Tag Archives: Internet

The trailer to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film was leaked by a fan site: Industrious, Internet-enabled Harry Potter fans managed to get a sneak preview of a sneak preview of the trailer for the latest movie in the Potter series Wednesday evening. The trailer for the third …

With exactly one year to go, the presidential race of 2004 has officially begun. Of course they’ve really been at it for some time. Check out this fascinating site, Fundrace 2004, that complies data on just that. There are candidate rankings based upon grass-roots money raising (Dean leads), repeat giving …

The importance of this story is what it says about “copy-protection” – there’s no such thing: The world’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia said on Wednesday hackers have cracked the copy-protection codes for its newly launched N-Gage gaming device, allowing copied games to be downloaded over the Web. The setback …

Hey Tom, you just got a new bass guitar. How about free lessons from the best teachers in the world? Check this out: BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC LAUNCHES “BERKLEE SHARES”: A GROUNDBREAKING NEW PROGRAM OFFERING FREE MUSIC EDUCATION ONLINE World-Renowned Music College Encourages People to Share Music Lessons via File …

The Barenaked Ladies have a new album out that Mark Saleski does his usual fine job of reviewing here. The Ladies are also on tour in support of the album and are blogging about it here: Mon November 3 ’03 – Notes from the field. submitted by Ed My day …

Though there is no THE ANSWER yet, I am much encouraged by the range of projects trying to become AN ANSWER to the standoff between file sharing and the economic rights of copyright holders. Though this new U.K. ISP project is an elegant solution, the major labels have to sign …

Wal-Mart doesn’t want to lose its clout in the “music software” arena. It seems to me they have the kind of leverage that could really drive the price of a digital song down, or maybe they don’t really care: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer and the top seller …

There is good and bad about the Penn State-Napster deal: good that someone worked out a blanket deal with a provider of digital music, bad that there so many restrictions on usage, and especially the $.99 per-song price to keep permanently or to burn to CD. This will not solve …

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Creem to crush trees once again: When Creem relaunches on newsstands next year, the rock magazine hopes to bring back the sarcastic wit and intelligent, observant voice that Creem CEO/publisher Robert Matheu says has been lost in much of today’s national consumer music magazines. In an exclusive interview with Billboard.com, …