Westergren Argues Against Copyright Royalty Board’s Rate Hike At “The Future of Radio” Hearing
Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer and Founder of Pandora Media, testified on behalf of the Digital Media Association (DiMA) during the recent Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on “The Future of Radio.” Westergren noted the threat to the continued existence of Pandora, and the internet radio industry as a whole, by the 30 percent increase in sound recording royalties when he argued...
OiNK Resurrection Announced By Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay has announced that they will resurrect OiNK in short order. As we reported last week, British and Dutch authorites shut down OiNK last week, a private BitTorrent tracker that specialized in pre-release albums. Pirate Bay is readying BOiNK.cd for the new site. However, the original OiNK.cd destination, which displayed an anti-piracy message after the bust, now features the above picture of waffles with: “These are...






