June 23, 2014
Musicians Took To The Streets in NYC This Past Weekend to Protest YouTube / Google
YouTube’s DMCA Abuse and Indie Lables: How Google is Blowing It For the Honest People | MTP
YouTube’s Ultimatum and The Economic Survival Of Musicians – hypebot
Seriously, What if Music Streaming Doesn’t Work Out? | RebelMouse
YouTube Still Using its Monopoly to Profit from Crime and Shaking Down Indies | MTP
Slacktivist Fan Entitlement Is Slowly Killing Punk | The Runout
How YouTube’s Subscription Service Terms Will Hurt Indie Labels | Billboard
YouTube music service: Google is threatening indie artists who don’t agree | Salon
Google’s About to Ruin YouTube by Squeezing Indie Labels | Gizmodo
YouTube to block indie labels who don’t sign up to new music service | The Guardian UK
Transparency in digital music:There’s a lot of work to be done | Music Ally
Study: Digital piracy linked to Internet addiction, ‘deviant’ friends| Washington Post
2.5 Million P2P Users Worldwide Illegally Shared The Top 60 Video Game Titles | Digital Journal
A Musician’s Take on a Tough Economy | Bill Moyers
June 16, 2014
Congress moves against ad-supported piracy | The Hill
“Successful” Licensing Models and the Opt Out: Music Licensing Study Comments | MTP
Credit Check: Serial “Bad Actors” Should Lose Access To Compulsory Licenses. | Trichordist
End internet piracy and bring Google to heel | Sydney Morning Herald
Artists Will Receive Nothing from the $3 Billion Beats Acquisition, Sources Say… | DMN
Musicians fear they’ll take a beating – Winnipeg Free Press
P2P Is Still Bigger Than Spotify, Soundcloud, Twitter, Instagram & Pandora… | DMN
Swimming Against the Stream: Musicians Fight for Their Worth in the Internet Era | SF Weekly
Changes to UK copyright law come into action | Business-Cloud.com
Privacy Trumps Piracy: Google’s Double Standard | Gotham Media
If Google can get rid of personal data, why can’t it purge the pirates? | The Guardian UK
Brandis and Turnbull working on joint piracy crackdown policy | ZDNet
Songwriters Are Losing $2.3 Billion A Year Due To Outdated Government Regulations | BuzzFeed
Jaron Lanier on Internet and middle class: “We have screwed things up”
June 9, 2014
Billy Bragg and other indie musicians blast YouTube rates | BBC
Van Dyke Parks on How Songwriters Are Getting Screwed in the Digital Age | The Daily Beast
T Bone Burnett’s plea: The piper must be paid | The LA Times
Beastie Boys Win $1.7 Million in Monster Energy Copyright Lawsuit | Rolling Stone
‘If YouTube’s bullying does not stop, the implications are very serious indeed’ | Music Week
The Justice Department will review 73-year-old music royalties rules | The Verge
Pandora Stock Falls On News Of Dept. Of Justice Review, Slowing Growth | HypeBot
Music Piracy Is and Should Remain Illegal | NoisePorn
File sharing is alive and well, to the tune of 300 million users a month | GigaOM
Consumers Received 1.3 Million Copyright Alerts¹ in 2013 as Part of Anti-Piracy Initiative | Variety
Pirate Bay founder arrested after two years on the run | The Guardian UK
BREAKING: Amazon Caves To Independent Publishers | DMN
May 27, 2014
19 Indie Label Organizations Speak Out Against YouTubeŠ | Digital Music News
Google, Advertising, Money and Piracy. A History of Wrongdoing Exposed. | Trichordist
U2 manager: ‘Google is the greatest theft enabler on the internet’ | Music Week
YouTube subscription music licensing strikes wrong notes with indie labels | The Guardian UK
Google¹s plea against web censorship rings hollow | Vox Indie
Report links Google, Yahoo to Internet piracy sites | LA Times
Independent Labels Publicly Call For Fair Treatment From YouTube | A2IM
Martin Mills says safe harbour laws being Œabused¹ by YouTube and Grooveshark | Music Ally
Google Slammed by Mississippi Attorney General for ³Inaction² on Piracy | Variety
What YouTube Really PaysŠ Makes Spotify Look Good! | Trichordist
May 12, 2014
David Pakman is Wrong on The Price Of Music (and streaming subscriptions) | Trichordist
Rep. Marsha Blackburn pushes radio to pay artist, label royalties | The Tennessean
Biden Slams Online Piracy: ‘What the Hell?’ | National Journal
Assailing Copyright Isn’t Conservative (A Response to Derek Khanna)| National Review Online
More Ad Dollars Flow to Pirated Video | WJS
Seller Beware: How Amazon’s New Streaming Service Plans to Screw Music Publishing | SonicBids
Music industry turning up D.C. volume in copyright war | Politico
