Duke’s Note:
In 2005, Tanya Anderson was sued by the RIAA, but she beat em. And if you don’t know, now she’s hitting back with her own lawsuit, perhaps to teach em a lesson. The charges? Malicious prosecution, libel, slander, fraud and racketeering (among other things). It’s a start.
Bad news though: As Eric Bangeman [...]

Duke’s Note:
Ever walk a tightrope before? If you’re engaging fans through social network media, you’re doing it right now. Creative Deconstruction’s Refe Tuma has a great article about the possible setbacks you can cause for yourself by over-engaging.
The gist of it is, Don’t be afraid; just be responsible. You gotta walk [...]

by Duke
Sometimes I wonder if News Corp’s Head Honcho wakes up every morning and decides in which foot he’ll shoot himself.
Announcements are popping up all over my favorite blogs about MySpace’s revolutionary idea for making the company profitable: charge money for streaming. While this works for some, it fails to address the central problem [...]

by Duke
The Doctorow was in town yesterday and stopped in on a couple TV studios to talk about the interwebz, copyright law, holiday shopping and other wondrous geeky stuff.
If you didn’t watch George last night, you missed a great (heavily edited for time) interview with CD (and some guy named “Morgan”). Still looking for [...]

by Duke
It’s official. It is not the artists who are suffering from the downturn in record sales, but only the labels. Cory Doctorow posted a story this morning with the chart from the London Times to prove it.
Click to See It.
This is a very broad summary. There is no explicit distinction here [...]