Next time you do a “torrent” or “zip” search, you might want to think about this Boston University student’s debt load. In the first case of its kind, the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a $675,000 fine for downloading music illegally.  The defendant is a graduate student who admitted to [...]

Guess what?!  The music industry just told on itself.  The fact that Lil’ Wayne’s newest album “Tha Carter IV” outsold the highly anticipated and heavily promoted “Watch the Throne” by an astonishing two to one margin is an indication that notoriously stodgy major labels are still trying to figure out how to successfully navigate the [...]

Ok, ok, maybe we’re exaggerating. There hasn’t been that many dead start-ups that once tried and failed to offer free music downloads. But as the New York Times reports, there are more than a few and one in particular, Qtrax, is back from the dead.