Today’s big announcement comes from Rhapsody, the online music service previously known for its subscription-based streaming music for a monthly fee. Well, turns out people are more interested in owning […]
Paul’s Soapbox is a regular feature of TechConsumer where I sound off on various tech topics/products that I’m interested in (or hate). This is just my $.02, so consider yourself […]
Ars Technica has the scoop on a “new” study which shows how Apple’s iTunes is “widening its lead in the digital music market at the expense of other top brands.” […]
According to Engadget, the European Commission has just announced plans for a unified music license to be used across all member countries. The hope is to boost demand for online […]
Within the last week, the recording industry has sued 754 file-swappers accused of illegally sharing music. The industry has filed over 14,000 lawsuits like this since September 2003. All the […]
Actually I’d prefer less. Those who have read this blog for any period of time probably know two things about me. 1) I write books. Those books are published by […]
Downloading music can be an inexpensive alternative to buying physical CDs. In the past few years, more and more lawsuits have been popping up involving the music industry against free […]
Fair Isaac Corp. of Minneapolis is a “fraud-detection specialist” which has released a study showing that Internet advertising put out by “online marketing vehicles” is subject to deceptive clicks that […]
One of the first articles I ever wrote for Computers.net was back in 2005, and it was called Music Downloads Explained: Musicmatch, iTunes, or Napster? Since then, it’s been getting […]
Apple today is introducing a new offering at its iTunes store. Called “Complete My Album,” the new service allows you to purchase the remaining songs of an album at a […]
