Get your salt shakers out because we have another edition of “he said/she said” brewing. You may recall an article we touched on briefly this past Friday in regards to some shady rules and fees attached to the new iTunes LP format. The whole controversy started last week when Brian McKinney, owner of “Chocolate Labs”, an indie music label, posted on his blog about this very topic. Among his chief complaints were a claimed $10,000 publishing fee...

How about another chuckle on behalf of the entertainment industry and all things nerdy? The sign above is extremely clever and no doubt will turn a few heads/drum up talk about the theater. While torrents may cause some to not go to the theater since they already have the title that they would have gone to go see, I don’t see them being the main cause behind the closing of cinemas across the world. The real reason? Cinema’s aren’t giving people a...

Because we all need another reason to hate music groups/labels, a developing story that makes me shake my head in utter disbelief because of the outright stupidity being shown by the ASCAP and BMI. These two fine, shining examples of how not to do business is highlighted with their latest scheme to get more money than they deserve. Specifically, these two groups are arguing that digital samples of tracks, such as the infamous 30-second preview on iTunes as well as any...

Count me thoroughly impressed and disgusted by the actions that music labels and bass akwards governments will go to in the hope of preventing piracy innovation. If you thought certain “3-strikes” plans that kicked suspected, not convicted file sharers off the internet were bad enough, a new friendship forming in Japan may signal an even more daring assault on consumers’ rights. According to a report revealed by Elmundo, the Japanese government and one...

While the war against illegal downloads rages on between consumers and the organizations suing the pants off of everyone, one can easily see that this “war” will never end. It is and always will be a constant cat and mouse game. Many consumers however opt to avoid confrontations and instead go the legal route by paying for their digital downloads through the online media store of their choice. However, if you work for the U.S. government, prepare to sing a...