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Napster For Books: The Way Of The Future?

The New York Times | RANDALL STROSS | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books


You can buy "The Lost Symbol," by Dan Brown, as an e-book for $9.99 at Amazon.com. Or you can don a pirate's cap and snatch a free copy from another ...

The Facebook Movie Puts the zZzZ's in Zuckerberg

Disgrasian | Posted 08.16.2009 | Entertainment


Disgrasian

Other than getting laid by an Asian chick in a bathroom stall at a "nice club in Cambridge.." -- Zuckerberg's life comes across as a rather joyless verging on meaningless grind.

Digital Hollywood on the Music Industry: Still Doomed?

Alexia Tsotsis | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media


Alexia Tsotsis

The outlook for the record industry as we know it seems pretty bleak, as the hydra of file sharing and downloading will not quell anytime soon, despite the anti-Pirate Bay ruling late last month.

A Bold, Old Idea for Saving Journalism

Walter Isaacson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media


Walter Isaacson

I hope that 2009 will be the year when creators of valuable content start charging and readers begin paying for the journalism they want.

RIAA Throws In The Towel

Mark Joseph | Posted 01.19.2009 | Entertainment


Mark Joseph

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

Paul Simon's Lyrics & The Case Of The Vanishing Compact Disc

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

The problem of compact discs disappearing from the marketplace is worse than it was only a year ago. Store buyers just ain't a-buyin' from the labels, and it's looking grim all over.

Old Tricks In The Futile Battle Against iTunes

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business


Rhapsody is set to take on Apple's (AAPL) iTunes, Amazon's (AMZN) MP3 store, and Napster (NAPS) with a new, long-awaited DRM-free music store, launchi...