Subject:

Recording Industry Association of America

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Is Google Censoring Links?

    Not too long ago, there was talk that the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the Recording Industry Association of America might sue Google, claiming that the web behemoth has used its search engine service to shape the online music market in a way trade groups do not like. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    RIAA's Mitch Glazier, The Pirate Bay's 'Winston' Get Into Internet Shouting Match

    When The Pirate Bay switched its domain from .org to .se two weeks ago, the file-sharing website was hoping to escape shutdown by American cops. Recording Industry Association of America VP Mitch Glazier just published a reply to the Pirate Bay's move, calling it a "rogue website" and the worst of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    RIAA, IFPI Consider Suing Google; Want the Search Engine To Censor Links

    The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the Recording Industry Association of America might sue Google, saying that the web behemoth has used its search engine service to shape the online music market in a way trade groups do not like. These recording industry giants have pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    The 11 Most Infuriating Songs Of 2011, No. 10: will.i.am Featuring Mick Jagger And Jennifer Lopez, "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)"

    ​The Song: will.i.am feat. Mick Jagger and Jennifer Lopez, "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" The Crimes: Overhashtagging, sub-"Dancing In The Streets" incoherence from Jagger, using "feces" as a term of braggadocio. Sometimes I feel bad for the music industry, which has had a rough go of it these ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Radio Hits One: Raising The Bar For "YouTube Platinum"

    Justin Bieber and Ludacris: Congratulations. A lot of people watched your video.​On August 28, MTV will throw the 2011 installment of its Video Music Awards, honoring achievements in the art form that used to make up the majority of its programming. While it's all too tempting to note the iron ... More >>

  • Music

    June 1, 2010

    The Jazz Evangelism of Woody Allen

    Clarinet in hand, the director defends one of America's disappearing art forms

  • Music

    January 21, 2009

    The Mixtape Will Save Us All

    If you want them to buy it, make it free

  • Music

    December 10, 2008

    Meet the Web Sheriff

    Fighting music piracy via ominous blog comments and pre-written apologies

  • Music

    March 6, 2007

    Gimme "Indie" Rock

    Another payola settlement promises us better, braver radio. Let's not get too excited just yet.

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2007

    DJ Drama and Don Cannon Arrested on Some Bullshit

    Another payola settlement promises us better, braver radio. Let's not get too excited just yet.

  • Music

    July 5, 2005

    Never Ending Math Equation

    After the court decision, file shares and mixtapes float on

  • Music

    June 21, 2005

    Download: Mixtapes

    After the court decision, file shares and mixtapes float on

  • Music

    June 14, 2005

    Untold Story of Mondo Kim's Raid

    After the court decision, file shares and mixtapes float on

  • Music

    June 7, 2005

    Mondo Kim's Busted for Bootlegs

    After the court decision, file shares and mixtapes float on

  • Music

    May 24, 2005

    How Much Is Music Worth?

    Music subscription services may result in bargain binging

  • Music

    April 19, 2005

    The Big Chill

    EZT shuts down, courts lag behind, WMG gets desperate

  • Music

    March 1, 2005

    Meet John Doe

    The RIAA runs its lawsuits as a volume business, and sometimes downloaders just gotta settle

  • Music

    October 19, 2004

    Store Wars

    Indies battle chains over product as industry kicks John Doe

  • Music

    August 17, 2004

    Pay to Play

    Getting bucks from different heads of the music-biz hydra

  • Music

    May 25, 2004

    Sick and Mortar

    Real record stores open, close, move, struggle, and thrive

  • Music

    April 20, 2004

    Brand-New Lag

    Late as usual, labels learn that downloading is their friend

  • Music

    January 20, 2004

    How Bad a Year?

    Music biz recovery means suing and firing more people

  • Music

    December 23, 2003

    No Trust

    Congress and movie star dance the anti-download bolero

  • Music

    October 7, 2003

    A Void Named Sued

    Driving independent retailers, and you, out of business

  • News

    September 16, 2003

    Wired to Wired

    Dean Finds That Courting Blogocrats Means Answering Tough Questions

  • Music

    September 9, 2003

    Everything's on Sale

    Universal Reversals, Webcast Battles, RIAA-Safe Tuneage

  • Music

    July 22, 2003

    Circling the Wagons

    Why iTunes Won't Save the RIAA From Pirates, Downloads, Lost Product, and Ill Will

  • Music

    June 24, 2003

    Music

    Why iTunes Won't Save the RIAA From Pirates, Downloads, Lost Product, and Ill Will

  • News

    December 24, 2002

    Workin' It

    Why iTunes Won't Save the RIAA From Pirates, Downloads, Lost Product, and Ill Will

  • News

    July 23, 2002

    When Pols Attack

    Why iTunes Won't Save the RIAA From Pirates, Downloads, Lost Product, and Ill Will

  • News

    July 16, 2002

    The Neverland Music Summit

    Sharpton's Confab Charges Music-Money Apartheid

  • Music

    July 9, 2002

    Music

    Sharpton's Confab Charges Music-Money Apartheid

  • News

    June 4, 2002

    Blacked Out

    Hip-Hop and R&B Artists MIA in Music Industry Struggle

  • Music

    June 4, 2002

    Music

    Hip-Hop and R&B Artists MIA in Music Industry Struggle

  • Specials

    April 9, 2002

    Letters

    Hip-Hop and R&B Artists MIA in Music Industry Struggle

  • News

    March 19, 2002

    Rough Trade

    Little Johnny and Big-Biz Music Duke It Out Over Peer-to-Peer Software

  • News

    February 26, 2002

    Executive Bitch Slapping

    The Widening Wage Gap Between Male and Female Managers Is a Corporate Equivalent of the Cultural Backlash

  • News

    January 9, 2001

    Kind of Blue

    Jazz Competes With Its Past, Settles for the Hard Sell

  • News

    October 3, 2000

    Scary Move

    When Both Parties Team Up to Target Hollywood, Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid!

  • News

    May 9, 2000

    Keeping Up With the Napsters

    At Pho, a Thousand E-mails a Month Track the Great Digital Debate

  • News

    May 2, 2000

    Down By Law

    When Movie Moguls Wage War to Protect Copyright, the First Amendment Ends Up on the Cutting Room Floor

  • News

    February 29, 2000

    Rocking Out at the Byte Club

    Can New York Musicians Download Success Off MP3.com?

  • News

    November 23, 1999

    Cum on Feel the Webnoize

    The Music Industry Turns to the Tech World for a Boost

  • News

    September 21, 1999

    What's in a Name?

    Rapping About the Future of Online Music Media

  • News

    August 17, 1999

    'Some dubious motive or initiative'?

    At the Interactive Music XPO, mp3 everywhere but no SDMI

  • News

    February 16, 1999

    Pirate King Music's No. 1 Bootlegger Gets Busted— Again

    At the Interactive Music XPO, mp3 everywhere but no SDMI

  • News

    October 27, 1998

    Progress or Piracy?

    New Walkman Has Music Industry Howling

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