RIAA Dishes Yet Another Round Of Mindless Drive-Thru Settlement Lawsuits

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has unleashed another wave of pre-litigation settlement letters to universities this week. Just over 400 letters were dispersed to students in 12 universities across the United States, who were identified by IP addresses. Recipients of the letters have the opportunity to avoid a potential copyright infringement lawsuit by settling out of court for a reduced fee, something...

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Beatsource Launches With 50,000 Hip-Hop & Urban Tracks

Beatsource, the new Hip-Hop and Urban Music download store from Beatport, has officially launched with 50,000 tracks in a variety of genres (see picture below). The new store obviously runs on the same platform as Beatport and differentiates itself with a pale blue color instead of Beatport’s nuclear green. We don’t know if Beatsource has the fix in, but as of the launch Jam On It by Newcleus is currently the number 1...

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