Music

It’s been a long time coming, but today google has announced ‘Music Beta’, it’s very own music service wich will allow users to upload their music collections and stream them to their computer and mobile devices from the cloud.

The British Music Industry has for some time been taken over by stuffy suits, spoon feeding addictive, sugary and fatty junk music. The Brit awards are a reflection of that culture.

So I say sod it, I’m giving out my own award. The Dave Prize.

Apple unveil Ping, A social network for music. But how social is Itunes social network? Here are 7 reasons why I think it is totally Shit.

EMI will not allow parodies of their copy-righted material without a fight. Youtube ordered to take down Newport State of Mind.

I find this very interesting and can’t wait for the band to comment on it….

In 2007 ,following their release from EMI, Radiohead released their seventh studio album “In rainbows” as a download for “pay what you like”, before the CD went on sale in record shops. Now the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has issued Google with a take-down notice for blogger sites containing these digital files, as well as other albums.

While Radiohead may have stopped short of releasing the recording under a creative commons license for free, I think this poses an interesting question. Did Radiohead complain to RIIA prompting this take-down notice or  can RIIAhave stepped over their remit?

The reason I find this interesting is because it doesn’t seem like something Radiohead would complain about. Yes, the limited time offer of “pay what you like” for the download was still a commercial offering, but it gave big clues of whatRadiohead were already thinking then… that the future of music distribution would involve free, and free of restrictions content… and that a bands earning potential will come more in touring, which can only be helped by unrestricted access of their music for everyone.

Maybe I am wrong, and will issue updates on this post based on the band’s and the industry’s response. I would just love for RIIA to have gone ahead of themselves and end up getting their filthy fascist knuckles wrapped.

What do you think?