AltWeeklies Wire

Ballad of a Mixtapenew

A hip-hop gentlemen's agreement runs into musical copyright law.

Washington City Paper | Rend Smith | 04-04-2011 | Music

Tags: RIAA, DJ Boom, Listen Vision Recording Studios

The Music Industry Isn't Done Harassing College Students Over File Sharing. Should It Be?new

Last December, the Recording Industry Association of America announced it would no longer continue its massive legal campaign against downloaders. But that doesn't mean you should grab that album off BitTorrent quite yet.

INDY Week | Fiona Morgan | 03-05-2009 | Music

Tags: RIAA, illegal downloading

New Federal IP Act Will Criminalize Culturenew

The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 promises to do for music what Homeland Security did for air travel.

Chicago Reader | Miles Raymer | 10-27-2008 | Music

Tags: RIAA, civil liberties, MPAA, fair use, Intellectual Property, IP czar, The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008

Major Labels Could Learn a Thing or Two About File-Sharing from Lil Waynenew

Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III, which came out June 10 on Universal subsidiary Cash Money, was one of the most anticipated albums of 2008, even though the sheer amount of material Wayne has already released in the past year -- including dozens of web-only tracks and several album-length mix tapes -- threatened to try his fans' patience as well as overload their hard drives.

Chicago Reader | Miles Raymer | 06-24-2008 | Music

Tags: RIAA, Lil Wayne, Universal, file-sharing, music business, Cash Money, Tha Carter III, MPAA, Warner v. Cassin