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May 2, 2012
San Jose Man Says Apple Is Double-Billing iTunes Customers
Apparently, Apple isn't just dodging taxes, it's also double-dipping from its customers. At least that's what one San Jose man claims after he says he was charged twice for one song he bought on iTunes.Robert Herskowitz filed a class-action lawsuit this week, claiming Apple's e-store refused to reve ... More >>
News
April 4, 2012
SF Weekly Letters
Apparently, Apple isn't just dodging taxes, it's also double-dipping from its customers. At least that's what one San Jose man claims after he says he was charged twice for one song he bought on iTunes.Robert Herskowitz filed a class-action lawsuit this week, claiming Apple's e-store refused to reve ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2012
Center for Copyright Information: An Anti-piracy Measure That Makes Sense
About seven years ago, I read something online about a then-recent episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Overcome with the desire to watch the episode for myself, but without a subscription to HBO, I fired up LimeWire, the now-defunct file-sharing software, and quickly found the episode I wanted. An hou ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2012
Music Labels Make Life Tough for Spotify
Patrick Carney of the Black Keys is not a fan of Sean Parker, to say the least. Parker is an "asshole," Carney told NME.com on Monday. It's hard to blame Carney, though his rage might seem a bit misdirected -- or maybe just too concentrated on one person. Parker of course was the guy who brought ... More >>
Music
March 7, 2012
In Defense of the CD: Why We Should Keep Them Around
Patrick Carney of the Black Keys is not a fan of Sean Parker, to say the least. Parker is an "asshole," Carney told NME.com on Monday. It's hard to blame Carney, though his rage might seem a bit misdirected -- or maybe just too concentrated on one person. Parker of course was the guy who brought ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2012
In Print: Defending the Lowly CD From Oblivion
From the latest edition of SF Weekly: In Defense of the CD: No one loves CDs. The cool kids today want to either dig through crates of dusty old vinyl or pay four times too much for the new stuff. The even cooler kids spend actual money on godawful cassette tapes. And everyone else under age 40 has ... More >>
News
November 9, 2011
SF Weekly Letters
From the latest edition of SF Weekly: In Defense of the CD: No one loves CDs. The cool kids today want to either dig through crates of dusty old vinyl or pay four times too much for the new stuff. The even cooler kids spend actual money on godawful cassette tapes. And everyone else under age 40 has ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2011
Five Things Pete Townshend Got Wrong About iTunes and the Online Music Industry
Phyllis KeatingPete TownshendLast night, Who guitarist Pete Townshend made a rousing speech at a British radio festival, blasting Apple's iTunes store for its treatment of musicians "whose work it bleeds like a digital vampire." His speech even included a list of things Townshend believes App ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2011
Now You Need to Have Facebook to Sign Up For Spotify
Last week's Facebook f8 conference meant a windfall of new users for Spotify, after it teamed with Facebook to allow users to share their music listening. But the increased cooperation also comes at what some call a heavy cost: Starting today, newcomers to Spotify need have to have a Facebo ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2011
Snoop Dogg, The Killers, and Jane's Addiction Soundtrack the Opulence at a Facebook/Spotify Party (Photos)
Snoop Dogg. Photographs courtesy of Julie Schugard for Spotify Open bars of oysters, sushi, wine and cheese, and lots booze. Sound too good to be true? How about adding surprise musical entertainment by the Killers, Jane's Addiction, Snoop Dogg, and Kaskade? Yep, it happened. Last night's p ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2011
The Killers, Jane's Addiction, and Snoop Dogg Are Playing a "Secret Show" for the Gods of Tech Tonight
After hearing rumors all day, it appears this is finally actually confirmed: Snoop Dogg, Jane's Addiction, Kaskade, and the Killers are playing a "secret" show after today's Facebook conference, hosted by Napster founder Sean Parker, according to SFist. So after spending the day hearing abou ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2011
Hey, When Did Metallica's Lars Ulrich Turn into a Cool, Funny Guy?
Over the years, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich just hasn't done a lot of things to make people like him. Let's recount: he's often an obnoxious interviewee; he pulls some of the most annoying faces in drumming history; he played a role in one of the most embarrassing music documentaries on earth, ... More >>
Blogs
August 9, 2011
Top Five Reasons Spotify Kinda Sucks
Yes, we know, everyone loves Spotify (even us). Yes, we know, free music is really sweet, and we feel pretty spoiled for even bringing this up. But Spotify has a ways to go before it's our favorite music app. Here are five things about the new-to-America streaming service that are kinda sucky ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2011
Spofity Is Here -- Now! (Really!)
