alternatives to Limewire

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371590,00.asp

5 ways to download anonymously

How to use Usenet

French torrent service launches VPN

the digital music business as we know it is on the way out

why digital sales are flat: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-pollack/losing-steam-why-digital-_b_772769.html

digital music is ailing: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20020655-261.html?tag=topStories2

connect any wi-fi device to any other wi-fi device anywhere: http://mashable.com/2010/10/25/wi-fi-direct-launch/

read the comment: "Ultimately file sharing applications taking advantage of the wifi direct standard will allow devices to be constantly, and I mean literally 24/7, sharing distributing and sharing files in an untraceble truly peer to peer anonymous, uncontrollable network. Just leave your smart phone with all your music on as you walk through a crowd or in a coffee shop, and minutes later you will have amassed an entire new library of content. I predict file sharing will be the number one use of this new technology, and that's why it's been held back from a an actual 'blessing' from the industry. It is clear now that content providers cannot win this uphill battle, and so the content can now be free."

Sean Parker on Spotify

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20020470-501465.html

website collating artists' views on filesharing

http://torrentfreak.com/piracy-and-the-music-industry-the-voices-of-artists-matter-101024/

Do we still need record companies? (yes)

http://thecomet.com/posts/do_we_still_need_record_companies

2020 report on music video from 1980 (Clive Davis comes in around 7:20)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vz7Z42Fl9s

The Register and Tech Dirt on the failure of Choruss

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/19/songwriters_guild_on_choruss_p2p/

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101019/02232011476/choruss-goes-from-vaporware-to-nowhere.shtml

Cory Doctorow explains his philosophy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/oct/05/free-online-content-cory-doctorow

interesting perspective on filesharing as try before you guy

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/10/why-were-less-happy-with-music-now-than-ever-the-paradox-of-reversible-decisions.html

Music labels have killed their digital future

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-dream-is-over-music-labels-have-killed-their-digital-future/

Is it any wonder music start-ups don't make any money?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/8043664/Is-it-any-wonder-music-start-ups-dont-make-any-money.html