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Is Apple about to launch a subscription service? by Tim Marman

Rumors of an iTunes subscription service have resurfaced . At first I thought that the DRM-free announcement meant a subscription service was less likely , but perhaps the opposite is true. First of all, album purchases will already be the DRM-free "premium...
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The Day DRM Died by Tim Marman

As Mike Arrington put it, April 2nd was "the day DRM died". The big news yesterday was that EMI will begin selling its entire catalog without DRM . Starting in May, EMI will start offering a new "premium" option - for $1.29 (30% more than the base $0...
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Music of Note: The Good, The Bad, and The Queen by Tim Marman

I've been eagerly expecting this album since I first heard that Damon Albarn (of Blur and Gorillaz fame) was putting out a new album. What was originally intended to be a solo project turned out to be a supergroup . The Good, The Bad, and the Queen consists...
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Shame as DRM by Tim Marman

A German music download service is allowing customers to download unencrypted MP3 files, instead relying on embedded watermarks to discourage copying . The music store sells MP3 files which can be played on almost any digital music player, but adds a...

PLEASE NOTE: This blog has moved to Slashstar.com by Tim Marman

Technically, I moved this blog to Slashstar almost a year ago (April 14, 2004), but I've been cross-posting all of my content to both locations. Well, last week I upgraded Slashstar to Community Server - which among other things means that, at least in...

Music of Note: Keane by Tim Marman

I've been meaning to write about music for awhile now. As I've said in the past , many of my favorite artists today were recommended to me over the years. By sharing what I'm listening to, I hope that others will both discover new music and make recommendations...
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The RIAA's Fuzzy Math by Tim Marman

Seems the RIAA is using some fuzzy accounting to make it seem that piracy is worse than it really is. See, SoundScan says album sales are up, but RIAA says they are down. Doesn't seem to make sense, but this article helps make some sense of the situation...

10 Songs I Didn't Choose by Tim Marman

An experiment prompted by Andy's post . Leave It Alone - NOFX (Punk in Drublic) Corner Bodega - 50 Cent (Power of the Dollar) Twelve - Jurassic 5 (Quality Control) Filthy/Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters (Scissor Sisters) Regrets - Jay-Z (Reasonable Doubt)...
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More off-topic posts coming... by Tim Marman

As I mentioned awhile back, I'm going to start posting more non-technology related stuff now that we can keep them out of the aggregated main feed. Seeing Rob's post inspired me to start blogging about music. My taste is pretty broad - I've been into...
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