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Adele and Eminem: Singing the Same Digital Song?

Marcia Dawkins | Posted 09.15.2011

Read More: Pop Music, Gender Stereotypes, Eminem, Hip Hop, Relationships, Rap, Digital Downloads, Adele, Album-Sales, Gender, Entertainment News

The artists seem to be a pair of space bound rocket ships aiming for the moon. But soaring success in cyberspace is not all they share. A closer look reveals they might be singing different versions of the same song.

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Why Spotify Is Worth Paying for

Ryan Bassil | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Arcade Fire, Entertainment, Music, Spotify, Digital Downloads, Music Downloads, Entertainment News

How on earth did we get to a stage where paying £10 for unlimited amounts of music was seen as a rip-off? Artists saw little revenue from Spotify, and potentially had money taken away from their sales.

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When Copying Is Theft

Bevin Carnes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illegal Downloading, Peer to Peer Downloading, Digital Downloads, Music Downloads, Dirpy, Music Industry, File Sharing, Music, Riaa, Limewire, Technology News

If you have a bicycle, and I copy it, we both have a bicycle. Cool, right? There's a catch.

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Copyright Is Complicated

Bevin Carnes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illegal Downloading, Peer to Peer Downloading, Digital Downloads, Music Downloads, Entertainment News

There's a lot of complexity involved in why the current copyright laws were formed and why it's so important that they be enforced.

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Music in Free Fall

Jeff Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isle of Wight, File Sharing, Record Labels, Music, Music Downloading, Digital Downloads, Eminem, Music Industry, Arts News

I was watching the Isle of Wight documentary from 1970 when I realized that the emergence of Napster was in fact nothing new, but rather the latest skirmish in the battle for putting a price on music.

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The High Cost of Free Culture

Bevin Carnes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illegal Downloading, Peer to Peer Downloading, Digital Downloads, Music Downloads, Entertainment News

I hate to be Debbie Downer, but the Internet hasn't really changed anything for how we acquire and consume culture, at least not when it comes to how the business of art needs to work in order to sustain itself.

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Digital Bottom Line: The Key Driver

Theodore Bergquist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Games, Digital Media, Retail Sales, Digital Downloads, Pc, Technology News, Video Games, Technology, Downloading, Technology News

The digital bottom line will create an opportunity for larger developments and franchises as well as for the smaller guys to be creative with their niche brands.

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Festivals and Theaters Are Not for All Indie Films -- And That's Fine

Abe Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Media, Independent, Jewish Culture, Medical Marijuana, Pot, Indie Film, Weed, California Medical Marijuana, Digital TV, Independent Film, Digital Downloads, Digital, Herbs, Digital Devices, Independent Media, Bownies, Entertainment News

I still may submit to some festivals. The exposure certainly wouldn't hurt. They're just not the main route to travel down with this project now. At least, that's what my gut's telling me.

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Download Illegally, It's the Right Thing to Do

Jason Schmitt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peer to Peer Downloading, Digital Downloads, Music Downloads, Recording Industry, Music Industry, Illegal Downloading, P2p, Music, Technology News

The plea from the music industry, which seems to have only gross sales in mind, is that if you illegally download you are hurting the artists themselves. This logic is far from true.

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Books & Games Following Music's Lead

Theodore Bergquist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Digital Media, Ipod, Computer Games, Apple, Apple Ipad, Digital Downloads, Ereader, Music Industry, Video Games, Ipad, Technology News

Apple's new iPad made headlines around the globe when it was revealed last month, and after the dust settled, techies have decided that it falls somew...

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Modern Warfare 2 and Digital Distribution

Theodore Bergquist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Modern Warfare 2, Entertainment, Videogames, Digital Downloads, Call of Duty, Call-of-Duty-Modern-Warfare-2, Modern-Warefare-2-Sales, Technology, Entertainment News

The online retail marketplace for video games was recently shaken by the fact that the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 comes included with third-party technology that includes a virtual storefront.

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What Do You Define As Obsolete?

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, Itunes, Apple, Aol, Susan Boyle, Jav on Tech, Taylor Swift, Digital Downloads, Brittanica, Cds, MTV Video Music Awards, Technology News

Technology only spins forward, continually rendering what were once digital necessities to the growing tech junk pile. But what's defined as technologically obsolete depends on whom you ask. What do you define as obsolete?

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In a Social Networking World, What's the Future of TV?

