Music

Some of the most popular articles from the music category.

Erik J. Heels's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week (8/19/2011)
from the forest-and-trees dept
RT @ErikJHeels How To Write Web Headlines That Work In #Twitter http://erikjheels.com/?p=1800 (4/28/2009)
All web pages are shareable items. All titles are Twitter tweets. Get used to it.
MP3 vs. CD: The Beer Test (12/7/2008)
Unless you're a dog, a whale, or a computer, you're not going to be able to tell the difference between a good MP3 and CD audio.
Rolling Stone Announces More Five-Star Rated Albums And All I Got Was This Lousy Feed (11/25/2008)
Want to know why the music business is broken? Look at how Rolling Stone Magazine mismanages its most prized asset: five-star reviews.
Drawing That Explains Social Networking (11/3/2008)
How to visualize social networking.
Illegal Feeds And Betting Against The Internet (9/14/2007)
The clue train has left the station, and most publishers aren't on board.
American Idol S06E41 And How To Fix The Show (5/24/2007)
Jordin Sparks wins, an open letter to the AI producers, and the year's best judge.
Batman Lawyer Meets Boston Band Founder (10/31/2006)
Holy rock star Batman!
It's The Metadata, Stupid (9/19/2006)
For the music that I have purchased, I want all of the metadata: the MP3s, the album art, the BPM data, the liner notes, the lyrics, the tablatures, the recording dates, the release dates, the artist's history, etc. Today, I can't get all of the metadata from a single source.
Top 11 New Year's Resolutions (1/1/2006)
Some serious, some not so serious. My list is better because it goes to 11.
The Dark (Gray) Age Of Music On The Internet (9/1/2005)
While there are a lot of choices for consumers, the current state of music on the Internet leaves a lot to be desired.
Rolling Stone Five-Star Rated (Mostly Rock) Albums: The 2000s (7/4/2005)
All of the five-star rated albums (as reviewed by a certain music magazine that gathers no moss).
Rolling Stone Five-Star Rated (Mostly Rock) Albums: The 1990s (7/4/2005)
All of the five-star rated albums (as reviewed by a certain music magazine that gathers no moss).
Rolling Stone Five-Star Rated (Mostly Rock) Albums: The 1980s (7/4/2005)
All of the five-star rated albums (as reviewed by a certain music magazine that gathers no moss).
Rolling Stone Five-Star Rated (Mostly Rock) Albums: The 1970s (7/4/2005)
All of the five-star rated albums (as reviewed by a certain music magazine that gathers no moss).
Rolling Stone Five-Star Rated (Mostly Rock) Albums: The 1960s (7/4/2005)
All of the five-star rated albums (as reviewed by a certain music magazine that gathers no moss).
Rolling Stone Five-Star Rated (Mostly Rock) Albums: The 1950s, 1940s, 1930s, 1920s (7/4/2005)
All of the five-star rated albums (as reviewed by a certain music magazine that gathers no moss).
Rolling Stone Five-Star Rated (Mostly Rock) Albums (7/4/2005)
All of the five-star rated albums (as reviewed by a certain music magazine that gathers no moss).
I Want My P2P (11/1/2004)
There is more to P2P software than its detractors would have you believe.
Musician Loses Job Due To File Sharing (4/25/2004)
IAAC – I Am A Copyfighter (4/19/2004)
Am I A Copyfighter? (4/18/2004)
One practitioner's struggles with practicing — while fighting to change — the law in the dark ages of the Internet.
Are You Eating Your Coffee Beans? (11/29/2001)
Smart companies are 'giving away' portions of their content online without hurting sales of their other products.
Ease-of-Copying In The Digital Age – Turning A Negative Into A Positive (4/29/1996)
Rather than worrying about ease-of-copying, owners of copyrighted works should use it to their advantage.