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Recently the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and others sued Grokster and Morpheus for infringement of copyright. ...more

When TVNZ shut the doors on M2 they claimed the reason was financial. I know, everyone will tell you that television is expensive to make, but really, running a series of videos together linked by an announcer and some clever graphics hardly strikes as being the more expensive end of the television programming food chain. ...more

This is the second in a series of articles designed to assist you though the maze that is releasing your own record. The intention here is to demystify a few of the terms that people bandy about so you can get an idea what is actually happening. ...more

The general function of a music publisher is to acquire songs or the rights in those songs from songwriters and to exploit them. ...more

Being in a band is a business and the same commercial rules and laws that apply to plumbers and lawyers apply to musicians. There are a number of compelling reasons why you should have some kind of written agreement between band members, there are no sensible ones that I have heard that suggest you should not. ...more

I was lucky enough to go down to Palmerston North a few weeks ago to see one of the public workshops of Tim Finn's musical 'Feedback'. It's a tight little tale set during a sound check in a pub known to many touring musicians. The basic plot revolves around the ownership of a song that became a huge hit for Kylie Minogue, I think. ...more