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Song of the Day: "No One Would Riot for Less," Bright Eyes Song of the Day: "No One Would Riot for Less," Bright Eyes
A preview of the new Bright Eyes album.
Exclusive Song of the Day: "Chaingang," Monstrance Exclusive Song of the Day: "Chaingang," Monstrance
XTC's Andy Partridge goes improv.
Catch up on a week's worth of free songs Catch up on a week's worth of free songs
Wilco, Richard Thompson, Patti Smith and a song from the new Jonathan Lethem book this week on Audiofile.
Exclusive Song of the Day: "Wee Wee," Abner Jay Exclusive Song of the Day: "Wee Wee," Abner Jay
Utterly unique music from "the last of the Southern black minstrels."
Song of the Day: "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time," Jarvis Cocker Song of the Day: "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time," Jarvis Cocker
The ex-Pulp frontman proves he's still got it.
Exclusive Song of the Day: "On My Way," Mavis Staples Exclusive Song of the Day: "On My Way," Mavis Staples
One of gospel and R&B's all-time legends revisits the civil rights era.
Daily Download: "Moonshot," Britta Phillips and Dean Wareham Daily Download: "Moonshot," Britta Phillips and Dean Wareham
Take a trip to the moon with this stylish slow burner.
Music rules Music rules
A Supreme Court ruling against peer-to-peer network Grokster would do more than punish music pirates. It would affect the future of the Internet.
One music store to rule them all One music store to rule them all
Microsoft's answer to iTunes isn't pretty, doesn't have that great a selection, and won't sell songs that play on an iPod. But it'll still probably take over the world of online music.
Is your computer a loaded gun? Is your computer a loaded gun?
At a Senate hearing on Thursday, defenders of the Induce Act -- which would ban technologies that encourage copyright infringement -- will try to explain why their bill isn't the stupidest idea they've ever come up with.
Musical snares
Is Apple's iTunes service nirvana for music fans -- or just the start of a file-format nightmare that will drive us all nuts?
Embrace file-sharing, or die Embrace file-sharing, or die
A record executive and his son make a formal case for freely downloading music. The gist: 50 million Americans can't be wrong.
The Netflix way The Netflix way
Will the success of the pioneering DVD-rental company convince a reluctant music industry to embrace its own subscription strategy?
Napster's wake Napster's wake
The company that launched a thousand rips may be dead, but the movement it launched continues to thrive -- and to make a mockery of the music industry's pathetic online offerings.
How the music industry blew it How the music industry blew it
John Alderman's "Sonic Boom" recounts the history of Napster -- and the unstoppable rise of file trading.
Revenge of the file-sharing masses! Revenge of the file-sharing masses!
By smashing Napster, the music industry has pushed its customers to seek alternatives that won't be so easy to shut down.
MP3 Music Sampler MP3 Music Sampler
Check out Guided by Voices, They Might Be Giants, Mogwai and a dozen more fresh music MP3s now available to Salon Premium subscribers.
The music revolution will not be digitized The music revolution will not be digitized
The dust is clearing from the online entertainment wars. Who won? The record labels. Who lost? Consumers.
Napster-proof CDs
By Charles C. Mann
The next Napster? The next Napster?
A new online music service aims to give listeners what they want -- if music-biz moguls are smart enough to let it.
Escaping the Napster trap Escaping the Napster trap
DivX Networks aims to do for video what MP3s have done for music. Can it please both hackers and the movie biz? First of two parts.
Napster gets court's marching orders
Service must start blocking music files pronto, judge rules, but record companies must provide lists of copyrighted songs.
Napster: Let's make a deal!
Is the music-trading service increasingly desperate, or crazy like a fox?
Who's leeching who?
The courts can shut Napster down, but unless the music industry gives as well as takes, it will never recapture the customers it's alienating.
Napster: Hanging by a thread Napster: Hanging by a thread
A federal appeals court rules against the file-trading service on nearly every point of law, but holds off enforcing the injunction against it -- for now.
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