Posts Tagged ‘ LimeWire ’

How The RIAA Targets College File Sharers

May 14th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music

The Chronicle of Higher Education has an off-the-record explanation from an RIAA official on how they identify colleges and universities to target:
The official explained that one way the RIAA identifies pirates is by using LimeWire, a popular peer-to-peer file-sharing program that is free online and used by many college students (there is also a more-robust [...]



Steve Jobs Top Music Powergeek

Jul 17th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

Blender¬†magazine has compiled a list of the players that are reshaping the music industry, the¬†Powergeek 25, and¬†Apple’s Steve Jobs¬†tops the list. ¬†
In the last few years, Jobs and Apple have innovated their way to the head of the digital media world, with the company’s iPods, iPhones, iTunes and iTunes Store.
“Music fans spend much of their [...]