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  | doubleTwist?s iTunes Alternative (That Works With Android) Adds Podcast Support Found at 3/10/2010 via techcrunch.com
Over the last six months, doubleTwist , the iTunes alternative that lets you manage your music, videos, and photos, has really been stepping up its game. In October the company integrated an Amazon-powered MP3 store, allowing users to download and sync their music directly with any of hundreds of compatible devices, much as they would with the iTunes/iPod combo. And today it's adding a new ... More...
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| Drivers distracted by more than cell phones Found at 3/4/2010 via www.thejambar.com
Most people associate distracted driving with cell phones, although one can become distracted by any activity performed while driving such as changing the radio station, selecting a song from your MP3 player or eating. More...
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| Downloaded songs could cost S.A. woman $40,000 Found at 3/4/2010 via www.mysanantonio.com
A federal appeals court has ruled a 22-year-old must pay a total of $27,750 to five music companies for 37 copyrighted songs she accessed through Kazaa and similar sites when she was a teen. More...
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| Dancing tot prevails over UMG in YouTube fair use case Found at 3/1/2010 via arstechnica.com
The mother of a dancing toddler is dancing after winning a closely watched copyright case. US District Judge Jeremy Fogel granted partial summary judgment to Stephanie Lenz last week in her battle against Universal Music Group, putting a halt to Universal's attempts to paint Lenz as having "bad faith" and "unclean hands" in her lawsuit. As a result, the doors have been opened for Lenz to collect ... More...
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| Digital Music Forum: Sony Music chief foresees the endgame for CDs Found at 2/28/2010 via www.betanews.com
Over the next three to five years, a lot more people will be giving up their collections of music CDs in favor of music subscriptions and downloads to smartphones, according to speakers at this week's Digital Music Forum in New York City. More...
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| Does it Work: Bheestie Bag, Tonight at 10. Found at 2/18/2010 via www.wreg.com
A second chance for a wet phone or mp3 player? More...
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| Daniel Ek profile: 'Spotify will be worth tens of billions' Found at 2/17/2010 via www.telegraph.co.uk
Spotify's founder Daniel Ek explains why solving the piracy problem puts his company in pole position for a share the 'soon-to-be $50bn' music industry . More...
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| Dumb Labels, Laws (Not Google) To Blame for Music Blog Deletions Found at 2/13/2010 via feeds.wired.com
A rash of music blog deletions on Google's Blogger and Blogspot platforms drew the ire of music fans and bloggers this week, but Google had no choice by law but to delete them. The fault lies mainly with clumsy techniques used by the labels' representatives to detect infringement and laws that haven't kept up with reality. More...
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| Dumb Labels, Laws (Not Google) To Blame for Music Blog Deletions Found at 2/12/2010 via www.wired.com
A rash of music blog deletions on Google's Blogger and Blogspot platforms drew the ire of music fans and bloggers this week, but Google had no choice by law but to delete them. The fault lies mainly with clumsy techniques used by the labels' representatives to detect infringement and laws that haven't kept up with reality. More...
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| Daly City to collect electronic waste Found at 2/11/2010 via www.sfexaminer.com
Daly City will be collecting e-waste Feb. 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at City Hall. Among the accepted items are televisions, monitors, computers, printers, printer cartridges, cameras, MP3 players, VCRs, DVDs, wire and video game consoles. All residents, not just of Daly City, are welcome to drop off... More...
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| DC Snowed Under ? Inner Alaskan Emerges Found at 2/9/2010 via aprn.org
Snow has shut down the federal government in Washington, DC. It?s snarled roads, broken tree limbs, and caused many DC area schools to cancel classes for the entire week. But Alaska?s Congressional offices are still open in the nation?s capital. Photo and Story by Libby Casey, APRN ? Washington DC Download Audio (MP3) More...
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| Despite the iPhones inaccessibility tethering becomes an acceptable practice Found at 2/4/2010 via www.dailyorange.com
Piracy has come a long way. First there were the Captain Jack Sparrow-esque treasure-seeking pirates. Following the sea-bearing pillagers were land-based train "pirates" of the Wild West such as Jesse James, which decades later gave way to Napster happy music and movie thieves. More...
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| DACport USB Amplifier Makes High End Audio Portable Found at 2/1/2010 via www.avrev.com
Having a great listening room in your home is a luxury that can?t be beat. Of course, a great setup for audio can make other listening experiences less enjoyable. If you?re an audiophile that travels a lot, you could end up listening to your MP3 player a lot of the time, or even through your laptop. More...
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| DRM-free music service a hit for Vodafone Found at 1/27/2010 via www.telecomasia.net
Vodafone is claiming leadership of Europe?s mobile music market, after gathering almost half-a-million paying subscribers to its DRM-free services since March 2009. More...
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| Did The Black Eyed Peas Steal "Boom Boom Pow" From These Sisters - Copyright Infringement Lawsuit filed Found at 1/27/2010 via dimewars.com
?My clients submitted their copyrighted song ?Boom Dynamite? to Interscope Records after Interscope had shown interest in some of their music, and the Black Eyed Peas later copied the song when they wrote ?Boom Boom Pow.? A simple listening of the two songs will tell you that the songs are substantially similar, and that the hooks of the two songs are virtually identical in rhythm and lyrics.? More...
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