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, kicked into high
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Music Piracy
Ongoing 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 somehow gain access
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Random 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 400 Astroworld lawsuits
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Still stealing music? You’re part of a dying breed.
Remember when music piracy threatened to derail the ender recorded music industry? Even after Napster was sued out of existence, dozens of other file-sharing programs popped up and soon, the industry was scared
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Random music news for Friday, October 9, 2020
If he were still with us, John Lennon would have turned 80 today. If you’re a fan, you might want to listen to this. Moving on to music news for October 9, 2020…
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Random music news for Monday, September 21, 2020
Give an alligator helium to chance its voice? Why not? Now that’s out of the way, here’s music news for the last day of summer, September 21, 2020. Metal types are pretty busted
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Random music news for Friday, June 26, 2020
https://globalnews.ca/news/7102112/black-neutron-star-ligo-hole/The sun is setting on Uranus! (Sorry. Juvenile of me. But you can see a Uranus sunset here.) Okay, let me make that up to you. Try reading this while listening to Soundgarden.
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Random music news for Thursday, February 27, 2020
Another example of how LSD could actually be beneficial. Interesting. Now let’s trip on some music news for February 27, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: A K-pop festival in LA has been canceled. Coronavirus
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Random music news for Friday, November 1, 2019
On this day in 1896, National Geographic published its first picture of a woman with bare breasts. Scandalous. Moving to music news for November 1, 2019… My Chemical Romance has reunited. Time for
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Streaming was supposed to kill off music piracy. It hasn’t quite worked out that way.
The first decade of the 21st century was awful for the music industry. Caught flat-footed by the power of the internet, the industry had no plan to combat music piracy other than to
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Random music news for Thursday, February 14, 2019
Valentine’s Day. Yuck. Sorry. I’ll focus on music news for February 14, 2019 instead. Ozzy is officially out of the ICU and is now breathing on his own. Crikey, Ozzy, you scared us.
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