Monthly Archives: April 2010

One More Way the Web is Changing Music

It is almost impossible to count the ways the music industry has changed in the internet age.  We find artists differently, we purchase music differently, and we definitely consume music differently. One of the lesser noticed effects of the web … Continue reading

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Department of Justice Fight for Intellectual Property Rights

Early this week the Department of Justice added fifteen new Assistant U.S. Attorneys and twenty FBI Special Agents to the Justice’s intellectual property protection task force.  The increased manpower will allow the task force to expand it’s ability to respond … Continue reading

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Greece Cracking Down on Piracy

Recently a Greek police force arrested 11 people in connection with the popular file sharing site gamato.info.gr for violating intellectual property laws.  Gamato.info.gr had 850,000 registered members and millions of visitors. In the month following those arrests, at least 11 … Continue reading

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Do You Want Your Tweets Archived?

Last week the U.S. Library of Congress announced that it is acquiring the entire archive of Twitter messages (or tweets) through March 2006.  The data could be used for historical records or discovering patterns of social interaction. My question is:  … Continue reading

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Indie Labels to March on Washington

As part of The Recording Academy’s “Grammys On The Hill” event, The American Association of Independent Music will be sending a delegation to Capitol Hill this week as advocates for several issues critical to the independent music community. Among the … Continue reading

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The Business of Music

Jacob Detering recently posted a great blog on how much an artist should focus on the business side of things as opposed to putting all of their energy into the creative side. In the article, he argues that success will … Continue reading

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Join Us at the FCPUG Supermeet in Vegas

RoyaltyFreeMusicLibrary.com will be sponsoring the Final Cut Pro Users Group Supermeet in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 13th at the Rio Hotel.  The Supermeet runs from 4pm to 11pm.  If you’re in Vegas for the NAB Show, come by and … Continue reading

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