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Random music news for Thursday, June 14, 2018

June 14, 2018June 13, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments Airpods, Apple, BitTorrent, Bonnaroo, Fyre Festival, Infotainment Systems, Justin Bieber, Music Discovery, Ozuna, Robbie Williams, RPM, Russia, Streaming, Tegel Airport, Vinyl, Vladimir, World Cup

Donald Trump’s friends are Russia, China, and North Korea. His enemies are Canada, France, Germany, and Japan. What’s wrong with

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Weird ISP Piracy Case Gets Support from RIAA, MPAA

January 10, 2017January 10, 2017 Amber Healy 1 Comment BitTorrent, BMG, Copyright, Cox Communication, DMCA, Infringement, MPAA, RIAA, Windstream

A federal court in Virginia ruled that an ISP could be held liable for one of its users sharing pirated

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Music Industry 

Muzit: An Alternative Approach to Piracy

April 7, 2016April 6, 2016 Amber Healy 1 Comment BitTorrent, Fan Engagement, Frank Zappa, Isaac Hayes, iTunes, Lawsuits, LeAnn Rimes, Music Industry, Muzit, Piracy, Richie Sambora, Toby Keith, U2

Muzit’s policy on people who download music without paying for it is kind of counter-intuitive: If you can’t beat it

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Random Music News for Wednesday, December 23, 2015

December 23, 2015December 23, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Beethoven, Big Boi, BitTorrent, Eagles of Death Metal, Fred Durst, Justin Bieber, Killer Mike, Metallica, Spotify, Supreme Court, Tesla, TI, U2, Ukraine, Zambia

Off to Winnipeg for Christmas. It’ll be very white. And now, the music news. Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst has been

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Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, January 6, 2015

January 6, 2015January 6, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, BitTorrent, Bono, Thom Yorke

Damn you, polar vortex! Bono has some good things to say about streaming. You know how some say Thom Yorke

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Tech 

Thom Yorke Made $20 Million from His BitTorrent Experiment. Wait–That Can’t Be Right… [UPDATE: Yeah, I Thought So]

January 4, 2015January 5, 2015 Alan Cross 3 Comments BitTorrent, Thom Yorke, Tomorrow's Modern Boxes

You may have heard about Thom Yorke released his second solo album, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, on BitTorrent, asking for $6

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Music News 

Thom Yorke Releases a New Song: “You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry”

December 27, 2014December 26, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment BandCamp, BitTorrent, Radiohead, Thom Yorke

When I was at the M for Montreal festival back in November, a highly placed source from the Bandcamp, er, camp

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Random Music News for Friday, December 26, 2014

December 26, 2014December 25, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Academy Awards, BitTorrent, Bryan Ferry, Hole, Pandora, Thom Yorke, Vinyl

Shop, consumers, shop! (And for American readers confused as to why we Canadians seems to devote a shopping day to pugilism,

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Recommended Music 

Suddenly, A New Thom Yorke Album [UPDATE: Guess What Happened to It?]

September 27, 2014September 27, 2014 Alan Cross 2 Comments BitTorrent, Bundle, Thom Yorke

Remember that cryptic post by Thom Yorke earlier in the week? Turns out it was a foreshadow of something to

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Random Music News for September 4, 2014

September 4, 2014September 4, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments BitTorrent, Easter Eggs, Gotye, Metallica, Neil Young, Pono, Rolling Stones, Sony

I’m almost ready to declare the new puppy house trained. Yay! Name the only band to ever perform a concert

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Aussie Band 3D Printed Their New Video–And You Can,Too!

March 25, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments BitTorrent, Cut/Copy. 3D Printing

I think 3D printing is super-cool, although I’m beginning to see parallels with the introduction of the fax machine back

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