Music industry revenue in 2013 stayed flat at $7 billion, RIAA says | LA Times
Pandora The Company Most Likely to Collapse in 2014 | The Street
Rap Genius Signs a Deal With the National Music Publishers’ Association… | DMN
Deal to combat piracy in UK imminent | BBC
Federal Government Looks Toward Major Crackdown On Online Piracy in Australia | TechFeeds
84% of Content Consumed in Spain is Pirated | Billboard
May 5, 2014
Music industry stifled by old law | TheHill
The Difference Between a Pandora Executive and a Pandora Artist… | DMN
A Response to Steve Albini About The Internet and Musicians by UNSOUND Film Director | Trichordist
Net neutrality advocates need to get their facts straight – Economics – AEI
Kobalt Launches Their Own YouTube Detection Technology… | DMN
Merlin on YouTube music payouts: ‘Their figures are by far the worst’ | Music Ally
Streaming Price Index : Now with YouTube pay rates! #SXSW | The Trichordist
David Byrne: Breaking Up with the Internet | Creative Time Reports
Judge Jules becomes anti-piracy ambassador | Music Week
John Hane: Aereo’s TV Internet Broadcasts Are a Simple Case of Piracy – WSJ.com
‘Wicked’ Composer Stephen Schwartz Joins Fight Against Sheet Music Piracy | Billboard
Musicians struggle from streaming | The Crimson White
April 28, 2014
U.S. Chamber of Commerce names David Lowery a Global Intellectual Property Champion | UGA
Thievery Corporation Closes Their Label Because of StreamingŠ | DMN
Google¹s plea against web censorship rings hollow | Vox Indie
SCOTUS v. the Internet: How the Supreme Court could change TV and streaming video forever | Salon
Net Neutrality Finally Dies at Ripe Old Age of 45 | Mother Jones
After $20,000 Is Raised, Spotify Rips Down the ŒSleepify¹ AlbumŠ | DMN
Blake Morgan Respects the Music | LivewellsLatest
Band Responds in the Worst Way Possible After Stealing Photographer¹s Work | Petapixel
YouTube starts advertising creators with TV ads, billboards and print campaigns | MusicAlly
April 21, 2014
After 4,175,149 Plays, Pandora Pays Bette Midler $144.21 | DMN
Meet The New Boss, Worse Than The Old Boss? 2 Years Later | The Trichordist
Researchers Claim That Releasing YouTube Music Videos Reduces Album Sales | Hypebot
Record Labels Sue Pandora Over Pre-1972 Recordings | Billboard
11 numbers that show how prolific illegal downloading is right now | Global Post
Google Transparency Report DMCA Claims | Google
Growing Consensus in Washington on Need for Modernizing Music Licensing | ASCAP
Download Sales Are Already Down 13.3 Percent In 2014Š | DMN
Kim Dotcom and Megaupload sued for copyright infringement by music labels | The Guardian
High Definition iTunes Music Downloads May Be on the Horizon | MacRumors
Prince re-signs deal with Warner Bros. Records after 18 year split | The Guardian
[If DIY/Indie internet empowerment doesn’t work for Prince, who does it work for?]
April 7, 2014
‘Grammys’ event strikes Hill chord | Politico
Pelosi, Hoyer and McCarthy jam at GRAMMYs on the Hill | The Hill
All Aboard the Music Bus : Commentary | Roll Call
Online Piracy Finally In the Crosshairs | William Buckley Jr. HuffPo
After 4,175,149 Plays, Pandora Pays Bette Midler $144.21 | Digital Music News
I¹m a Grammy Nominated Artist. Want to See My Royalty Statements? | Digital Music News
Dean Wareham: ³You can get attention. You just can¹t sell music² | Salon
David Byrne speaks out again on artists¹ survival in the streaming music era | MusicAlly
Nobody should be surprised that Spotify is already planning its IPO | MusicAlly
Exclusive: ŒYouTube Music¹ Is Launching This SummerŠ | Digital Music News
YouTube subscription music launch nears, but will terms be a sticking point? | MusicAlly
March 17, 2014
Maria Schneider on Copyright at the Congressional Hearing on the DMCA March 13, 2014
McCaul speaks on music¹s role in diplomacy At SXSW with Daryl Friedman | The Statesman
Victims of IP theft need better protection By Reps. Judy Chu and Tom Marino | The Hill
House panel wants to fix online piracy ‘Whac-A-Mole’ | The Hill
Goodlatte and Schiff and the Elephant in the Room | Music Tech Policy
Slate’s Anti Copyright rant sounds like a letter from your psycho ex. | ADLAND
I Created Sons of Anarchy. Here’s Why I Hate Google’s Stance on Copyright. | Slate
Google’s Testimony on Notice & Takedown: A Fact Check | RIAA
March 10, 2014
Google Receives Its 100 Millionth Piracy Notice. Nothing ChangesŠ
Is this really what Congress had in mind when it created the DMCA?
