I wrote an article about living without the music industry a month ago. In this article I added some good sites that offered free musik downloads. Lots of people replied to this article and added more sites that they used to get free music. Free, meaning free of charges and free to download without breaking the law.
Entertainment industry trying to hijack data retention directive
I know, its a rather long title but it contains important information for everyone living in the European Union. A parliamentary committee decided to approve a plan to force communication providers (like your ISP) to retain customer data for up to one year. This plan will be voted on soon by the European Council.
Copy-protected CDs turning music fans off record buying
Well this is no big news to the internet community. We, more than everyone else, are keen on using new media devices and like to be among the first when it comes to technology in general. A survey among canadian music retailers now found out what we actually now for a very long time: Copy protection is bad for business. Customers are more frequently than before returning cds which they could not play in their personal computer or copy to their mobile player. Retailers also observe that customers tend to put cds down when they spot the copy protected logo.
