SXSW Film Review: How Music Got Free

Does what it says on the tin, to a point

"...a furious rate, something that caught the eye of RIAA CEO Hilary Rosen (remember her?). Label heads were pissed..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Joe Gross

Garth Brooks to Keynote SXSW

DMC, Warren G, and T.I. also added as conference speakers

"...Diamond awards for his albums – certified by the RIAA at over 10 million album sales each – and..."

March 2, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Price You Pay

At what cost does the vinyl revolution come?

"...incident. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), more than 4.6 million records were sold in 2012,..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

sxswi: Getting Folksy

Folkways, from the new mix tape to cockfighting knives

"...Album and Jay-Z’s Black Album). Burdette argued that the RIAA is great because it forced us to come up..."

March 12, 2011 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

Platinum Songwriters Showcase

The Saxon Pub's new series

"...Mediabase, etc.) or who have earned at least one RIAA platinum record as a composer. That’s gonna separate the..."

June 20, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Beyond City Limits

"...we do not have the lobbying power of the RIAA," wrote Westergren. "You, our listeners, are by far our..."

May 16, 2008 News Feature

The Death of DRM

"...While the RIAA's suits against unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material are legally..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

'Chronicle' Does a Disservice by Parroting Blatant Lies

"...to terrestrial radio. This rate hike, requested by the RIAA (which got more than hoped for from the Copyright..."

July 6, 2007 Postmarks

Paying the Piper Online

Stations, labels, and musicians wrestle over new Web royalties

"...representative of both the record companies and artists. "The RIAA simply cannot be trusted to serve two distinct masters..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

TCB

Beyond borders with Austin's Lonesome Heroes, U2 tribute band Mysterious Ways, Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey, and a bunch of SXSW international bands with their fingers crossed.

March 9, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...not an authorized seller; undercover detectives working with the RIAA purchased the questionable CDs and determined they were counterfeit..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature

The Common Law

Listen up – illegal downloads & copyright law

"...at the Recording Industry Association of America's Web site, www.riaa.com, for more information on this topic...."

March 31, 2006 Column by Luke Ellis

Good Night and Good Luck

Why is 'podcast' 'Oxford American Dictionary's word of the year?

"...Waterloo Records owner John Kunz says that ultimately the RIAA could end up shooting itself in the foot. While..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...sure almost everyone knows about the lawsuits with the RIAA and stuff. What people don't know is that the..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Column

Record Companies Control Mainstream Music

"...sure almost everyone knows about the lawsuits with the RIAA and stuff. What people don't know is that the..."

Nov. 30, 2004 Postmarks

NARAS Texas Chapter Reception

"...cultivating "mutual respect" between artists and fans. Unlike the RIAA, NARAS has learned from the bad PR inherent in..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Greg Beets

SXSW Roundtable: Policy, Legislation & the Next Music Business

Ballroom Dancing: SXSW panels

"...critique of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the RIAA drew a hearty round of cheers. No real brainstorms..."

March 19, 2004 Music Review by Michael Chamy

The Trees

Online music trading that "leaves" the RIAA and music industry in the underbrush.

"...So far, "treeing" isn't on the RIAA radar, in part because it hasn't been lumped in..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Do Shepherds Dream of Digital Sheep?

2178: A digital-music dystopia

"...more than 1,000 individuals for swapping digital music files. RIAA President Cary Sherman cavalierly suggested that this may be..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Indies: Pebbles in the Stream

"...As the actions of the RIAA shape the future of digital music delivery, independent labels,..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

RIAA Alternatives

"...free advertising for musicians worldwide. Whatever the truth, the RIAA and the labels themselves have gone to great lengths..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

I Want My MP3s

The rise and demise of Austin's once dominant file-sharing service, Audiogalaxy

"...reached a legal settlement, it was after months of RIAA demands and attempts on the part of Audiogalaxy to..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Dancing About Architecture

Everyone is retiring or dying.

"...sights on Austin-based Audiogalaxy. In court last Friday, the RIAA claimed that Audiogalaxy hasn't done enough to protect against..."

May 31, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Noise ordinance debate blows over -- for now -- while Internet radio crisis threatens, and SIMS crisis subsides.

"...our budget, and would be retroactive to 1998. The RIAA is proposing .004 cents per song per listener. With..."

May 3, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

This Is You

Waterloo Records marks 20 years as Austin's premiere record retail outlet.

"...this same "climate," where retailers are struggling and the RIAA is suing everyone facilitating file-sharing, that Waterloo is actually..."

April 5, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

SXSW Interview: Hilary Rosen

Conference Panels

"...Industry Association of America president Hilary Rosen, a recent RIAA-commissioned survey found that 34% of heavy music buyers were..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Greg Beets

Things Have Changed

A brief, very general overview of the year in albums 2001

"...Likewise, the label's enforcement agency, the CIA -- er, RIAA -- introduced their digital copyright shell game up on..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Imagine

The music business in a post-911 world

"...the major labels, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) also took the opportunity to add some more opportunistic..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

After Napster Part 2

Does having your music free online bring more or less cash?

"...Still, the RIAA went after Napster, because as it claimed in a..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Publish and Perish

"...its bringing together of the Recording Industry of America (RIAA), another organization with a four-letter designation SDMI, and Professor..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

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