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Music Freedom
Groups or pages defending the unrestricted distribution of music/songs, instead of a few large corporations having monopoly grants on them.
They usually believe that artists are actually harmed/repressed by the current copyright system, because fewer are able to produce music and fewer people are able to hear their works.
They usually believe that artists are actually harmed/repressed by the current copyright system, because fewer are able to produce music and fewer people are able to hear their works.
Sites in Music Freedom
Why Free Music?
A collection of essays on the issues surrounding intellectual property and copyright as they relate to music.
Musicians Against Copyrighting Of Samples
An international network of musicians whose opinions of sampling and the use of sampling technology oppose the copyrighting of samples. Allowing the general public to sample from MACOS material freely, without incurring any legal ramifications.
Mass Mic
Fighting to provide freedom of expression in music. Offers a discussion forum, censorship news and contact information.
The Problem With Music
Talks about how the monopoly grants (copyrights) have made the music industry so bloated and unproductive.
Piracy is Your Friend
A manifesto for musicians who want to make money in the new economy. Asserts that piracy is a phony issue that record labels are hyping in order to rip off artists.
The Droplift Project
Anti-copyright collective of musicians using samples from popular culture to create challenging and subversing audio collage. Information about fair use and copyright issues in music, along with free MP3 downloads.
Free Music
Supports the Free Music Philosophy, the idea that all people should have the freedom to copy, distribute, and modify music for personal, noncommercial purposes. FAQ, articles, suggested further reading, links to related sites.
Boycott-Riaa.com
Organization rebutting arguments of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and writing critiques of the industry lobbyists' attempts to control music sharing and copying. With background information, news, essays, and links.
RIAA Radar
A tool that music consumers can use to distinguish whether an album was released by a member of the Recording Industry Association of America.
We Hate the RIAA
Updates and forum on RIAA actions.
Policing Pirates in the Networked Age
A professor of economics at the University of Texas at Dallas lists reasons why record industry experts failed to prove their assertion that Napster was gutting industry revenues.
Salon - File sharing: Innocent Until Proven Guilty
An economist says music piracy should be hurting the recording industry, but it isn't, and he doesn't know why.
Salon - Can Anyone Stop the Music Cops?
As Hollywood wins one court case after another, one Republican senator is suggesting that maybe it's time for some new laws -- that protect consumers instead of entertainment companies.
Business Week - Big Music's Worst Move Yet
The RIAA's newest aggressive tactics and legal assault on file swappers is pushing traders to encrypted networks, where file trading will mushroom as well as be untraceable.
Business Week - Did Big Music Really Sink the Pirates?
Surveys showing that lawsuits have greatly reduced file-sharing may be seriously flawed. By some measures, swaps are actually escalating.
Boycott CDs
Movement urging webmasters to protest the RIAA.
Beyondthecommons
Featuring a dissertation by Anthony McCann focusing on Irish music, copyright, and performing rights.
The Globe and Mail - Copy This: Up With Downloading
Canadian article by an industry songwriter who examines both sides of the argument and sees file-trading as a consumer revolt and an explicit demand for change.
Music File-Sharing Does Not Hurt CD Sales: Study
Despite hundreds of lawsuits on file sharers from the RIAA and loud cries that P2P networks are all to blame, research at Harvard Business School and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill concludes that downloads have zero effect on sales.
News.com - File sharing legal in Canada
Sharing copyrighted works on peer-to-peer networks is legal in Canada, a federal judge ruled.
RIAA Headlines.com
Features news and articles on the RIAA, MP3 files, music file sharing, the DMCA and related issues.
PCWorld.com - P2P Companies Take Aim at the RIAA
A new group criticizes the recording industry for blaming consumers instead of its own failures.
Canada Plays Neutral in File-Sharing War
Article discussing Canada's stand on file-sharing and the industry watchdogs.
File Sharing Doesn't Affect Films and Music Sales
Argues that P2P doesn't threaten music, musicmaking or musicians because sales are at all time highs.
Downhill Battle
Non-profit organization promoting a fairer music industry. News, links, and action alerts. |
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