Category: Music

  • Dose.ca music promotions, 5 years later

    Angela pegged me to a music promotion on Dose.ca where you can get 15 tracks from some pretty decent bands for the low low cost of free – not even an email opt-in required. Back when Dose launched in 2005, it had one of the only online music stores in the country, which was kind […]

  • Thoughts on another RIAA lawsuit

    In lieu of something significant (has it been a month already? I swear, between blogging and bathing, I don’t know how anyone gets anything done,) I found the Google ads around the feed around this story about being sued by the RIAA somewhat amusing (bear in mind I’m in Canada): It’s been about a month […]

  • Why websites don’t get journalism cred

    The eMarketer headline: Most Kids Download Music Legally The press release for the actual study’s headline: Kids in the U.S. Continue to Download Music Illegally Oh, and the press release’s sub-head: “Lack of parental supervision of “tweens” leads to lawsuits and potential dangers from malicious software on the Web – but peer-to-peer file sharing continues” […]