via EngadgetIf you can listen to Thee Oh Sees on Spotify, how bad can it be? After years of waiting, something finally came*: Spotify, the Europe-based music subscription service Americans have been drooling over for a long while, is up and running the U.S. as of today. You can go to that lin ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2011
Spotify Might Be Taking Over Your Facebook Feed Next Week
What the future of your music listening might look like. Alright, fine, so we've written that "Spotify is coming soon" post like a million times now -- pretty much like any other media outlet that's excited to get their hands on the music service that makes Europe smile. This is sorta like th ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2011
Spotify (Finally!) Announces U.S. Launch
After years of waiting, Spotify -- the Europe-only music-streaming service that U.S. techies have been lusting after for years -- has finally announced its plans to enter the U.S. market. Yes, really. So break out the champagne and reefer, or whatever. Unless you work for Apple, Rhapsody, P ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2011
Lil B Suddenly Drops New Album, I'm Gay; Hear New Song "Trapped in Prison"
Uh, thank you Based God? And so it was decreed. Last night around midnight, apropos of pretty much nothing, The Berkeley based rapper/provocateur/phenomenon Lil B released his much-anticipated new album, I'm Gay, on iTunes, and then Tweeted the announcement. Why did he do it so suddenly? Why ... More >>
Music
June 8, 2011
Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music
Uh, thank you Based God? And so it was decreed. Last night around midnight, apropos of pretty much nothing, The Berkeley based rapper/provocateur/phenomenon Lil B released his much-anticipated new album, I'm Gay, on iTunes, and then Tweeted the announcement. Why did he do it so suddenly? Why ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2011
Apple Unveils iCloud, the Best-Seeming Music Locker Service So Far
Meet your new master, the iCloudThis news didn't shake the earth off its axis or anything -- only Anthony Weiner's semiflaccid member could do that -- but the cloud music service Apple unveiled today in San Francisco sounds at least cool and likely useful: The iCloud, as it's called, is a free 5G ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2011
Google to Launch Cloud-Based Music Service Today, Major Labels Not Included
The Google I/O Conference is in S.F. The confab's keynote speech is scheduled for this morning. And Google execs say today's the day that the Internet search giant is planning to unveil its long-awaited cloud-based music service -- without any licensing deals from the major labels. Music Be ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2011
Claim: Limewire's Shutdown Reduced Music Piracy by 7 Percent
The nationally-recognized market research nerds NPD Group just released their latest poll, which suggests the shutdown of the file-sharing application Limewire this past October reduced peer-to-peer-based music piracy in the U.S. by a significant 7 percent. Wait, that many of you were still ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011
Spotify Is Coming to the U.S. Soon -- You Should Be Excited
What Spotify looks likeOver the past few weeks, streaming music startup Spotify has quietly been signing deals with the major U.S. music distributors as it prepares for a U.S. launch. But now that the Swedish firm has locked up EMI and Sony (with Universal in tow), it's also begun to hire people ... More >>
Music
February 23, 2011
Pomplamoose Calls the Tune
No record deal? No CDs? No problem. How Pomplamoose is modifying the music industry.
Blogs
December 15, 2010
mSpot Lets You Stream Your iTunes Library on Your iPhone
via VentureBeatThere are smartphone apps which give you access to millions of streaming songs. But sometimes they don't have those rare recordings that you spent months tracking down. And there are smartphone apps that kinda, sorta let you connect to your home-based server or hard drive. But the ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2010
Official: The Beatles Now on iTunes (Yawn)
So, as expected, Apple's big announcement today is that the Beatles' music is now available on the iTunes store. The band's albums are sold whole (regular albums are $12.99; the double-length White Album is $19.99) or by individual songs, which sell for $1.29. Also for sale now are three "bo ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2010
The Beatles on iTunes: If It Happens, Should We Care?
From one Apple to another?If the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and the New York Times are correct, Apple will announce a deal tomorrow to sell the Beatles' music through the iTunes store. What would such a deal mean? Should we even care? A few thoughts below:- How big a deal is this? If you're St ... More >>
Music
October 27, 2010
Stopping piracy: How ultracheap downloads could save the music industry
From one Apple to another?If the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and the New York Times are correct, Apple will announce a deal tomorrow to sell the Beatles' music through the iTunes store. What would such a deal mean? Should we even care? A few thoughts below:- How big a deal is this? If you're St ... More >>
Blogs
September 1, 2010
The Case for Apple's 'Ping' Social Network
Ping lets Lady Gaga reach out to fansApple CEO Steve Jobs announced today that his company is hopping on the social network bandwagon with a service, called Ping, that will connect music fans, musicians, and their friends and followers. Jobs describes Ping -- which will be available on Apple mobi ... More >>
Blogs
August 26, 2010
Five Features That Would Make iPod iTunes Better For Music Fans
Even if we don't know what will actually happen at Apple's big music announcement next week, we know what we want to happen. The iTunes/iPod combination has long been the standard apparatus for music fans, but as much as we love it, there are things we hate about it, too -- and things we wish it ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2010
