As you probably know by now, the entertainment industry is still busy trying to sue The Pirate Bay out of existence. If they get what they want and The Pirate Bay closes down, their big piracy problem will not suddenly melt away. It may in fact continue to flourish, with or without The Pirate Bay.
The Band Nine Inch Nails really seems to understand where the music industry is headed. They recently released their new album called "Ghosts" on Torrent sites as a free download. NIN isn't contracted to any specific record label, so they have the freedom to decide how they are going to spread their music.
Considering the amount of money the music industry pours into trying to stop people from downloading music from file sharing networks, I think it's fair to say that they believe their efforts will help increase the sales of CDs.
“But everybody is doing it” appears to be one of the popular excuses that children are using in Europe and elsewhere when asked why they are illegally downloading music and movies, according to a recent study. And when they say “everybody,” often times they mean their parents too.
A few weeks ago, it was silent for a day in the land of Internet Radio when thousands of webcasters went silent to protest the outrageous rates that were set to be imposed on July 15th. Up until late last night, no deal had been made. With July 15th just two days away, everybody was left to assume that Internet Radio wouldn’t be around come Sunday.
The RIAA is in the news again, but this time instead of a victim paying out money to the recording labels, the RIAA was forced to pay out 50,000 in legal fees.
