Grab the coffee!
Happy Holidays, it’s been a slow week at The Trichordist following the ongoing IRFA and RSC meltdowns…
FROM AROUND THE WEB:
Background Briefing with Ian Masters:
* Is the Door Closing for Musicians in Digital Age?
AdLand:
* Selling the Canadian government and wives on the same networks : demand accountability now
* Let the social media Cola Wars begin
* Istagram pulls twitter integration, need to puff their own site stats to ‘monetize’ and keep investors happy
Paid Content:
* If you want to hurt pirates, target their ad money says rockstar
Seeking Alpha:
* Pandora, The Underpants Gnomes, And Sirius XM
Vox Indie:
* (Another) Misleading Study (Sort of) Claiming Piracy is Good for the Movie Biz…
* Google Search #FAIL Means More $$$ for Them
Copyhype:
* Does Copyright Involve Scarcity?
Ethical Fan:
* Torrent Freak: US BitTorrent Traffic Grows 40% from 2011 (Sandvine)
Torrent Freak:
* NZBMatrix Shuts Down Citing Piracy Troubles
* Record Labels go to High Court to Force More ISPs to Block Pirate Bay
* Pirate Bay Proxy Loses Domain Name to Anti-Piracy Boss
Digital Music News:
* US Album Sales Down Just 4% On the Year…
* iTunes 11: Be Very Afraid, Spotify…
* Major Labels: We Spend Up to $1.4 Million Developing a New Artist…
The Illusion of More :
* The Opaqueness of Transparency
* Why isn’t the Internet breaking?
* Google Protects IP (its own)
The Washington Post:
* Justice Department meets with firms seeking Google antitrust probe
Business Insider:
* Google Is One Vote Away From Being Slammed With A Massive Anti-Trust Suit By The FTC