Record Labels Suing Everything Good Into Oblivion
MP3Tunes' Michael Robertson: "The music industry is still suing ... anyone they even think is taking their business." "Geeks say greedy record companies hinder innovation" "Copyright licenses cramp our creativity, techies yelp at 'summit'" "NorCal biz dudes: SoCal biz dudes think we're shitting ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2010
Five Shitty Things About Concerts We Need Apps For
Keep those phone chargers handy, people. With a patent application filed last week, Apple let on that it's creating an entire e-ticket system for the iPhone and iTunes. Concertgoers will be able to buy tickets through the iTunes store, store them on anything from an iMac to an iPhone, and scan th ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2010
Bleep.com Offers Best of '09 Tracks For One Day Only
S.F.'s Ghosts on Tape makes Bleep.com's Top 100 of 2009 listIf there's one thing the music world loves to do, it's make lists. Best ofs, worst ofs, personal faves, and what-have-you rundowns catch the public eye and add a little personality to whichever publication puts them together. One such li ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2010
Sketchfest Q&A: Moshe Kasher
Frankie NorstadSF Sketchfest brings together amazing comics in from all over the U.S., but the best news is we also get a couple of locally-grown superstars this weekend at the Punch Line when Brent Weinbach and Moshe Kasher take the stage (Thursday 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2009
eMusic Raises Rates
As of yesterday, eMusic rates went up (the basic package is now $11.99, while the Premium package is now $20.75 monthly), while the number of songs subscribers can download has decreased (from 40 to 30 for Basic; from 75 to 50 for Premium). that basically amounts to less music for more money. The ... More >>
Music
June 10, 2009
The business of selling used MP3s
As of yesterday, eMusic rates went up (the basic package is now $11.99, while the Premium package is now $20.75 monthly), while the number of songs subscribers can download has decreased (from 40 to 30 for Basic; from 75 to 50 for Premium). that basically amounts to less music for more money. The ... More >>
Music
April 1, 2009
CD ripping services put record collections in the 21st century
As of yesterday, eMusic rates went up (the basic package is now $11.99, while the Premium package is now $20.75 monthly), while the number of songs subscribers can download has decreased (from 40 to 30 for Basic; from 75 to 50 for Premium). that basically amounts to less music for more money. The ... More >>
Music
December 31, 2008
Cell phones: the future of music broadcasting
As of yesterday, eMusic rates went up (the basic package is now $11.99, while the Premium package is now $20.75 monthly), while the number of songs subscribers can download has decreased (from 40 to 30 for Basic; from 75 to 50 for Premium). that basically amounts to less music for more money. The ... More >>
Music
September 3, 2008
Pretty cult machines: NIN and Deerhunter
As of yesterday, eMusic rates went up (the basic package is now $11.99, while the Premium package is now $20.75 monthly), while the number of songs subscribers can download has decreased (from 40 to 30 for Basic; from 75 to 50 for Premium). that basically amounts to less music for more money. The ... More >>
Blogs
February 5, 2008
Lyrics Born Releases Digital Single in Feb.
As of yesterday, eMusic rates went up (the basic package is now $11.99, while the Premium package is now $20.75 monthly), while the number of songs subscribers can download has decreased (from 40 to 30 for Basic; from 75 to 50 for Premium). that basically amounts to less music for more money. The ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2008
Flo Rida, Soulja Boy, Britney Spears Among Top Ten Downloads of the Week
As of yesterday, eMusic rates went up (the basic package is now $11.99, while the Premium package is now $20.75 monthly), while the number of songs subscribers can download has decreased (from 40 to 30 for Basic; from 75 to 50 for Premium). that basically amounts to less music for more money. The ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2008
Apple, Cisco, Google, SF Weekly To Attend SanFran MusicTech Summit Feb 25
As of yesterday, eMusic rates went up (the basic package is now $11.99, while the Premium package is now $20.75 monthly), while the number of songs subscribers can download has decreased (from 40 to 30 for Basic; from 75 to 50 for Premium). that basically amounts to less music for more money. The ... More >>
Blogs
October 23, 2007
Complete Led Zeppelin on iTunes, Mudshark Dildo Not Included
As of yesterday, eMusic rates went up (the basic package is now $11.99, while the Premium package is now $20.75 monthly), while the number of songs subscribers can download has decreased (from 40 to 30 for Basic; from 75 to 50 for Premium). that basically amounts to less music for more money. The ... More >>
Blogs
September 5, 2007
Welcome Back to School, Now Stop the Downloading
As of yesterday, eMusic rates went up (the basic package is now $11.99, while the Premium package is now $20.75 monthly), while the number of songs subscribers can download has decreased (from 40 to 30 for Basic; from 75 to 50 for Premium). that basically amounts to less music for more money. The ... More >>
News
June 27, 2007
iPhoney iDol?
SF Weekly iTeam investigates: Atheist best-sellers and Steve Jobsism
Music
June 20, 2007
Giving the Indies a Spin
Small outposts rule online MP3 sales
Blogs
June 13, 2007
Dangermouse and Girl Talk talk Copyright
Small outposts rule online MP3 sales
Music
May 10, 2006
One IODA
Welcome to the dark, scary forest of the digital music business. Here is your flashlight.
Music
March 3, 2004
Polishing the Brass
Judging from last week's Music Law Summit West, the future of the music biz is unclear � but that's not what the RIAA wants you to think
Culture
November 8, 2000
Ransom Notes
Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their "free" music?
Music
May 10, 2000
Riff Raff
Free Lars Ulrich!; New Groove; Sound Off
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