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Prince Fans Breathe A Sigh Of Relief As The Purple One Takes Aim At The Pirate Bay
Fri Nov 9 2007 by jharv
Looks like Prince F.U. got in a lather over nothing. The group of disgruntled Prince afficionados banded together to talk smack about their hero to the press after they were purportedly threatened with Princely lawsuits for posting “photographs, images, lyrics, album covers and anything linked to Prince’s likeness” to their fansites. But in a press release, Prince claims that he’s not going to court over these infractions any time soon, especially because he’s got bigger, bittorrenting fish to fry.
MP3 Blogs: “Killing Music With Love”
Thu Nov 8 2007 by jharv
So sayeth The Guardian, in an editorial where writer Louis Pattison seems to be rather confused about the realities of how MP3 blogs actually work these days. But apparently, “there’s collateral damage” if you download free music, and “if you’re a fan of independent music, it could be everything you hold dear”!
Swedish Glam Outfit Sets Sail With The Pirate Bay
Mon Nov 5 2007 by Maura
Public BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay has decided to help out the Swedish glam-rock outfit Lamont, putting a link to torrents of its new album Golden Daze on its front page. According to the band, this publicity has resulted in more than 100,000 people downloading its album in the space of 24 hours, and 60,000 people watching the video for the album’s sorta-decent title track in that timespan as well.
OiNK Replacement Site To Launch, Inevitably Disappoint Users Next Week
Fri Oct 26 2007 by Maura
Hey, all you kids who are still wiping the tears from your eyes over Oink’s demise–as predicted, another torrent site has risen from the ashes and will try to make your sense of entitlement grow all over again. More »
Demonoid Latest Target In Recording Industry’s Endless Game Of Whack-A-Mole
Wed Sep 26 2007 by Maura
Popular BitTorrent tracker Demonoid has been offline for about 24 hours now, apparently because of action taken by the Canadian Recording Industry Association against the site, which is currently the second-most-popular tracker (the litigious Pirate Bay is No. 1). More »
Prince Hooks Up With The Web Sheriff For Some Hot Internet Policing
Thu Sep 13 2007 by Maura
What’s Prince going to do with the money from all those big-ticket shows he played this year? Hire lawyers! The Purple One is planning to work with our pals Web Sheriff and sue YouTube, the Pirate Bay, and eBay–among other sites–in an effort to “reclaim the Internet” and stem the tide of videos, bootlegs, and unlicensed ringtones zinging their way around the world:
Nation’s No. 1 Music Retailer Realizing That Selling CDs Is Not Very Profitable
Mon Apr 23 2007 by Maura
The Dangerfieldian profile of the brick-and-mortar music business is getting bigger, as Wal-Mart–the No. 1 music retailer in the US, as far as units sold–has decided to cut CD shelf space in about 500 of its stores next month, according to Kings Of A&R. More »
“Shhhh-it!”: Idolator’s Super-Secret Music-Biz Interview Series Continues
Thu Apr 12 2007 by Brian Raftery
Last year, we launched our way-too-sporadic AnonIMous Interview Series, in which we anonymously grill seasoned music-biz veterans. We’d like to do this more often, mostly because we love the picture of the cats whispering secrets–possibly mouse-related secrets–to one another; if you have some compelling dirt to share, drop us a line at tips@idolator.com. Anyway, this time, we’re flipping the anonIMity to the fans, and interviewing a big-time file-sharer. After the click-through, a Q&A that will make music-industry executives cry themselves to sleep on their pillows full of money.
