Google has added playable music clips to its search results, with a new feature dubbed “Music OneBox”. Will the next front of the aggregation wars be fought against the music industry?
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The musical history of the mp3
This decade will go down in music history, not for the tunes created but for the technological changes. Mp3s have reaffirmed that the music industry is about more than just capitalism, writes Eric Harvey.
I’m being sued for millions for sharing mp3s
Joel Tenebaum faces up to $4.5m in fines for illegally downloading mp3s, but he’s refusing to “cave” to the music industry and its army of lawyers. He explains how sharing a few Nirvana tracks online has led to a multi-million dollar David vs Goliath battle.
JB HiFi: no longer smashing prices on CD singles
With downloadable mp3s making the CD single obsolete, music retail giant JB HiFi has finally bitten the bullet and dumped them from their shelves.
Death of the music megastore
Once an icon of the west, music super-stores are now a sad casualty of the booming digital music market and shrinking bank balances. The NY Times visits New York’s last large-scale record store — Virgin Megastore — on its final day of business.
