CD Sales Down 20% In First Quarter Of 2007
The seven-year sales beatdown to the music industry has hit a new low. Compact-disc sales for the first three months of this year have declined 20% from a year earlier. The sharp slide in sales of CDs in the first quarter of 2007, which still account for more than 85% of music sold, is far greater than the sales growth of digital downloads. Digital downloads have risen 54% from a year earlier to 173.4 million, according to Nielsen...
University of Wisconsin Tells The RIAA To Piss Off
The University of Wisconsin has decided not to cooperate with the new RIAA Copyright Infringement DriveThru. The RIAA recently implemented a new strategy to fine college students with an out-of-court settlement procedure for identified copyright violators. The faster, credit card serviced, and more convenient process did not sit well with administrators and the school’s IT department. “These settlement letters are an...






