Random music news for Friday, January 9, 2026
A TV as thin as wallpaper? Yes! Want. I’m also lusting after this computer monitor. But I can probably do without this purse that comes with a OLED screen. Moving
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Random music news for Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Before we had the internet, we didn’t have things like this. Then again, we didn’t need it at all. Music news for September 3, 2025? We definitely need that. BONUS:
Read MoreRandom music news for Monday, August 18, 2025
Forget the regular Olympics. Your new jam is the Humanoid Robot Olympics. Then jam on music news for August 18, 2025. BONUS: This is a pretty cool mashup. (Via Ed
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Here’s how the NHL accidentally contributed to the music piracy crisis.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] t the end of the ’90s, the recorded music industry was swimming, drowning in money thanks to increasing sales of high-margin compact discs.
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This guy is the father of all music piracy
Because God quickly realized that humans were a thieving bunch, He made rules against stealing one of the first things downloaded to Moses’ tablet 1,500 years ago: “Thou shalt not
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Ongoing History Daily: Music Piracy–in 1897!
Think that this issue of stealing music is a modern problem? Let me read you something. “‘Canadian pirates’ are what the music dealers call publishing houses across the line who
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This one-hit-wonder artist from the 1970s is using new tech to fight digital music piracy
In 1970, Mungo Jerry had a massive global hit with “In the Summertime,” a single that sold over 30 million copies. It’s one of the biggest-selling singles in the history
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Which countries are worst in the world when it comes to music piracy?
Music piracy is still a problem, even though the ubiquity and easy access to music streaming makes stealing stuff more difficult than just signing on to the freemium version of
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How much longer before we can’t buy digital music downloads?
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When Steve Jobs made the rounds of major record labels in 2000, he knew he had them over a barrel. Music piracy,
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: The era of the bootleg, part 2
Last time, we talked about the concept of music piracy in the days before the MP3 came along. It was the era of the bootleg record and CD. People will
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, February 4, 2022
This guy got hacked by North Korea. So he took down their entire internet from his bedroom. Respect, dude. Here’s what’s happening with music news for February 4, 2022. Nearly
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