Excerpt from 'Quick, Before the Music Stops' (USA Today)
Quick, Before the Music Stops
First music download trial may get a do-over (AP via Yahoo! News)
A Minnesota woman ordered to pay $222,000 in the nation's first music download trial may get another chance with a jury.
RIAA Setback: Making Music Available May Not Be Copyright Infringement (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)
InformationWeek - A district judge may order a new trial in a music file-sharing suit that won record companies $222,000 for copyright infringement.
The Woods relate through music (New York Daily News)
The Wood Brothers' music isn't just about genre. It's about genetics. "Our sound has as much to do with family and brotherhood as it does with music," says singer Oliver Wood. "There's an innate something about playing with a sibling - a deeper connection."
A do-over for music copy trial? / Judge is eager to try case again with new information (San Francisco Chronicle)
A Minnesota woman ordered to pay $222,000 in the nation's first music download trial may get another chance with a jury. The issue is whether record companies have to prove anyone else actually downloaded their copyrighted songs, or whether it's enough to...
CloudTrade launches beta music sharing service for smartphones (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
CloudTrade. the social network which allows people to share video and music content online and potentially rack up points for popular content and interacting with advertisers, has announced its beta music sharing service, currently offering around 250 music tracks from the two record labels it has signed up.
Illegal Music Downloads 'On The Increase' (Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
Many people are downloading music illegally despites moves by the record industry to combat the problem, a new survey suggests.
Whitewater man helped keep big band music alive (The Janesville Gazette)
Music was Vernon Castle’s life. The sultry, swinging sounds of the Big Band Era filled ballrooms, hotels and casinos in the 1930s until war dealt its melody a crippling blow. Musicians were drafted, and solo singing acts filled the gap.
Twain splits from music producer husband (world entertainment news via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Country star Shania Twain and her music producer husband Robert `Mutt' Lange have filed for divorce.
For sisters, chamber music performance is family affair (Baltimore Sun)
Performing chamber music with intimate friends and relatives is an experience usually reserved for amateurs, but not so this weekend at Christ Episcopal Church. Howard County's own Wonju Kim, violinist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, will be joined by her family and friends at 3 p.m. Sunday in a concert that features Schubert's "Trout" Quintet and Mendelssohn's Piano Sextet in D.
