Music

christmas creep
Christmas Creep: Radio Stations Are In Full Holiday Mode
If you thought that you could avoid Christmas Creep by staying out of stores — think again. It's annoying you on the radio as well. More »

11:23 AM on Mon Nov 10 2008
By Meg Marco
2,382 views, 59 comments
If you live in St. Louis, get ready for Santa! A radio station has already switched to 24/7 Christmas music! [KSDK via Fark]

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walmart
Walmart Decides To Honor DRM-Protected MP3 Purchases After All, At Least For Now
Last month, Walmart announced it was shutting down the DRM side of its online music store, and too bad if you were a customer, because they were also going to turn off the DRM server that authorized your music for playback. Apparently enough customers complained, because they came to their senses—at least for the time being—and decided to keep the server running. Read their email below. More »

3:17 PM on Fri Oct 10 2008
By Chris Walters
3,393 views, 28 comments

Most discussed tande04: I love how with all of these high profile DRM shut downs the advice has always been, "oh just burn more »
New York Philharmonic
MyPhil Lets New Yorkers 35 And Under Build Affordable Concert Subscriptions
MyPhil from the New York Philharmonic lets anyone 35 or younger build their own concert series for $29 per ticket. Nearly every Philharmonic concert is eligible for purchase, and the cheap tickets don't land you in the cheap seats. More »

7:00 PM on Sat Oct 4 2008
By Carey
4,712 views, 32 comments
everybody dance now
Pandora, Other Internet Radio Stations May Survive After All
Assuming negotiations succeed, you'll have your Pandora to listen to after all. On Tuesday, Congress passed the Webcaster Settlement Act, which gives Internet radio stations like Pandora until February 2009 to reach a new royalty agreement with copyright holders; if they meet the deadline, the government will not interfere, which is great news since it was the gov's Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) that set the current market-killing fees in the first place. More »

10:59 AM on Fri Oct 3 2008
By Chris Walters
2,682 views, 21 comments

Most discussed BrianDaBrain: Thanks for the cute kitten, Chris. Making my day already. more »
walmart
Walmart Shuts Down Music Store, Deactivates DRM-Protected Songs
Last week, Walmart sent out emails to its online music store customers letting them know that on October 9th, 2008, they will no longer be able to play any DRM-crippled tracks. Unlike Yahoo, which did the right thing by offering free replacement downloads of unprotected songs when they killed their DRM program, Walmart simply brags about its new unlicensed model and tells you to burn your protected tracks to CD if you really want to listen to them in the future. Good job, Walmart, there goes another betrayed consumer into the welcoming arms of digital piracy. And another. And another... More »

10:40 AM on Tue Sep 30 2008
By Chris Walters
7,327 views, 78 comments

Most discussed joerdie: "Honestly, who buys music from Walmart?" That was my first thought after reading this. After a little research, I find that more »

riaa
Judge Tosses Out $222,000 Verdict Against Mom Accused Of File Sharing
The only jury verdict against a file-sharer has been thrown out by U.S. District Judge Michael Davis of Duluth, Minnesota, who declared a mistrial because he had committed "manifest error of the law" by instructing the jury that "that the recording industry did not have to prove anybody downloaded the songs from Thomas' open Kazaa share folder." More »

3:49 PM on Thu Sep 25 2008
By Meg Marco
11,466 views, 53 comments

Most discussed Bladefist: Finally a judge not on the RIAA/Contributors payroll. Glad to hear it, maybe they will go away now. Nah. Probably more »
XM/Sirius have (temporarily?) canceled two punk rock stations, Fungus 53 and Sirius Punk, and are redirecting listeners to a 24-hour station "dedicated to Australian hard rock act AC/DC." We've been told by readers that this is a temporary promotion and happens all the time, to which we ask, wtf? XM/Sirius sometime cancels real programming channels to run paid-for promotions? Do you get a refund on those channels, or what? [Punknews.org] (Thanks to Craig!)

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zune
McDonald's & Microsoft To Let Zune Users Download Music While Scarfing Burgers
Is there really a need for this? Microsoft says that they've partnered with McDonald's to offer access to the "Zune Marketplace" to Zune owners via a free wifi connection inside 9,800 participating McDonald’s. This is apparently going to "attract new customers whose digital lifestyle extends beyond their home and office,” according to a press release. More »

1:58 PM on Tue Sep 16 2008
By Meg Marco
2,237 views, 35 comments

Most discussed dweebster: Zune and McDonalds. Two things that continue to hang around long after they should have closed up shop... more »
Odd
Apple: MacBooks Can't Handle GarageBand
Two Apple customer service representatives told reader Mark to blame his MacBook's four hard drive crashes on GarageBand, professional-grade software that his puny consumer-grade laptop 'can't handle.' Every MacBook comes with GarageBand pre-loaded as part of Apple's iLife suite. More »

6:00 PM on Sat Sep 13 2008
By Carey
42,780 views, 97 comments

Most discussed nicemarmot617: As far as I can see it, the Apple-PC war really lines up like this: Hardware: Roughly equal. Neither has superior more »

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