Henry Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glee, Television, Transmedia, Joss Whedon, Digital Downloads, Download Movie, Youtube, Online Tv, Download Tv, Online Television, Technology News

Television may be in the hands of a different kind of network -- Facebook or Twitter rather than ABC or Fox. In a world shaped by social networks, if it doesn't spread, it's dead.

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DLC: The New Black! The Second Coming of Expansion Packs

Theodore Bergquist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Media, Apple, Beatles Rock Band, Videogames, Rock Band, Digital Downloads, Music Business, Entertainment Industry, Gamersgate, Business, Video Games, Downloading, DLC Video Games, Dlc, Media News

There's been a lot of talk about downloadable content for video games recently. There is no doubt that we are in the midst of a significant, fast growing trend here.

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It's Been Too Long...

Theodore Bergquist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drm, Interactive, Entertainment, Copyright, Videogames, Digital Downloads, Video Games, E-Commerce, Business News

It's been awhile since my initial post on here, but that wasn't the original plan. In the coming weeks and months, I'll start contributing regularly ...

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Ten Ways to Nourish Your Inner Zen

Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yoga, Zen, Digital Downloads, Simplify, Carolyn Rubenstein, Leo Babauta, Aby Garvey, The Inner Life, Living, Jennifer Lee, Relaxation, Healthy Living News

Simplifying your life is much more than assembling a collection of color-coded file folders and calendars; rather, it takes reflection and consistent dedication.

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The Changing Shape of Entertainment Commerce

Theodore Bergquist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Game Developers Conference, Gamers, Onlive, Gamestop, Video Games, Entertainment, Digital Downloads, Green, Business News

The faster these various game industry players can reconcile, the faster we'll all be able to meet consumer demand, and from there we'll be on our way to building a new economy of electronic commerce.

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Indie Music Memo To FCC: We Need A Level Playing Field Too

Rich Bengloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Independent Label, Digital Music, Thomas Friedman, Fcc, A2IM, Julius Genachowski, FCC Chairman, Digital Downloads, Music Industry, Digital, American Association of Independent Music, Independent Music Stores, Independent Music, Indie Music, Technology, Entertainment News

Just like the free exchange of ideas, freedom in the arts requires equal access for players of all sizes. When it's up to fans, demand for independent music increases dramatically.

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RIAA Throws In The Towel

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nettwerk, Peer to Peer Downloading, Terry McBride, Digital Downloads, Music Downloading, Napster, Downloading, Entertainment News

So, the RIAA has finally given up on its insane policy of suing music-lovers. It's about time.

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What Publishing Can Learn From Music

Hugh McGuire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Media, Meet the Press, Publishing, The Economics of Book Publishing, Kindle, iPhone Applications, Digital Downloads, Books, E-Books, Media, Digital Devices, Sony, Ipod Stanza, Media News

Book publishing is late to the digital party so it can look to all the many mistakes the music business made in the past decade, and decide how to move into the uncertain future.

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Clouds and Pirates: Darknets Rising

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peer to Peer Downloading, Digital Downloads, Music Downloads, Movie Downloads, Illegal Downloading, Free Downloads, Music Industry, Business News

Soon, "darknet" technology is going to become so easy commonplace that the law of unintended consequences may innocently take the movie business to the place where the music business has gone to die.

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Who's Afraid Of Direct-To-Consumer, Digital Downloads?

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Entertainment News, Business, Digital Downloads, Direct-to-Consumer, Itunes, Music Downloads, Itunes Competitors, Entertainment News

Despite the major labels having convinced themselves that there is now no way to capture the kind of traffic iTunes generates, there was an opportunity they missed that proved just the opposite.

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Cassian Elwes: Future of Independent Film "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sony Pictures Classics, The Wackness, Independent Film Distribution, Mark Gill, Cassian Elwes, Julia Roberts, IFC Films, Movies, Juno, Los Angeles Film Festival, Sundance '08, William Morris Agency, Apple iTunes, Digital Downloads, American Girl, Abigail Breslin, Entertainment News

Mark Gill, former head of Warner Independent, one of the recent casualties of independent film's radically changing landscape, explained: "The world is falling apart in independent cinema."

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Half Of All Teens Refuse To Buy CDs

Los Angeles Times | Michelle Quinn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Compact Discs, Wal-Mart, Apple, CD Sales, iTunes Music, Cds, Music Industry, Music Seller, Itunes, Digital Downloads, Best Buy, Business News

Nearly half of all teenagers bought no compact discs in 2007, accelerating the music industry's painful transition from CDs to digital downloads, acco...

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