It was easy to scoff two years ago when word leaked out that Amazon was launching its own digital music service. The Seattle-based online retailer wasn't just mulling an iTunes-like download store - it was supposedly drawing up plans for a branded iPod-like device.[...]

The Recording Industry Association of America will argue before a federal judge on Monday that it doesn't need to prove there was a transfer of files in file sharing lawsuits. The RIAA is to make that argument in Duluth, Minnesota, in the Jammie Thomas case. The RIAA has sued more [...]

Filed under: Handsets, Apple, OS X We're not sure how this one got past Apple's App Store censors, but the clever kids at Nullriver have released what appears to be the first tethering solution for the iPhone. The $10 NetShare app is just a SOCKS proxy that links an ad-hoc [...]

Ray Beckerman, as you may already know, is a lawyer in New York who not only has defended numerous people against RIAA lawsuits, but also runs the Recording Industry vs. The People blog, where he chronicles what's going on in these cases. While I believe he sometimes pushes the envelope [...]

The author a study of Radiohead's last album release, issued on a 'pay-what-you-want' basis last October, is urging record companies to accept that file-sharing sites are here to stay[...]

The booming success of the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises has dropped a bomb on the music biz. Record labels and rock stars alike are eyeing new revenue streams as gamemakers compete for musical talent, scramble to secure rights to original master tapes and bring in aging artists to [...]