I’m beginning to think that the motivation behind album leak crackdowns and Web Sheriff interference is more out of a concern for the Big Secret getting out than anything financial. The… More

You’ve undoubtedly heard about the Pirate Bay verdict by now, in which four men were sentenced to a year in jail and fined £2.4 million for their involvement with the… More

For years, a heated discussion raged on about the atrocities of ruthless internet pirates and the crippling impact their cruelties had on the music business, the artists, the record… More

For 24 hours, midnight to midnight through January 18th, Antiquiet joined some noteworthy web destinations in a strike, in protest of some dangerously irresponsible internet censorship… More

Hi everyone. As you are all undoubtedly aware, I was arrested at gunpoint last Wednesday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and I am now facing a federal criminal charge by the United… More

Not only is Young Neil tired of hearing all the gripes about filesharing destroying the music industry, he’s also got a few choice words about low-quality MP3s. More

Last week, I received a form letter from my old boss, Jim Urie, CEO of Universal Music & Video Distribution. Jim begged me to become “more aggressive in lobbying our government, more… More

On April 1st of this month, new law went into effect in Sweden, as part of the Swedish Antipiracy Agency’s Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive. This IPRED law gives… More

A couple of weeks ago, I responded to an interview request from London-based Record Of The Day. They publish a digest of music industry news, in PDF format. These weekly newsletters go out… More