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Sometimes I think that the music business today could'nt shock or surprise me anymore - then I realise that while we go through this defining phase where you have to think differently and Generation Y has a very different outlook on how they consume their media - then out of the blue a statement from another has-been!Step up Mr Sean Feargal ...

anyone noticed a LOT of error returns from Google recently, stating that "...your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application" Has Google recently upgraded their servers, added more security??? I know it's not just me as friends and colleagues have also seen the same screen? May be it is ...

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 ...

It's been almost a year since a crack team of Conchango experts went up to Bradford and delivered a little flash application that a year on is still being shown around the world and still being discussed at retail seminars as one of the key innovation ideas that has been successfully delivered in the last few years.. So after such a long time ...

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 ...

** Warning ** Just to point out and to mention - that the site(s) and topic that is being discussed below - if anyone does decide to review any of the content mentioned in my post below - be aware that the sites do show scenes, images and videos of very graphic and explicit adult nature ** You have been warned NO! However when 6 grown men start ...

...TO LATE!!! As most (hopefully ALL) retailers know Easter is the second most important trading time after Christmas! However - how many retailers were ready for this Easter ?? - because this Easter is going to be tough ride... Most retailers will have planned Xmas >> Winter Sale >> Easter - roughly in that order - base their ...

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 - ...