The RIAA is eating their own. They are killing their industry’s Golden Goose: the CD.
The MP3 Lunatics simply can’t believe the latest twist from the crazed industry association.
Amazing, but true, Ira Schwartz, representing the RIAA in an Arizona lawsuit against Jeffery Howell, claimed “it is illegal for someone who has legally purchased a CD […]
Warner Music Group – the last DRM holdout – has caved in. Edgar Bronfman, WMG ruler and DRM’s most zealous champion has reversed his position and become the latest MP3 Lunatic. WMG has made its catalogue available at Amazon MP3.
The Lunatics note 2007 has seen all of the major labels finally embracing the MP3 […]
Another Major label is headed for MP3 Lunacy!
It seems the Lunatics were right again, when they predicted Sony BMG would soon be abandoning their hard line DRM position and joining us Lunatics embracing MP3s.
We welcome you, Thomas Hesse, our latest MP3 Lunatic.
It must have become obvious over the last ten years that […]
It’s all about the song.
I know that might sound obvious, but trust me… this belief is one of the things that makes the MP3 Lunatics unique.
To the Lunatics, all the music sites out there on the WWW seem the same. They all are still using corporate rock values to organize the music at their […]
Why don’t the MP3 Lunatics feel sorry for RIAA? After yesterday’s entry about the “you can’t rip your own CD” stupidity, who would have thought it could get any worse?
Well, the Record Industry Association of America must hate Oregon. First, the RIAA is going to pony up for hounding Tanya J. Anderson’s ten […]
The Lunatics thought they’d seen everything, but hold the phone!
The judge’s decision in Atlantic vs. Howell makes it illegal to copy music from your CD onto your PC’s hard drive to upload it to your iPod. And of course, the RIAA agrees. That’s right, the CD you bought and paid for can’t be ripped […]
It seems the Internet just doesn’t want to become one big music retailer.
Shawn Fanning’s follow-up to Napster, Sno-Cap, is floundering. Sno-Cap is laying off over half its workforce, and the company is up for sale.
The Lunatics feel Sno-Cap’s naive concept was well-intentioned at best. The noble cause of enabling musicians […]
They’re listening to the Lunatics. It’s definitely not 1999 anymore.
The music equation online is finally moving toward a more intelligent path!
Doug Morris, others may question your reasoning up till now, but the deal with Imeem is a good first step for your industry to take. It’s still got an element of […]
