Archive for April, 2004

Majors Hoping To Hike Online Song Prices?
Monday, April 12th, 2004

As seen via Slashdot, the Register is currently reporting that the major record labels feel they are getting a raw deal on online downloads. Currently, per-track pricing has been set around $0.88 to $0.99 at the larger online music stores. Per-song downloads are already set that high to help protect full-album purchases, but according to [...]

How Harmful Is File Trading?
Monday, April 5th, 2004

While Breakdown’s official policy is to not condone unauthorized file-trading of copyrighted music, we have long suspected that the efforts by the RIAA and the major record labels to supress file sharing are actually counter productive. In an article entitled A Heretical View of File Sharing in today’s New York Times, John Schwartz discusses a [...]

Stop the FCC
Monday, April 5th, 2004

From the First Ammendment of the United States Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Can [...]