The DMCA is not an Alibi: The Googlization of Art and Artists
How DMCA Abuse Hurts Content Creators
Copyright Erosion: How DMCA Misuse Became A Multimillion Dollar Shakedown and Income Transfer
Is it Time to Repair the DMCA?
The Failure of the DMCA Notice and Takedown System
March 3, 2014
The Songwriter Equity Act | ASCAP
We¹re being screwed by Spotify! David Byrne, R.E.M.¹s Mike Mills and Cake¹s John McCrea on the fight for artists¹ rights | Salon
MTP Interview with Blake Morgan on the First 30 Days of #irespectmusic | MTP
I¹m a Successful Indie Artist. And This Is What Streaming Services Are Paying MeŠ | DMN
Musicians Sing for a Cause That¹s Their Own | The New York Times
It¹s time to end compulsory licensing for digital music | Techliberation
Aereo infringes says international associations and copyright scholars to SCOTUS | Barry Sookman
Spotify and Ministry of Sound agree to end legal action | BBC
Court Says YouTube Cannot Publicly Blame GEMA for Blocked VideosŠ | DMN
February 24, 2014
Gloria Steinem & Pearl Jam Support IRESPECTMUSIC.ORG | Facebook
Over 50 Major Brands Funding Music Piracy, It¹s Big Business! | Trichordist
More proof that online piracy is profitable (for pirates) | Vox Indie
Digital albums overtake CDs in the US, but iTunes music revenues down | Music Ally
Spotify seeks to hire U.S. filings expert as bankers eye IPO | Reuters
Streaming Services Will Never Become Profitable, Study Finds… | Digital Music News
Streaming State-of-Play Update:Trichordist Data Comparison | The Cynical Musician
Camper Van Beethoven’s 2013 Net Profit Was $645 Million Dollars Higher Than Twitter.
Eyesight for the Willfully Blind, Part 1: YouTube, Jailbait and Bangin¹ Up the Femoral Vein | Music
Homegrown Music: The Challenges Of Running A Record Label in D.C. | Music Download
February 17, 2014
New Report Says How Much Advertising Is Going to Piracy Sites | Adweek
Pandora Suit May Upend Century-Old Royalty Plan | NY Times
Is The Piracy Threat Really Decreasing? | The Trichordist
Rip It, Burn it, Steal It | Crime Inc CNBC [VIDEO]
The Tyranny of Legality | The Cynical Musician
7 royalty cheques that¹ll make you lose your faith in the music industry | AUX
How You¹re Murdering the Music Industry. | unEARTH Music Hub
I Respect Music Pass it on YouTube Video!
#irespectmusic
February 10, 2014
NARAS LA Chapter | GRAMMYs on The Hill Town Hall Meeting
SIGN THE PETITION: Tell Congress to Support Artists’ Pay for Radio Play.
Steven Tyler, Britney Spears voice copyright concerns
Music Ally¹s Midem Recap: The Music Industry¹s YouTube Problem
The 13 Most Artist-Unfriendly Companies In the WorldŠ
A Pirate Asks a Google Executive, ŒWhy Is It So Easy to Steal Music from You?¹
Jean Michel Jarre: ‘Artists are the collateral damage of the tech giants’
Music Thievery Laid Bare : When Pirates Rip Off Working Class Artists : Guest Post by David Cloyd
Google pretends to care about human rights
Architecture Astronauts and the New Music Business
February 3, 2014
“I Respect Music” Campaign, over 7,000 Signatures with Support from David Byrne, Patrick Stewart and More.
Twitter Hastag #irespectmusic
David Byrne : Performance Royalties on Commercial Radio
Best Music Tour Of The Year ‹ No Roadies Required
Ninja Tune Puts This Warning Sticker On All New ReleasesŠ
U2 Manager Paul McGuinness Receives Billboard’s Industry Icon Award at Midem
³Annotated² Lyric Sites Are Not ³Fair Users² of Others¹ Music. Guest Post By Thomas D. Sydnor II
Bring Out Your Dead: Goldieblox Gets Superbowl After Ripping Off Dead Guys and Marketing by Lawsuit
Preliminary questions in Aereo: What is ³to the public²?
