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Looking at the 2 stories that interested me over the last few days  - Radiohead - In Rainbow stats and Tap Tap downloads... First Radiohead - in one month October to November in 2007 In Rainbows was downloaded a staggering 2.3 million times across Torrent sites. That is a huge figure that stunned the industry when the figures were finally ...

OK, before I begin let me just reiterate one more time just why I keep going on about this any what experience / authority do I have in this area! I have been working in the music area for almost 20 years - most of that right in the ''coal face'' within retail and watching very closely as digital arrived and then continuing this journey even now ...

Sorry for the rant at the start of this topic (see Part 1) However we are always a nation of wrong priorities...Anyway Part 2 - is here!Let’s start with a brief history..Filesharing among kids, adults, boys, girls, mums and dads etc.. everyone does it. There is technology coming that will actually make it easier to share files better, smarter, ...

Now anyone who knows me will be wondering where my response, comment or even a ranting blog is in relation to the recent announcement from the powers that be, ISPs and the music industry that - enough is enough - and a strongly worded letter is due to drop through the door of millions. Followed by a reduction in your internet speed if you do not ...

In the second part of our journey with NDM (Non-Digital Man) it was time to track him down and speak to him face to face and see if we can get to the bottom of why he has not adopted a digital lifestyle and see if there is anyway to make sure that he doesn't have a shortened life span by needlessly worrying about stuff that really isn't that ...

Anyone who partakes in file sharing music files on P2P services be aware of what's recently been happening out in the world of illegal music sharing. If you have been following the story on Friday and some additional information on Sunday via Torrent Freak you maybe interested to know and be aware that in the UK a number (6) of ex-OiNK users have ...

I read with some dismay and anger that MSN Music UK - is to stop supporting the WMDRM from 31st August 2008. Which means that after this time users will not be able to relicence THEIR music that they purchased!!! No wonder it's so hard for people like me to evangelise to others about the world of digital media when short sightedness companies ...

A little while ago along with my usual ranting and ramblings I actually was strapped down and forced to write in a cohesive and structured manner. This of course goes against the grain of what I do - as I like to ramble on and on and go off in various tangents (I'm like that when speaking as well :) - but when asked by Miss D & Miss B to ...

The BBC - a British institution, a corporation that has been funded for almost 80 years by the public by an antiquated licence fee that goes to fund the programs of television and radio - headed up by a Director General - currently Mark Thompson and has over 25,000 staff in the UK alone! OK, history lesson over - what is the issue? The issue, as ...

In my quest and mission to inform and of course to put my tuppence worth in in regard to the state of the music industry - I think you have got to look at the state of the business and how the consumer ultimately sees and feels about their music, bands, artists - and dare I say it ''heroes'' Does that term even exist in today's MP3 Generation - ...