Posts under "Community"

Pirate Bay legalization is go

Posted in Community on August 28th, 2009

Amazingly, even after many investors pulled out, an investigation by the sweedish authorities, and various other setbacks, Global Gaming Factory have raised the money they needed in order to buy out t…

MS to launch a Spotify alternative?

Posted in Community on July 14th, 2009

Peter Bale, an MSN executive has been talking to the telegraph about the upcoming additon of a streaming music service to it's array of products. Supposedly similer in nature to that of Spotify,…

The Pirate Bay Sold…Woah

Posted in Community on June 30th, 2009

After losing the court case we certainly thought that something might have to change about TPB…but being sold was totally not in my mind at all! The site has been snapped up by Global Gaming Factory…

GoodStorm: "Capitalism Done Right"

Posted in Artists, Community, Companies, Society & Public Policy on August 14th, 2007

Amnesty International is running a music campaign called Instant Karma to raise money to support relief programs for the genocide in Darfur. Instant Karma recycles John Lennon music, which is recorded…

Britney Wants You!

Posted in Artists, Community, Marketing on July 24th, 2007

… and your mother's credit card. … Britney spears is gathering fan feedback for her next album. But it's not free. It's strictly members-only only via her official fan club at http://b…

Fun Friday: Burning Man

Posted in Community, Events, Fun on June 29th, 2007

Burning Man: Fact & Fiction lays down the truth about the wild celebration in the Nevada desert the week before LaborDay. There's lots of music (see how I made this relevant to our blog), danc…

Top Music Social Networks

Posted in Community, Companies on June 26th, 2007

MySpace may be the king but it's not the only network to promote or even sell your music. The article Rock On: 12 of the Best Music Social Networks does a nice job summarizing their picks for the …

Business Linking For Success

Posted in Community, People on May 16th, 2007

We're pleased to offer our readers free membership to The P2P Insiders LinkedIn group. The group is a part of LinkedIn, by far the world's largest online networking site with ten million users…

Digg The Power Of The People

Posted in Community, Companies, Consumer Rights on May 3rd, 2007

Web 2.0 site Digg has bowed to its customers in a case reminiscent of the P2P and digital music consumer rebellion.

The story revolves around a DVD cryptography key that allows DVDs to be copied. Th…

Digital Rights Still a Political Fight

Posted in Community, Government on January 31st, 2007

Democrats have taken over both houses in Congress. How does that affect consumers and their digital rights? Not much.

There are supporters and opponents in both parties. Both Republicans (Stevens, Gr…