Why I Pirate - An Open Letter To Content Creators

You cannot stop file-sharing. It would be like trying to stop people from using electricity. People who have already paid for your content will also be some of the ones who download it.  And they'll share it with others.

'Spotify will overtake iTunes in two years'

Sean Parker, the co-founder of Napster and successful Silicon Valley investor, has claimed Spotify will overtake Apple’s iTunes within two years.

100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words

It's almost a truism in the tech world that copyright owners reflexively oppose new inventions that do (or might) disrupt existing business models.

Rhapsody buys Napster subscribers from Best Buy

Electronics retailer Best Buy Inc. is tuning out of Napster, a digital music service that has struggled to evolve from its renegade origins as a free file-sharing network that riled the recording industry.

Michael Arrington creating VC fund, reports say

Michael Arrington, the founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, is forming a venture capital fund to invest in some of the startups his bloggers write about, according to a Fortune report. The $20 million CrunchFund will reportedly be funded primarily by AOL, which bou …