Sandoval, Greg."AT&T first to test RIAA antipiracy plan," cnet.com
AT&T, one of the nation's largest Internet service providers, confirmed on Tuesday the company is working with the recording industry to combat illegal file sharing. At a digital music conference in Nashville, Tenn., Jim Cicconi, a senior executive for AT&T, Read more...

Van Buskirk, Eliot. "AT&T, Comcast Deny Trial Participation in RIAA's 'Three Strikes' Plan," wired.com
Contrary to earlier reports, AT&T and Comcast say they are not participating in an RIAA program in which ISPs warn suspected infringers that if they keep uploading music via P2P they could lose their internet connections.  

Peoples, Glenn. "Analysis: Digital Music Ownership Vs. Access,"  Billboard
Universal Music Group executive VP of eLabs, Rio Caraeff, spoke about the concept of the "living album" during a keynote address at the Leadership Music Summit One in Nashville on Tuesday. Read more... 

Bruno, Antony. "Updated: ISPs Discuss Anti-Piracy Initiatives," Billboard
Internet service providers AT&T and Comcast outlined their efforts to work with the music industry to combat online piracy during a panel session at the Leadership Music Digital Summit in Nashville this week. Read more...

"Oh Gosh: How Dare People Want To Listen To Music," techdirt.com
It looks like we've found the new evil bogeyman for the recording industry: people daring to listen to music for free online. Read more...

"Electro-Harmonix Shows You Can Handle Trademark Infringement Without the Legal Nastygrams," techdirt.com
Whenever we write about certain types of trademark disputes, you can almost guarantee that a lawyer will show up in the comments insisting that the trademark holder had no choice but to send a legal nastygram, Read more...

"Bands Take Pay What You Want To Merch...And It Works Great," techdirt.com
While at the Leadership Music Digital Summit last week, I got into a fantastic conversation with Dave Allen, perhaps most well known for being in the hugely influential band Gang of Four. Read more...

"Bands That Take Selling Seriously," techdirt.com
We recently wrote about how bands are (successfully) experimenting with different models to sell more merchandise at shows, and Ian Rogers of Topspin (who I also -- finally -- got to meet at the Leadership Music Digital Summit) Read more...

"Universal, YouTube Collaboration To Be Run by Someone Who Sees the Bigger Picture"
At the beginning of March, I questioned the wisdom of Universal Music and YouTube teaming up to create a separate site just for Universal Music, called Vevo.

Bode, Karl. "AT&T Testing New RIAA Warning System," broadbandreports.com
Last December, the RIAA boldly announced via the Wall Street Journal that they would be ditching mass lawsuits in favor of placing ISPs in the role of content nannies. Under the proposed system, ISPs would send offenders warning letters. Read more...

"Say Waz?" Nashville Post
Comcast will join RIAA's antipiracy campaign: Joe Waz, a senior vice president at Comcast, the nation's second largest ISP, told a gathering of music industry executives that the company has issued 2 million notices on behalf of copyright owners. Read more...

Hefflinger, Mark. "AT&T, Comcast, Cox Aiding RIAA Anti-piracy Actions," digitalmediawire.com
At the behest of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), broadband service providers AT&T (NYSE: T), Comcast (NASD: CMCSA) and Cox are sending warning letters to subscribers believed to be engaged in illegal file-sharing, Read More...

Failla, Kristin. "News: Comcast, Cox Cooperating With RIAA in Antipiracy Campaign," BrandSecure Forum
The Internet service providers that have agreed to work with the recording industry to battle illegal file sharing are starting to come forward.

Parrish, Kevin. "AT&T Testing RIAA's Download Tracking Plan," tomsguide.com
Music leechers beware: the RIAA has an antipiracy plan up its sleeve, and AT&T has signed on to test it out. Oh snap. Read more...

Bunyan, Jason. "3 approaches for small to mid-sized music outfits to consider in the current music market," examiner.com
If you are an entertainment professional who specializes in digital media and have not yet read consultant and NYU adjunct Clay Shirky's essay, Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable, it is worth the read.

Ross, Patrick. "ISPs and Graduated Response," Copyright Alliance
In today’s 24-hour news cycle, it’s easy for misinformation to spread, particularly when reporters rely on dispatches from other reporters in writing their own copy.

