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The music industry should embrace illegal file-sharing websites, according to a study of Radioheads last album release that found huge numbers of people downloaded it illegally even though the band allowed fans to pay little or nothing for it. Rights-holders should be aware that these non-traditional venues are stubbornly entrenched, incredibly

The expectation among rights-holders is that, in order to create a success story, you must reduce the rate of piracy ? weve found that is not the case,? said Mr Garland, chief executive of Big Champagne, who highlighted the benefits…

With one goverment study we can debunk the lie created by the music industry about pirates? and their supposedly spin over losses.

* When viewed in the aggreggate (ie. the entire Canadian population), there is no direct relationship between P2P file sharing and CD purchases in Canada. According to the study authors, “the analysis of the entire Canadian…

Screw the Grammys, this is the kind of award every musician should hope for…

This is the second in what I hope will be a fairly extensive series highlighting some of the terrific performances by old-school blues musicians that…