By James Pew
This whole Liliy Allen anti-file sharing story is an important one. Its unfortunate if the issue breaks down to a pissing contest between pro-file sharing new music hipsters, and old school proponents of last centuries music business model. I do not want to see more of the gross misunderstanding that leads to and [...]

It never ceases to amaze me the intelligence and great ability, to cut through bullshit and break things down to simple terms, that Bruce Houghton of Hypebot consistently offers on his awesome music industry blog Hypebot. Here is an excerpt from a piece, in response to the newest wave of anti-piracy warriors Lily Allen, James [...]

Today’s news that Sony Music will offer its catalog through online music store Amie Street represents a potential step toward major music labels’ embrace of the dynamic pricing model, in which increased popularity of a song drives up its price. Although Sony, the first major label to sell music on Amie Street, is still only [...]

Earlier this year, Techdirt covered the news that Ticketmaster was pushing paperless tickets as a way to cut down on scalping, and now that story seems to be getting much wider coverage.

The idea is that if you buy a ticket, you have to be the one to show up, with an ID and the credit [...]

by Jake Shimabukuro

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