Yudkin, Jonathan. "In Your Own Words: Buy None, Get One Free: A Response to the Mike Masnick Leadership Music Digital Summit Keynote," musicrow.com
During the recent Leadership Music Digital Summit I attended the
keynote address from Mike Masnick, a technology blogger. Read More...

Cronin, Peter. "Digital Summit - High Tech Insights and Great Value," Music Row
Tickets are still available for Leadership Music’s annual Digital Summit, which will take over Belmont University’s Curb Event Center March 23-25. Read more...

Pequeno, Ze. tinymixtapes.com
Just after we published our Year-End Fest last December, including a fine piece of work on a copyright by Yours Truly, the RIAA decided to be Santa last year. Read More...

Balik, Rachel. "AT&T Will Warn, But Not Bump, Alleged Illegal Downloaders," FindingDulcinea.com
The RIAA’s new graduated response plan asks ISP providers to help monitor illegal downloaders; AT&T says that won’t involve termination of service. Read more...  

Freeman, Duncan. "Notes from the New Metrics Panel at the Leadership Music Digital Summit," indiemusictech.com
A couple of days ago I was on a panel discussion with some old and new friends about artist analytics at the Leadership Music Digital Summit in Nashville. We had a great conversation.. Read more...

All About Jazz
All this week Hypebot will be exploring the future of the album format . This guest post by Gang Of Four founding member Dave Allen first appeared on his Pamplemoose blog...Read more...

Hypebot.com
TechDirt's Mike Masnick On Records, Reznor And Giving Fans A Reason To Buy. Read More...

digtalmusicnews.com
Is AT&T now participating in a three-strikes disconnection plan, or sending takedown notices to subscribers?  Absolutely not, according to an AT&T executive speaking on the record with Digital Music News on Wednesday. Read more...

Hunt, Samantha Rose. "RIAA asks ISPs to send copyright warnings in three-strike policy," TG Daily
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has launched its plan to recruit Internet service providers in a quest to combat piracy. Read more...

Delaney, Dave. blog.davemadethat.com
I had the good fortune today to share the stage at the Leadership Music Digital Summit in Nashville. I was invited to sit on a panel with some amazing minds to discuss Nashville’s technology community. Read more...

Dave Delaney - Photos From Event

Kafka, Peter. "AT&T Starts Wrist-Slapping Music Pirates, Gently. But Movie and TV Thieves Will Be a Different Story," MediaMemo
Late last year, the music industry announced that it was going to stop suing music pirates because it had finally gotten Internet pipe companies to help it crack down on file “sharers.”  Read more...

Havighurst, Craig. "Context is King," String Theory Media
I wasn't able to attend the newly added second day of the Leadership Music Digital Summit yesterday, but Tuesday was packed with insights and great networking. Read more...

Inside Music Media
The RIAA is still trying to stop music piracy. Even after it swore that the days of filing lawsuits against consumers was over, they have managed to enlist the support of two more Internet Service Providers (ISP) in waging their continued war on copyright terror. Read more...  

Waring, Becky. "ISPs Assist In Cutting Off File-Sharing Users," Windows Secrets
Internet service providers are cooperating more and more with copyright holders to crack down on illegal downloading and peer-to-peer file-sharing. Read more...

IP'S WHAT'S UP
The Leadership Music Digital Summit ended last week Wednesday, but one particular thing from the Summit have continued to weight on this Ipper's mind. Read more...

CYEMM
Jim Cicconi, a senior executive vice president at AT&T, says much has been written about his company's relationship with the music industry and some of it is flatly untrue. Read more...

ChannelWeb
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is stepping up its efforts to root out illegal music downloaders by working with Internet service providers instead of targeting individual users. Read more...

syberplanet.com
Last December, the RIAA announced it was giving up on file-sharing lawsuits, and would be working with ISPs in a three-strikes policy program which would eventually result in broadband being cut off for repeat offenders of illegal file-sharing. Read more...

High Holy Mass of Contradictions
I hadn't heard about the Depeche Mode iTunes Pass fiasco: Just recently, Apple introduced its iTunes Pass program with Depeche Mode. Read more...

musicindustryreport.org
If you are an entertainment professional who specializes in digital media and have not yet read consultant and NYU adjunct Clay Shirky’s essay, Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable, it is worth the read. Read more...  

lockergnome.com
After seeing the article on ZDNet about the RIAA, and the cooperation by AT&T, I remembered back in the bad old days of the Bush era, when AT&T was also the only one...Read more...

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