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The BBC reports on the likelihood of the adoption of RIAA-like tactics by the British Phonographic Industry, which recently stated it was "increasingly likely" that legal action would be taken against mp3 sharers. This announcement comes in the face of rising album sales in the UK (which reached a record high in 2003), going against [...]

Breakdown previously discussed the possibiliy that the Recording Industry Association of America would start filing “Jane Doe” lawsuits against potential file traders based on their IP addresses alone. After the courts declared the RIAA’s subpoena tactics to be illegal, the organization responded by saying they would therefore no longer attempt to contact individuals prior to [...]

In a refreshing bit of news seen at Slashdot, Internet.com is running an article about how Internet Service Providers are now ignoring the Recording Industry Association of America’s requests to voluntarily cooperate in targeting individual users. The RIAA’s tactic last year involved getting a court clerk to sign a subpoena order to force ISPs to [...]

At one point in time, EMusic.com was easily the best source for legal independent music available on the internet. However, when the company was sold off by Vivendi to a private equity firm, the service went through a rough six months of transition. The unparalleled unlimited download pricing model was suddenly abandoned, the message boards [...]

In the latest installment of a growing series of reviews of legal online music stores, Breakdown takes a look at the high-end offerings of Audio Lunchbox. Launched in 2003, this site shares the same philosophy as Breakdown — that quality music need not be co-opted by major labels nor encumbered by restrictive digital rights management [...]