The RIAA is going after the radio industry. Sounds to me like one dying industry attacking another dying industry.  I think the radio guys are going to win this one.  The recording industry is on it's last leg but the radio industry, while aged, is like your spry old uncle who still likes to jog a few miles every day. 

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AC/DC has just signed a deal to distribute their next album exclusively through Wal-Mart.  I'm not sure what this says about the industry, but I'm sure it has something to do with lowest common denominator, slippery slopes and mediocrity.  Weigh in with your thoughts to help clear mine.

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I found an interesting article about the economics of music.  I've always heard that many musicians depend on tours to make money but this is the first one I have seen that backs it up with numbers. Read the story here.

How about with you independent folks.  Is the Holy Grail of album sales worth fighting for?  Would you be better off finding more venues to play in?  Leave us a comment and let's get the discussion started

Despite an agreement last year on internet radio royalties, many small internet radio stations have quit broadcasting.  Now even the biggies are threatened.  Pandora says they are on the bubble.
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But before you do, let's start a discussion on internet radio.  Do you use it?  If so, how often?  Personally I love Pandora.  It's music suggestions are usually right on.

One of the RIAA's recent strategies is to claim that just keeping music in a share folder is illegal, whether it has been shared or not.  A judge in Arizona sees it another way.

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The number of notices going out to college students from the gestapo  RIAA has increased recently.  File sharers beware.

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Trent Reznor of NIN is giving away 9 of their new tunes.  If you want more you have to pay.

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A blogger has put forward one of the most accurate visions of the future that I have seen in sometime. 
He says giving away music will be how money is made in the future.  His arguments are articulate and convincing.

Tell us what you think of his ideas in our comments section.


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The RIAA says you can't rip your CDs.  That's right.  CD's you own are not supposed to be on your hard drive according to the recording industry thugs. Will you take yours off your hard drive?

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Digital Rights Management, that nasty bit of coding in an audio file that limits where and how you can play and copy the file may be on it's last legs.  Amazon and Wal-Mart have come out against it. What else can the big 4 do but drop it?

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