This site is my notebook—I keep all my music info and links here so it’s normally up-to-date. This page tells you roughly what’s new so you can catch up on new resources and changes. If you find any dead links or other problems please let me know. Thanks.
| 30 | Main computer broken. No news updates. Additions to Beatles timeline. |
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| 16 | Music biz news updates: Beatles download plans, Beatles album plans, DRM, Podcasting figures, AIM China deal, Jackson debt Sony deal, Mobile single release. |
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| 9 | Music biz news updates: Da Vinci Code copyright result, UK DVD piracy, More Apple v. Apple, DAB downloads, USA ringtone chart, Movie downloads. |
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| 2 | Music biz news updates: Apple v. Apple, IFPI 2005 sales, RIAA 2005 sales, Weekend warriors, Gnarls Barkley download first, Classical downloads, DRM. |
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| 1 | Reworked Download costs to read better and show a 79p download. Updated CD costs with some new packing suppliers (thanks to Rachel App and Bill C from the SOS forum) and how to calculate VAT from an ex-VAT price. |
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| 25 | Music biz news updates: MCPS and PRS podcast license, Warner buys Ryko, Apple response to French DRM, SXSW reviews, AIM podcast license, PPL P@MRA AURA merge. |
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| 23 | New page on Download costs. |
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| 22 | New piechart for the mail order breakdown in CD costs and table to compare with the high street CD example. The high street CD piechart slices are now the right size (the numbers are unchanged). |
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| 20 | New What’s New index with old home page snapshots. |
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| 19 | Music biz news updates: James Blunt rights row, Piracy raids, French download law, The Lilys, Chart ban for The Modern, Soft rock revival, Music blogs. |
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| 17 | Updates to Digital distribution and Download sites, including a new Short history of download retail. |
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| 12 | Music biz news updates: Origami disappoints, Da Vinci Code copyright, Oz KaZaA case summary, Payola history, news and emails, HD video, Wimax. |
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| 11 | Site link check. Some links reconnected but goodbye to: AURA (site down for several months now), Abundant Records, Hosea, OD2’s SonicSelector, BMG’s Click2Music, IUMA (the original MP3 indie), and the excellent Music Business Journal (now concentrating on their legal site). |
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| 6 | Music biz news updates: BitTorrent filters, UMG blames…, Napster blames…, P2P shutdowns, Jersey CD VAT, Gov funds USA music, French P2P vote. |
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| 26 | Music biz news updates: iTunes sells a billion, Tartan Podcast, £18k a week CD pirate, BitTorrent SXSW downloads, Supermarket CD sales up. |
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| 25 | Additions to Record labels and music publishers. |
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| 19 | Music biz news updates: Lion King settled, Amazon download store?, Garages ban music, UK music boom, Real Networks MS profit. |
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| 18 | Additions to Record labels and music publishers. |
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| 12 | Music biz news updates: Payola: FCC looks at radio, Napster losses, EC online licensing, France and P2P, Download-only chart, DRM. |
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| 11 | Photoshop Elements has finally debuted on the home page. Some other additions including my Biography and a new table in Download formats. |
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| 5 | Music biz news updates: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Domino Recording Co., Pandora, Smash Hits demise, RAJAR results. |
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