January 27, 2014
irespectmusic.org and #irespectmusic hashtag
Burt Bacharach Urges Policymakers to #StandWithSongwriters
28.5 Million Tune In for 56th Annual Grammy Awards, Second-Highest in Over Two Decade
Lady Gaga and Others Help Raise $5.5m For MusiCares Honoring Carole King | Variety
Download Sales Off to Terrible Start in 2014 | Billboard
Music Canada: Block Websites That Pirate Music, Crack Down On Google
Yes, Piracy Does Cause Economic Harm
What the heck is ³net neutrality² anyhow? Back To Basics | TPD
For State Attorneys General, the Human Trafficking Investigations Should Start at YouTube
BONUS LINK: ACTIONABLE ADVOCACY, ENGAGE! Patrick Stewart Supports #irespectmusic
January 21, 2014
Famed Musician/Producer Michael Beinhorn Added to NAMM Artists Rights Panel Thu 1/23 3pm
Don Henley talks about Google Vs. Musicians | LA Times
Google Receives Its 100 Millionth Piracy Notice. Nothing Changes… | DMN
How Google (Doesn¹t) Fight Piracy | Vox Indie
David Lowery Talks Artists Rights | The BBC
Launches “I Respect Music . Org” Launches
Gene Simmons Speaks Out Once Again About Music Piracy | Slyck
FCC Shelves Pandora’s Bid For South Dakota Radio Station | Billboard
The Hubris Behind Google’s Demotion of Rap Genius (Guest Post) | Billboard
91 Percent of All Artists Are Completely UndiscoveredŠ | DMN
Radio’s Answer to Spotify? Less Variety | WSJ
January 13, 2014
Why Music Matters
http://www.youtube.com/user/whymusicmatters
UNSOUND : Zoe Keating Interview : Part 1 (Grammy’s On The Hill Alumn) [VIDEO]
NAMM 2014 – Copyright, the Internet and You – Panel (Thu Jan 23, 3pm)
Top MPAA Lawyer on Google’s Failures, Suing Kim Dotcom and Obama After SOPA (Q&A)
Supreme Court to hear broadcasters’ case against Aereo
Italy approves measure to clamp down harder on piracy
Arts, Entertainment, and Culture Add Tremendous Value to National Economy [VIDEO]
Google, Advertising, Money and Piracy. A History of Wrongdoing Exposed
After Abandoning IRFA, Will Pandora Join the Fight Against Brand Sponsored Piracy?
January 6, 2014
The Recording Academy® To Host Register Of Copyrights For Creator Roundtables – Yahoo
Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom Profiled on 60 Minutes | CBS News
Spotify, YouTube, Streaming Services Are Killing Digital Downloads | TIME.com
The case against Kim Dotcom, finally revealed | Ars Technica
Graham Henderson: ³Of what is and is not brokenŠ² | Music Canada
Digital Music Sales Decrease For First Time in 2013 | Billboard
Pandora loses BMI court battle over music licensing | Circa
How A Fabricated Story About Iron Maiden¹s Love Of Music Pirates Became Internet Truth | Tech Crunch
UGA Undesirable Lyric Website Project | UGA
December 16, 2013
Defining and Demanding a Musician¹s Fair Shake in the Internet Age | NY Times
Deutch Doesn¹t Play When It Comes to Piano | Heard On The Hill
Google Slammed by Attorney General for ³Inaction² on Piracy | Variety
Beastie Boys Sue GoldieBlox For Acting With “Oppression, Fraud, And Malice” | Gothamist
Beasties Countersue GoldieBloxGoldieBlox brings in Google Books Lawyer | Trichordist
The MPAA Sent Out 25 Million DMCA Notices in Six Months, only 8 Contested | Softpedia
Betting On A Washington Underdog | Grammy.com
Report links Google, Yahoo to Internet piracy sites | LA Times
Why is Ad Tech Still Funding Piracy? | Digiday
December 9, 2013
French court orders search firms to block pirate sites | BBC
Police crackdown on pirate site ads | BBC
Internet firms ordered to block file-share sites – Independent.ie
What Does Hotfile’s Closure Mean to You? | Plagiarism Today
Rap Genius Says It Will Seek Licenses for Lyrics | NYT
Aimee Mann Wins First Round of Digital Music Lawsuit | Billboard
16 Artists That Are Now Speaking Out Against Streaming, Piracy, Etc | DMN
David Lowery: Silicon Valley must be stopped, or creativity will be destroyed | SALON
