Christopher Joel

This is a great article and very insightful.  I couldn’t agree more.
http://insidemusicmedia.blogspot.com/2008/11/5-cent-downloads-5-cds.html

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I read this article on Hypebot today and I can’t help saying: WTF??!?!
It appears that performance rights organizations (PROs), ASCAP, BMI, & SESAC, are suing AT&T Mobile over their use of the 30 second clips of songs in order to sell said songs.  These are the same clips that iTunes, Amazon, and pretty much every [...]

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You couldn’t make this stuff up.  Ironically, someone already did.  One of my favorite comedy sources in The Onion.  They wrote this article back in 2002 and it’s simultaneously funny and sad that it’s come true.
What I find truly sad is that an industry that is so obviously hurting to regain it’s popularity, profits, and [...]

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This is posting from one of my other blogs, “But I’m No Expert“.

The MPAA has stated today that they shouldn’t need to prove infringement occurs in order to collect fees from “law breakers”.
“Mandating such proof could thus have the pernicious effect of depriving copyright owners of a practical remedy against massive copyright infringement in many [...]

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Doe Prince just enjoy hacking off his fans?  A fan posted his performance of Radiohead’s song “Creep” from Coachella.  Prince and his people sent a DMCA request to Youtube and it was pulled down.  I understand that Prince “owns” his performance, therefore can do what he likes with it (including pulling it from Youtube), but really? [...]

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Buh-rilliant!  This band, The Get Out Clause, from Manchester, England found themselves short of funds, but needing a music video.  So they setup their rigs in front of dozens of security cameras all over town, including a bus.  Then they requested the videos under the Freedom of Information Act.  They got 20 locations to give [...]

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I’m thinking it’s a little late.  Napster would have been revolutionary with this had it come out five years ago.  Now, they are just another in a series of stores like this and this isn’t really big news.  I’d still sell on there, of course, but it’s not that big of a deal in music [...]

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In case you’re not a big Apple nerd, like me, the new 3G version of the iPhone is rumored to be launched in the next few weeks (June 9th last I read).  Along with it, Apple would like to have more content available for it’s iTunes Mobile store that allow users to download music over [...]

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According to Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, Amazon MP3 sells more albums than iTunes does.  Currently iTunes sells 2/3 of it’s music as singles and 1/3 as albums.  Amazon is the opposite with 2/3 as albums and 1/3 as singles.  While that ratio probably thrills the hearts of record execs everywhere, it really doesn’t mean [...]

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cNet is running an article about an EMI label, Caroline Records, that brings foreign music stars to the US.  They are starting a new trend with promo though, instead of sending out thousands of CDs (and causing issues like my other post), they allow the reviewers access to a secure website where they can listen [...]

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