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Recording Industry Association of America

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    The RIAA Responds Lamely to Claims of Piracy Advocates

    ​TorrentFreak, a news site that basically supports illicit downloading, last week used a half-assed ISP-lookup service to conclude that employees of both the Recording Industry Association of America and the Department of Homeland Security had downloaded illicit copies of various copyrighted works ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    The Recording Industry Makes Itself Look Stupid Yet Again While Battling Piracy

    ​Over at Dan Mitchell's Digital Tremors column on our news blog, the Snitch, there's an interesting debate brewing over the recording industry's response to some piracy advocates' claims that its employees downloaded music and other files illegally. Mitchell's take is that while disputing thes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Google, Facebook, Others Fight Legislation to Stop Online Content Piracy

    ​A veritable who's who of major tech firms in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley are fighting federal legislation aimed at putting a stop to theft of original content online.The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would allow content creators to seek court orders barring internet service providers, se ... More >>

  • Music

    January 5, 2011

    A Postcard from the Future

    Or, how 2011 was the year everything changed in music.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Broadcasters and the RIAA Want to Force FM Radio into Smartphones

    ​In today's news from Planet Too Dumb To Exist, Ars Technica and others are reporting that the broadcast radio industry and the Recording Industry Association of America are working on proposed national legislation that would, among other things, require that all portable electronics like smartpho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Judge (Sort of) Realizes Absurdity in Slapping Music-Sharing Students with Huge Fines

    Francesco Marino / FreeDigitalPhotos.net​Strike one up for common sense -- and another one down for the Recording Industry Association of America.Earlier today, a federal judge cut the penalty against convicted music file-sharer Joel Tenenbaum by a factor of 10 -- from $675,000 to $67,500 -- after ... More >>

  • Music

    September 2, 2009

    Local tech companies remove the music middleman

    Francesco Marino / FreeDigitalPhotos.net​Strike one up for common sense -- and another one down for the Recording Industry Association of America.Earlier today, a federal judge cut the penalty against convicted music file-sharer Joel Tenenbaum by a factor of 10 -- from $675,000 to $67,500 -- after ... More >>

  • Music

    July 29, 2009

    Microcaster DJs get screwed under new licensing fees

    Francesco Marino / FreeDigitalPhotos.net​Strike one up for common sense -- and another one down for the Recording Industry Association of America.Earlier today, a federal judge cut the penalty against convicted music file-sharer Joel Tenenbaum by a factor of 10 -- from $675,000 to $67,500 -- after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2008

    RIAA attempts to shake $3000 from UCSC student

    Francesco Marino / FreeDigitalPhotos.net​Strike one up for common sense -- and another one down for the Recording Industry Association of America.Earlier today, a federal judge cut the penalty against convicted music file-sharer Joel Tenenbaum by a factor of 10 -- from $675,000 to $67,500 -- after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2007

    Net Radio Royalty EXTRA -- UPDATES: David Byrne, Cover feature

    Francesco Marino / FreeDigitalPhotos.net​Strike one up for common sense -- and another one down for the Recording Industry Association of America.Earlier today, a federal judge cut the penalty against convicted music file-sharer Joel Tenenbaum by a factor of 10 -- from $675,000 to $67,500 -- after ... More >>

  • News

    June 27, 2007

    Dark Payola Emerges

    “Direct licensing” is the new threat to Webcasting´s meritocracy of music

  • News

    June 27, 2007

    The Day the Music Dies

    Internet radio stations like SomaFM have launched bands and influenced what mainstream DJs play. On July 15, they could be gone forever

  • Music

    February 14, 2007

    Mixtape Shmixtape

    Wherein we review Yay Area mixes of the day

  • Music

    October 25, 2006

    Owen Maigret's Conquering Label

    S.F. export digging for reggaeton gold in Panama

  • Music

    February 15, 2006

    Music News

    Important stories about important shit. This week: Train workers in a wreck over latest from Train.

  • News

    February 9, 2005

    Still They Ride

    A newly minted star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame offers an occasion to look back on the career of Journey. That's right, Journey.

  • 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

  • News

    November 5, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of November 5, 2003

  • Music

    September 17, 2003

    Raw Sue-age

    Let us not squander the gift of mass lawsuits against average Joes: Fuck the RIAA!

  • Music

    January 29, 2003

    Download or Die

    The RIAA's war on the consumer

  • Music

    July 10, 2002

    All quiet on the Webcaster front

    Congress and the music industry fight over Internet radio

  • Music

    December 19, 2001

    Paying through the nose -- and the ears

    Noncommercial radio versus the capitalist urge

  • Culture

    November 8, 2000

    Ransom Notes

    Can one man convince millions of people to pay for their "free" music?

  • Music

    May 3, 2000

    Dead Set on Deconstruction

    On what may or may not be its farewell tour, Negativland makes the most of an age of uncertainty

  • Music

    April 28, 1999

    Music.competition

    With MP3s under attack and major labels designing new standards, three Bay Area firms try to corner the market on online music

  • Music

    March 10, 1999

    Riff Raff

    With MP3s under attack and major labels designing new standards, three Bay Area firms try to corner the market on online music

  • Music

    April 1, 1998

    Riff Raff

    With MP3s under attack and major labels designing new standards, three Bay Area firms try to corner the market on online music

  • Music

    January 31, 1996

    The Men of la Mantra

    San Francisco's OM Records foretells the future of enhanced CDs

  • Music

    June 21, 1995

    Samples

    San Francisco's OM Records foretells the future of enhanced CDs

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