Music Piracy

An increasingly embattled RIAA continued its college-focused anti-piracy campaign this week, despite ongoing legal challenges and funding questions. The group most recently issued a total of 396 pre-litigati... Read More...

Amazon may be joining forces with Pepsi in a massive, MP3-based download giveaway, according to preliminary information surfacing Thursday. Billboard pointed to a deal that involves a total of one billion do... Read More...

Southern Comfort is now inviting fans to upload party tricks, and offering Rhapsody downloads to participants. The giveaway, which started earlier this month, involves a total of 50,000 downloads.  That acti... Read More...

Warner Music Group continues to suffer on Wall Street, and recovery prospects remain dim. On Friday, investors left WMG shares at $9.08, another sub-$10 finish for the label group.  The downward action follo... Read More...

Forget about flashy, complicated, or over-bloated digital music initiatives. At Amazon, selling downloads is all about integrated simplicity and format compatibility.  The expression of that philosophy is Am... Read More...

Anti-piracy specialist MediaDefender suffered a massive security breach over the weekend, one involving thousands internal emails. MediaDefender, owned byArtistDirect, offers services like P2P-based spoofing... Read More...

Hispanic retail chain La Curacao is now pushing into digital music, and tapping MusicNet to power the play. Information on the tie-up surfaced Wednesday, though the store is not scheduled to launch until the... Read More...

Vodafone UK is now preparing an all-you-can-eat subscription service by Christmas, according to information disclosed Monday. The offering, called MusicStation, is being powered by Omniphone and includes a s... Read More...

CD sales are dropping at an alarming rate, and that has majors entertaining a number of fresh sales scenarios. At Universal Music Group, that includes an experimental stab at DRM-free downloads, a move consi... Read More...

CD Baby is renowned for selling unsigned and independent artist CDs, and for distributing content digitally. Now, the company is broadening its digital footprint by offering downloads directly from its desti... Read More...

Wal-Mart is now positioning DRM-free tracks from both EMI Music and Universal Music Group on its a-la-carte store, a move that opens iPod access for the retailing giant. The company announced the offering Tu... Read More...

A destination offering a music-related MySpace hack has now been closed, though the site author is spreading his code. The workaround, which once lived at myspacemp3.org, allowed visitors to download full MP... Read More...