading • Digital Millenium Copyright Act • Richard Gibbs • Day of Sharing

 95% of Music
 Downloads
 Illegal: Industry

40B tracks shared illegally, group claims

Jan 19, 09 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Nearly all—95%—of music downloads globally are illegal, at least according to the industry, Techdirt reports. The numbers come from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and indicate that even a 25% increase in online music purchases last year couldn’t overcome the effects of piracy. According to... More »

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music • music industry • music downloads • piracy • RIAA • illegal downloading • CD sales • IFPI • International Federation of the Phonographic Industry

Product Review

 Sonos Zaps Tunes to All Rooms 

Listen to downloaded and internet music where you want it, when you want

Jan 17, 09 7:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A Sonos Music System has revolutionized the musical life of producer/director Barry Sonnenfeld. "It may be one of the electronic devices I can't do without," he writes in Esquire. What a Sonos can do:
  • It streams music wirelessly throughout the house, sending different tunes to different
... More »

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radio • music downloads • electronics • stereo speakers • Sonos Music System • Barry Sonnenfeld

iTunes to Sell Music Without Copy Protection

Prices change:
They'll range from $0.69 to $1.29

Jan 6, 09 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Apple will remove DRM anti-piracy software from the music it sells on the iTunes store, the New York Times reports. As part of a new deal reached between Apple, Sony BMG, the Universal Music Group and the Warner Music Group, songs will be DRM-free and will be priced differently. New... More »

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music • music downloads • iTunes • Apple • digital downloads • iTunes Store • Macworld • Amazon

 Boss Pens Halloween Screamer 


Oct 31, 08 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just in time for Halloween, Bruce Springsteen has released a song chronicling the life of the infamous Jersey Devil, the Star-Ledger reports. It's a free download on his website. In the accompanying video, Springsteen plays the part of the cloven-hoofed denizen of the Jersey Pine Barrens. “Sixteen witches... More »

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music downloads • New Jersey • song • Bruce Springsteen • Halloween • Jersey Devil • Pine Barrens

opinion

 Put It Away: iPods 
 Are So Yesterday 


Oct 20, 08 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Soon iPods will seem as outdated as Walkmans—the only question is whether iTunes goes out the door with them, Kevin Maney writes in Portfolio. Consider how old-fashioned the iPod already is: You pay for downloads, fill up a hard drive with them, and cart them around, "like keeping... More »

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music downloads • iPod • digital music • Zune

And Now,
a Tune From
Our Sponsor

MySpace Music enlists advertisers to enable free downloads

Sep 15, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The soon-to-launch MySpace Music service will consist mostly of sponsored streaming and downloads, Wired reports. MySpace will likely not start up its own pay-download service, along the lines of iTunes, instead maintaining its partnership with Amazon’s online store. Critics worry MySpace’s rather thin roster of major-label partnerships will... More »

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social networking • music downloads • iTunes Store • Internet advertising • music label • streaming content • corporate sponsorship • MySpace Music

 Carla Shares
 New Album on Website 

French first lady puts her new music online for free

Jul 10, 08 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Coldplay and Radiohead can do it, then so can the first lady of France, reports the Wall Street Journal. Carla Bruni is inviting her fans to listen to up to 2 hours of her new album for free on her website. The album, which has sparked extreme interest... More »

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music downloads • drugs • love • album release • online music • Carla Bruni

 FBI Drops in on GN'R Leaker 

Feds looking into blogger's posting of material from long-awaited Chinese Democracy

Jun 26, 08 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Kevin Skwerl leaked nine new tracks from long-awaited Guns N’ Roses album Chinese Democracy last week, he expected some fallout.  A visit from two “Mulder and Scully” types courtesy of the FBI was not quite what he had in mind, reports Rolling Stone.  “It‘s... More »

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music industry • music downloads • blogging • Guns N' Roses • Axl Rose • Chinese Democracy

OPINION

 Reznor Schools
 Music Industry 

Digital giveaway translates into hard cash for Nine Inch Nails frontman

Jun 10, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The music industry could learn a few things from Trent Reznor, whose decision to go independent and give away music digitally might earn him more money than sticking with a label—not to mention creative freedom, Jackson West writes on Valleywag. Labels are now starting to realize they need to... More »

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music industry • music downloads • Nine Inch Nails • Trent Reznor

Wal-Mart Looks for Better Return on CDs

Uber-retailer plans to trim selection of artists, titles

Jun 9, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the country's leading brick-and-mortar CD seller, Wal-Mart occupies a special place in the music industry, earning perks like exclusive releases of CDs by bands like Journey and, soon, AC/DC. But with sales of physical CDs in freefall, even Wal-Mart is considering cutting the number of titles and artists its... More »

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music industry • music downloads • CDs • iTunes Store • Wal-Mart • AC/DC • Journey

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