Fudgiepoos

The news that Radio 1 is to be allowed to broadcast a chart of top downloaded tracks is a sign that the music industry may be coming back to what might loosely be called its senses. The Observer | Review | The joys of the celestial jukebox

Results of Multiformat at 128kbit/s Listening Test Nuff said. I’ve known this for a long time. Just wish it’d be more widely used and supported, but I guess MP3′s are too common for everyone to swap to ogg.

Microsoft is expected to unveil copy-protection software this summer that will for the first time give portable digital music players access to tunes rented via all-you-can-eat subscription services–a development that some industry executives believe will shake up the online music business. Microsoft’s iPod killer? | CNET News.com We’ll see. Ingenous hackers have a habit of [...]

Some clever guy has figured out that if you hold the Pepsi bottle at an angle, you can read the code in the bottle before you make a purchase guaranteeing a win every time. Full instructions are here. The contest is the 100 million song give-away by Pepsi, where if you get a code in [...]

Reviewing digital music stores is like reviewing a movie in production. During the few weeks I have worked on this review Musicmatch overhauled their music store pages and corrected a bug, Apple corrected an annoying "feature" of their jukebox, and Wal Mart opened their own music store. As companies compete for market share you can [...]

Walmart.com – Music Downloads Wal-Mart has launched their online music service, with songs starting at $0.88. Even works with Linux, and doesn’t require proprietary software. There are quite a few choices now for people who want to buy mp3′s, but since iTunes was ‘first’, I’m wondering if any of the others will reach the same [...]

Apple – iTunes – Download iTunes 4.1 Apple have updated their iTunes site with a small blurb about their users having downloaded 25 Million songs. Remember, this is the business model that RIAA and Music Giants insisted didn’t work.

April 3, 19-year-old Jesse Jordan received a call that changed his life. The freshman at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., learned he was being sued by one of the most powerful trade groups in the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). ABCNEWS.com : Record Industry Targets Teen Programmer It seems the [...]

WASHINGTON–The Recording Industry Association of America apologized Monday to Penn State University for sending an incorrect legal notice of alleged Internet copyright violations. RIAA apologizes for threatening letter | CNET News.com Not really that big a deal, as it should be common courtesy to apologize when you falsely accuse someone. Microsoft has also made an [...]

Two major record labels filed suit Monday against venture capital firm Hummer Winblad Venture Partners for its investment in Napster, alleging that it contributed to rampant music theft through the former file-swapping network. Record labels sue Napster investor | CNET News.com Seems like shutting down Napster wasn’t enough for the record industry. /me sighs.