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10,000+ songs & music videos free
submitted by rrrrw 1 day 1 hour ago (via http://www.audiri.com/)
A new site is letting smaller bands actually get their music out there. (200MB's worth at least) The powerful search function lets you find music you have never heard that fits your taste and is actually good.
Songbird Proof-of-Concept released (finally)
submitted by yihpin 17 hours ago (via http://www.songbirdnest.com/)
Songbird is an open-source media player that aims to be a powerful and viable replacement for current media players. It is built on the same platform as Firefox, and aims to give users more options in web integration with their music experience.
Discover new bands, artists, movies, and books
submitted by deviant444 2 days ago (via http://www.gnod.net/)
Gnod is a self-adapting system, living on this server and 'talking' to everyone who comes along. Gnods intention is to learn about the outer world and to learn 'understanding' its visitors. This enables gnod to share all its wisdom with you in an intuitive and efficient way. You might call it a search-engine to find things you don't know about.
Dell Quits Making Jukebox MP3 Players
submitted by HackJandy 3 days ago (via http://www.dailytech.com/artic...)
Dell has decided they don't want to make jukebox MP3 players anymore
DOWNLOAD all the CD and DVD COVERS you want HASTLE FREE
submitted by LordHaHa 4 days ago (via http://www.coverdude.com)
In one simple search - No sign-up, No membership - No cookies, just simply search and it will bring up all the covers for you to download FREE
Pandora Releases Sharing Features
submitted by durden2.0 6 days ago (via http://www.techcrunch.com/2006...)
Pandora has released several upgrades to their system. The most notable upgrade includes a new "favorites" page to allow users to listen to their favorite songs or even their friends favorite songs. There is also a number of RSS features that have been updated as well.
Never used a computer before? The RIAA could care less..
submitted by Live4Soccer 6 days ago (via http://recordingindustryvspeop...)
Marie Lindor, a home health aide who has never bought, used, or even turned on a computer in her life, was nevertheless sued by the RIAA in Brooklyn federal court for using an "online distribution system" to "download, distribute, and/or make available for distribution" --- I can't wait to see the RIAA's justification for this suit...
Consumers to RIAA: Piracy isn't why music sales are down
submitted by Spartan970 6 days ago (via http://arstechnica.com/news.ar...)
Ars Technica analyzes an Ipsos survey about music consumption. Music sales are dropping because the quality is bad and the prices are too high, not because of piracy. Every record executive and RIAA member needs to read this. Just give us better music!
Google says NO to Napster
submitted by jobeats 8 days ago (via http://today.reuters.com/news/...)
"No, we have no plans at this time to develop a music store, or to compete with existing online and offline music retailers," says Google spokeswoman
Sell your music online with iTunes and Rhapsody WITHOUT record labels!
submitted by TheJosher 11 days ago (via http://www.tunecore.com)
TuneCore is a just-launched music delivery and distribution service that gets music you created up for sale on iTunes and Rhapsody without asking for your rights or taking any money from the sale or use of your music. Watch out record labels.
Canadian music giant sues RIAA
submitted by DCstewieG 13 days ago (via http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...)
"The current actions of the RIAA are not in my artists' best interests," said Nettwerk chief executive Terry McBride in a prepared statement. The company is helping a family being sued by the RIAA, and have even promised to pay their fine if they lose the case.
Restaurant Sued For Playing Copyrighted Music
submitted by Funman1 15 days ago (via http://cbs13.com/local/local_s...)
A restaurant is being sued in federal court by a group representing songwriters for playing tunes written by Van Morrison, Dwight Yoakam and others without a license. B-M-I says damages could reach 750 dollars per song.
DRM is a complete lie
submitted by adam.skinner 16 days ago (via http://www.theinquirer.net/?ar...)
Excellent rant on DRM and who it actually benefits from the Inq
Automatically Find Your Album Art You're Missing in iTunes
submitted by patrickmoberg 17 days ago (via http://www.patrickmoberg.com/a...)
Just upload your iTunes XML file and this site analyzes which cds you're missing album art for. It then gets all the covers from Amazon and displays them all. It takes a little while to get everything loaded at first, but is very fast after that.
Despite Illegal Downloading RIAA/IFPI Tripled Profits In Last 2 Years!
submitted by curtissthompson 17 days ago (via http://news.ft.com/cms/s/8ffe8...)
Despite illegal music downloading on the internet being at an all time high, the RIAA/IFPA have experienced an all time high in profits, tripling where they were 2 years ago!
