Video - 2008: A Radical Year in Online Music
marketnewslive.blogspot.com 12/30/2008 — After years of fighting pirated music on the web, music labels are embracing new free ad-supported music models and all you can download services. Some see this as the music industry equivalent of fighting fire with fire.

The State of Piracy
freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com 3/16/2009 — The subject of piracy - real pirates, attacking ships on the high seas - has come up more than a few times on this blog, notably with the guest posts of economist/pirate scholar Peter Leeson. His book on the subject, The Invisible Hook, will be ...

Live Piracy Report
icc-ccs.org 4/7/2009 — The IMB Live Piracy Report (replacing the Weekly Piracy Report) displays all Piracy and Armed Robbery incidents reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre in the last ten days. Click on the map for more details. Incident Details: Location Map ...

Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video
youtube.com 11/3/2008 — Yes, We Can! - Si, Se Puede!Song & video, featuring a star cast, by will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas. Inspired by Barack Obama's 'Yes We Can' speech.----...

Music Critic Explains Why The Music Industry Is Better Off Embracing Fans
newsback.com 9/3/2009 — My friend Tom emailed me to let me know he heard Chicago Tribune music critic (and host of the excellent music podcast Sound Opinions) Greg Kot on public radio's Marketplace, and said it sounded like I was talking, based on what was being said. Indeed, the interview hits on a lot of what we...

Deal Journal - WSJ.com : Piracy v. Private Equity: A Comparison
blogs.wsj.com 11/20/2008 — While every kind of legal deal making is down this year, one practice is up: Piracy. Pirate hijackings of oil tankers have surged 75% during 2008 , according to the International Maritime Bureau’s weekly piracy report . (Who knew?) And they’re making ...

Smartest Dogs: Moscow Stray Dogs
englishrussia.com 4/9/2009 — Russian scientists say that Moscow stray dogs became much smarter. The four legged oldest human's friends demonstrate real smartness such as riding the Moscow metro every morning to get from their suburban places of living to the fat regions of ...

Disrupting the Music Industry: Trent Raznor
misstrade.wordpress.com 2/7/2009 — More of this is coming as people are getting tired of big and staid coporations and don’t want to put into a corner with dumb marketing and dumb big government. Power to the People!! The World is flat indeed!! more about " Disrupting the Music Industry: Trent … ", ...

Zombie Bank (music video)
hf-implode.com 4/27/2009 — "They're dead, but they just don't know it!"

Live Piracy Maps
mjperry.blogspot.com 4/15/2009 — Live piracy maps (see samples above, click to enlarge) and live piracy reports are available from the ICC International Maritime Bureau , a specialised division of the International Chamber Of Commerce (ICC). HT: Catherine Rampell at NY ...

The Riddle of Rattner — The Big Money 1/15/2009
The speculation that Steven Rattner is the front-runner to become the Obama administration's "car czar" hasn't yet been met with a hot blast of outrage in the automotive world. read more

The car industry: Bright sparks — The Economist: Full print edition 1/15/2009
Electric propulsion provides some excitement amid the gloom THE sombre mood at this year’s Detroit motor show manifested itself most visibly in the austerity of the exhibitors’ displays, and Chrysler’s in particular. Over the years ...